I’d read his interviews on the Paris Review and Time
Magazine . He became a favorite writer to me after that,
and I've been on the look out for any of his books I could find on bookstores. Unluckily, he's one of those authors who are difficult to come by here in Cebu. I currently
have two of his novels (The Illustrated Man and Dandelion Wine) which I ashamedly confess I have not read yet. And in
tribute to the man who wrote Fahrenheit 451 and Zen in the Art of Writing, I will read The Illustrated Man when I find it this
morning.
Sad day, everyone. Also a happy one. I’m sure a lot of
people will appreciate more of his works and value now that he’s no longer with
us.
Requiescat In Pace, Ray Bradbury.
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I heard of his death from the blog of another favorite author of mine. I remember reading the Preface and the last pages of Illustrated Man in a book store, and for the first time I felt shivers down my spine... Bradbury is the only author I know who can do that with words.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading about this I reread the afterword of Something Wicked this Way Comes, which tells what made him start writing (a meeting with a certain Mr. Electrico at a carnival). The only other books I've read by him are Fahrenheit 451 and Now & Forever.
Well, he left us good stories and writing.
"All of my life, I've jumped off the cliff and built my wings on the way down."
ReplyDeleteAfter I read this line in an interview, I immediately know he's my kind of guy, the writer I want to know more about, whose works I have to read, to study, his death reminds me of these things.
Thanks for dropping a comment, AL.
Almost all book/writing-related blogs are posting tributes... Now I wonder what the reaction is if Stephen King's next (but not too soon, I hope).
DeleteWell-deserved tributes. Also great writers like Ray Bradbury don't really die. They live on forever. Unless Fahrenheit 451 happens. Which I doubt will ever happen. Bradbury made sure it won't. Good night Al.
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