Ray Bradbury

by David Mogen

Analyzes Bradbury's short stories and novels and offers insight to his life and career

Genres: Science Fiction

208 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1986

Reviews

[Sheila · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yes. This is really what I've been aching to read since I first got into Bradbury two years ago and was looking for someone else to address the things in his writing that I had observed for myself. Highly satisfying.

It also confirmed a suspicion that had been lingering on the edge of my subconscious for some while, that Bradbury was the author of a short story that I had heard read aloud in 6th grade (All Summer In A Day), that I've remembered all these years since.

I regret that the book is too old to make mention of the newest of Bradbury's works(that I've read, anyway) - We'll Always Have Paris, which seems to me to be an entirely fresh collection of wonderful stories (and ideas), that really started me on Bradbury to begin with.

[V · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a lot to argue with here, if you already like Bradbury. If you are more ambivalent, maybe you will find it feeling somewhat biased. Some nice overviews of the contemporary critical context of Bradbury's work and exploration of speculative fiction community's ambivalence on him. Luckily for me I already like Bradbury. 4.5