Status Updates From The Golden Apples of the Sun

The Wilderness—a thoughtful story on what it means to face the unknown, and what sort of agency we do and don’t have in the face of it.

The April Witch—What a curious, magical story! I spent most of the story waffling back and forth between who or what Cecy actually is, and whether she’s a metaphor or real!

The Pedestrian

Ummm…are we living in 2026 or Bradbury’s 2053?! Very unsettling, the parallels…

A Sound of Thunder (had read this before: butterfly effect via time travel)
The Long Rain (weather on Venus: constant rain, or a Sun Dome?)
The Exiles (if this isn't in The Martian Chronicles, it certainly could be)

Buddy read with Art and Michael! Art is cultivating in Michael and I a love for Bradbury’s short stories! 😄

The Fog Horn—such a great commentary on our need for community and friendship—to know we are not alone, as C. S. Lewis says so brilliantly!

The Golden Apples of the Sun
R Is for Rocket
The End of the Beginning
The Rocket
The Rocket Man

^these stories fantastic, best so far^

En La Noche
Sun and Shadow
The Meadow
The Garbage Collector
The Great Fire
The Golden Apples of the Sun

The Murderer
The Golden Kite, The Silver Wind
I See You Never
Embroidery
The Big Black and White Game
The Great Wide World Over There
Powerhouse

"In one room she saw life wither; in another, a mile away, she saw wineglasses lifted to the newborn, cigars passed, smiles, handshakes, laughter. She saw the pale, drawn faces of people at white deathbeds, heard how they understood and accepted death, saw their gestures, felt their feelings, and saw that they, too, were lonely in themselves, with no way to get to the world to see the balance, see it as she was..."

The Fog Horn
The April Witch
The Wilderness
The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl
The Flying Machine