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Topic: Author and visionary Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)
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hlbjr
Member Posts: 475
From: Delray Beach Florida USA
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 06-09-2012 07:10 AM
   
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Lunar_module_5
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posted 06-09-2012 12:24 PM
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cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 06-09-2012 03:27 PM
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Originally posted by spaceman1953:
I got a particular kick from a local news anchor, who said one of his most memorable books was Fahrenheit 4-5-1. Just thinking about it... four-five-one!
Don't get it... So what would be Bradbury's must-read works? I've read Martian Chronicles but I can't recall what it's all about... .
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LM1
Member Posts: 667
From: New York, NY
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 06-10-2012 10:40 AM
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capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 06-10-2012 08:04 PM
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Originally posted by cspg:
I've read Martian Chronicles but I can't recall what it's all about...
Recommend you read the Martian Chronicles again ...Fahrenheit 451 is probably Bradbury's best-known book. It was based upon a short story called The Fireman, which imagined a future world where firemen no longer were needed to put out fires... they are used instead to burn books. 451 degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature at which paper burns, so it is called "Fahrenheit Four-Fifty-One", not "Fahrenheit four-five-one". I would also recommend The Illustrated Man, The October Country, and Dandelion Wine, among others. |
747flyer
Member Posts: 99
From: New York, NY
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 06-11-2012 07:47 PM
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