Ray Bradbury

Book Review: M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman

Blogcritics: Books (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Neil Gaiman ably follows in the footsteps of master storyteller Ray Bradbury. Ray Bradbury - Arts - Literature - Neil Gaiman - Author

Our enduring heartstrings

RenewAmerica columns (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

(Drake Dunaway) - In downtown Lawrenceville, GA is a pizzeria called "Little Italy's." And every week I would head down and grab a slice or two of the thin crust (because everyone knows that thin and crispy is the only style anyway). Working at this quaint establishment were two Italians, a husband and wife. The husband's name was Cosmo, a rail thin caffeine bean approaching his 70's...

a sound of thunder

Zada News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

A Sound of Thunder was based on a classic short story by pioneering science fiction author Ray Bradbury. [1] In A SOUND OF THUNDER, based on a short story by Ray Bradbury, director Peter Hyams (END OF DAYS, TIMECOP) creates a world where time travel is possible and life as we know it is threatened. [2] View [...]

November 6, 2009 Links and Plugs

Bibliophile Stalker (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Panic? No one's panicking. Everything's all swell. Really. Why would I lie to you? Oh, and check out my interview with the awesome Melanie Fazi . RIP Louise Cooper . Interviews Jonathan Moeller interviews Dave Smeds . The Agony Column interviews Kim Stanley Robinson (podcast). The Creative Penn interviews Mur Lafferty (podcast). Lark Neville interviews Amy Grech . Fantasy Magazine interviews Garth...

• SF Tidbits for 11/6/09 - SF Signal

Speculative Fiction in High School

Divers and Sundry (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

Ah, where were these suggestions back when I was homeschooling? SFSignal (explanations for the answers below are given at that link) asks: Q: If you were teaching a high school literature class, which science fiction or fantasy books first published within the past 10 years would you include on your syllabus? Suggestions (from various authors) include the following, some of which are over 10 years...

Index

How books got their titles (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

A clickable index of titles covered so far... 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke A Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol l All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Appointment in Samarra by John O’Hara Arden of Faversham, possibly by William Shakespeare Around the World in Eighty...

To NYC tomorrow

Lowry Updates (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009

I got home yesterday frm Keene, NH, after a busy Saturday at the Keene State College Book Festival, which David White has been running for---I think he said 38 years. (Can that be? He isn't old enough, surely!) I have...

Book Review: The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published Edited by Otto Penzler

Blogcritics: Books (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009

A fantastic tome for readers to sink their teeth, or fangs, into. Sponsored Topics: Vampire - Arts - Otto Penzler - Horror - People

NaNoWriMo

BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009

Like I needed more to do that I don't get paid for, a friend talked me into signing up for NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH, an annual event in which one challenges one's self to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days without worrying about details such as "Is it any good?" Ray Bradbury once said something like "Writing is hard. Rewriting is much easier." Thus, the goal is to get it all...

Don Ivan Punchatz, Doom Box Artist, Dies At 73

Kotaku Australia (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009

The artist Don Ivan Punchatz, whose artwork on id Software’s Doom helped establish the game’s hardcore reputation and appeal, has died of a heart attack. He was 73. (more…)

• Don Ivan Punchatz, Doom Box Artist, Dies at 73 [Rip] - Kotaku

If I Had Me A Time Machine

Book Nut (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009

When I saw this post at Fuse #8 , I knew it was TOO much fun to pass up. The premise: You have a time machine. In this time machine you may take seven books. Your mission is to visit yourself, in the past, and to give yourself the books you wish you would have read as a kid. They can be old books or new books, it doesn't matter. But they must be books you've run across as an adult, loved, and you know...

Virtual Walking Tour: Serena and Margaret

Just One More Page... (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009

Serena from Saavy Verse and Wit and Margaret from BooksPlease Serena Explain the title of your blog: I toyed with a lot of different names for my blog. I wanted the blog name to signify its content, which I hoped would be writing, reading, and a bit of humor. Being a poet, I always loved verse and I love the word Savvy, so all that was left was Wit. It is really not that great of a story to tell. Kind...

For Halloween: Some Stories with a Slight Chill

Execupundit.com (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009

A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury - From the Dust Returned (2001)

From the Dust Returned (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009

Sifting through a body of work like Bradbury's is a long but rewarding experience. The man is responsible for a great number of timeless short stories and novels, and any properly organized list of recommendations would involve dozens of titles. But were I to whittle this list down, it might end up at one collection... Though it was released in 2001, much of the content in From the Dust Returned dates...

NostalgiAWESOME: Halloween Special

Needcoffee.com (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009

WARNING: The following video may disturb you. Direct link for the feedreaders. Kel Mitchell has two children. Count 'em: TWO. Those of you that have less, evolution sees Kel as more fit than you. We at Needcoffee labs have been sounding the warning for the past few months and have recently sent our Amazon and YouTube [...]