Thursday, July 28, 2011

S is for Space

No, it's not a Sesame Street vignette. It's an old collection of Ray Bradbury stories that I found on the shelf at my in-laws'. I'd read them all before in other collections, but they were worth re-reading, if you're into that sort of thing. I enjoy the way that Bradbury can evoke emotions with mundane settings, sci-fi or fantasy settings or any other, really. His work isn't written to be a part of a particular genre so much as it is to tell stories that are interesting, funny, sad, terrifying, or whatever. The art of the short story seems to be dying out if not already dead, at least in English. Do yourself a favour and pick up a book of his and appreciate a master at work.

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