{"id":10029,"date":"2012-06-12T07:05:53","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T12:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=10029"},"modified":"2012-06-11T20:31:13","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T01:31:13","slug":"ray-bradbury-summer-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/10029","title":{"rendered":"Ray Bradbury (summer reading)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CoverAmerican author Ray Bradbury<\/strong><\/a> passed away last week, on June 5th. I couldn’t let his passing go by without a blog entry in his honor, because I’ve enjoyed many a tale by him. Most of you probably have read some of his works, especially Farenheit 451<\/em><\/a>, but he also wrote The Martian Chronicles<\/em><\/a>, The Illustrated Man<\/em><\/a>, Dandelion Wine<\/em><\/a>, Something Wicked This Way Comes<\/em><\/a>, and others<\/a>. Dandelion Wine<\/em> has a special place in my heart because it includes a moment when a young boy realizes he’s alive. That may sound odd, but I remember having a moment exactly like that when I was very young and out on my swing. I’m alive, I suddenly realized. I suppose you could say that’s the moment, in Terminator-speak, of becoming self-aware. There’s much more in that book that made an impression on me, but you’ll have to read it to see if it has any effect on you! I can assure that I am not alone in appreciating Bradbury’s talent; Bradbury received many honors, from the National Medal of Arts<\/a> in 2004 to the title Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master<\/a> from the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America in 1989. When he received the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters in 2000 from the National Book Foundation, he credited libraries for his education<\/a> (You’ll have to read the speech to learn how Farenheit 451<\/em> is connected to both the UCLA library and Playboy<\/em>):<\/p>\n

“This is quite amazing because who you’re honoring tonight is not only myself but the ghost of a lot of your favorite writers. And I wouldn’t be here except that they spoke to me in the library. The library’s been the center of my life. I never made it to college. I started going to the library when I graduated from high school. I went to the library every day for three or four days a week for 10 years and I graduated from the library when I was 28.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Andersen Library has several of Bradbury’s books, and I recommend them to you. Search the HALCAT<\/a> to get their call numbers. Three of his books are available as graphic novels here, too (Farenheit 451<\/em>, The Martian Chronicles<\/em>, and Something Wicked This Way Comes<\/em>).<\/p>\n

RIP, Ray Bradbury. I think I’ll reread my copy of Dandelion Wine<\/em> this summer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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