Bradbury

NathanAlderman · Post by **NathanAlderman** » Thu May 10, 2001 8:50 am

Vallie,The story is "The Lake," and I believe it can be found in "The October Country," along with some of the most spine-chilling short stories ever written. ("The Scythe" is a favorite of mine.) I don't remember the part with the boat, though... but I could be wrong.-- Nathan,
longtime Bradbury fan

Wish · Post by **Wish** » Thu May 10, 2001 9:11 am

I am put out. Ashamed and agrieved. I can't find the story you're talking about, Vallie. I've marched alongside the Illustrated Man, tinkered about inside the Machineries of Joy, attended the Toynbee Convention, savored a Medicine for Meloncholy, sipped Dandelion Wine, gone through R is for Rocket letter by letter, nibbled upon the Apples of the Sun, and even Sang the Body Electric... but I can't find the story you're loking for. I didn't bother Driving Blind through the Martian Chronicals, and unfortunately, my hands aren't Quicker Than the Eye. Maybe the story's lost out in the October Country or hiding along with the S that stands for Space. I heard a rumor that it was seen When Elephants Last in the Doorway Bloomed, but that's just hearsay. If anyone else can track down this story and the book that it's in, please tell me (and Vallie) before Something Wicked This Way Comes.-Wish
Perhaps we are going away?

Wish · Post by **Wish** » Thu May 10, 2001 9:22 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Roscoe Mathieu:
Bradbury says "The Lake" is the first story he wrote that he's still proud of, or was circa 1985.Can somebody give me a hand similarly? Bradbury wrote a story about Picasso, where a man walked onto a beach and watched him draw in the sand, all these fanciful, beautiful figures, and he wants to go get a camera and photograph it but there's no time before the tide comes and all he can do is watch...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Ha! This one I know.. It's 'In A Season of Calm Weather' from Medicine for Melancholy which features one of the few Bradbury Theater episodes I ever saw, 'The Town Where No One Got Off.' Anyone have a clue where I could find some Bradbury Theater tapes? I'm dying to see more of his stories brought to life...-Wish
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Doublespeak · Post by **Doublespeak** » Thu May 10, 2001 9:51 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Vallie:
 I head awhile ago that they were syndicating it on Sci-fi, but I'm not sure if they still are.Other than that, I'm not sure where to buy/see the episodes.Yeah the story's from October Country, and was reprinted in some other collections... I know we have one print somewhere in my basement among my Mom's books. I just went to try and find it, but it's dark down there. Better to wait til morning when I might actually be able to see.But in the meantime, I did find some old Lovecraft, and the Hitchhiker's Trilogy among the rubble downstairs.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>The Illustrated Man- I admit, the only Bradbury I ever read. Every story in that was pure gold. Someone tell me the name of the story where all African Americans left earth, and the one where the astronaut is floating through space. I have to buy this book again, it has been to long since I read it. Sci-fi channel 4:30 am (Eastern time). Probably every weekeday at this time I think.Hell, sleep is for the weak.
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T Campbell · Post by **T Campbell** » Fri May 11, 2001 3:54 am

Trivial tangent: I played Applegate in "Kaleidoscope" as a teen. Lots of fun...

Blondlot · Post by **Blondlot** » Fri May 11, 2001 4:03 am

I used to love Ray Bradbury. I haven't read anything by him since I was little, though. I did find The Dead Alewives' Ray Bradbury sketch to be hilarious."I'm Ray Bradbury and I'm finger lickin' good!""No you're not, Ray!""But I am! I'm finger lickin' good!""Whatever! Just say it""It (giggles)" <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Maccabee:
 Another trivial tangent. Although the genders of the characters in "Kaleidoscope" are quite irrelevant (T's production had Erica Smith playing the captain) all the characters in the play as written happened to be male. This triggered a feminist protest of one production, and that was Bradbury's inspiration for writing Fahrenheit 451, which is my favorite RB story.At least I think that's how it went -- I read the account in an intro to Fahrenheit 451 back in high school, and may have it somewhat garbled.Greg<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Hahaha Oh Greg, that's our feminist! (wa wa wa waaaaa)ENDThat's our Feminist was brought to you by Lorimar television and was filmed before the live sisterhood of womyn, male pig-dog.Ex animo,
m.d

Maccabee · Post by **Maccabee** » Fri May 11, 2001 7:54 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by T Campbell:
Trivial tangent: I played Applegate in "Kaleidoscope" as a teen. Lots of fun...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Another trivial tangent. Although the genders of the characters in "Kaleidoscope" are quite irrelevant (T's production had Erica Smith playing the captain) all the characters in the play as written happened to be male. This triggered a feminist protest of one production, and that was Bradbury's inspiration for writing Fahrenheit 451, which is my favorite RB story.At least I think that's how it went -- I read the account in an intro to Fahrenheit 451 back in high school, and may have it somewhat garbled.Greg------------------
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NathanAlderman · Post by **NathanAlderman** » Sat May 12, 2001 10:55 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Roscoe Mathieu:
The astronaut one (actually a play) is : Kaleidoscope<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Random Bradbury-related tangents:I'm writing a short story now that owes a huge, huge debt to Kaleidoscope. Man, what an amazing story that is.Doublespeak, if you liked The Illustrated Man, I can't recommend The October Country enough. I've read Chekov (the Russian writer, not the Star Trek guy), and for all the academic blather on the greatness of his work, the stories in The October Country are more tightly and brilliantly constructed. Every single one. As an added bonus, they're scary as hell. I was fortunate enough to find a 1950s paperback version of The October Country in a used bookstore; the pages are yellowed and crumbling around the edges, and I wouldn't have it any other way.My high school library was well-stocked with Bradbury-- most of his novels, plus a giant yellow-bound book that seemed to contain every short story he'd ever written, including a Japanese folktale and "Dark Ferris," the original version of "Something Wicked This Way Comes." If only I could find that book again...-- Nathan,
rambling nostalgically (much like Bradbury tends to do these days)

Gwalla · Post by **Gwalla** » Sun May 13, 2001 12:45 am

I just want to add that, from my limited experience, Ray Bradbury seems like one of the nicest guys on Earth. I went to a book signing (for Driving Blind) he did at the campus bookstore at USC, and he was wonderful.------------------
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Wish · Post by **Wish** » Sun May 13, 2001 5:24 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by gwalla:
I just want to add that, from my limited experience, Ray Bradbury seems like one of the nicest guys on Earth. I went to a book signing (for Driving Blind) he did at the campus bookstore at USC, and he was wonderful.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>WAAAAAAAAHH!!! I wanna meet Bradbury!! This might seem a little morbid, but one of my goals in life is to meet him before he dies. I'd just like to shake his hand and thank him for a warm, dusty afternoon nearly twelve years ago spent in our tiny local library where I tasted the golden apples of the sun.-Wish
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NathanAlderman · Post by **NathanAlderman** » Sun May 13, 2001 8:30 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Vallie:

My mom has a copy hidden in our basement of Something Wicked This Way Comes... I'm not sure if it's an original or not..What's the difference between an original version and other copies?All I know is it's a paperback, it's old, and it's in my basement. ^_^******Wow.. Gwalla met Bradbury at a signing. Very cool!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Blondlot · Post by **Blondlot** » Mon May 14, 2001 2:36 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Tom the Fanboy:
Oh, about Bradbury. I do remember a series on Sci-Fi. I think that was him right? I should really read the thread more carefully.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Yuh-huh. The Ray Bradbury Theatre was its name. It used to be on A&E, I believe. The Dead Alewives , of Dungeons and Dragons bits I&II fame did a skit about the recording of his opening monologue. Poor Ray. No one should have their head farted on.Oh, Frank Black named an album after him too(Cult of Ray).Ex animo,
m.d

Tom the Fanboy · Post by **Tom the Fanboy** » Mon May 14, 2001 11:59 am

I wasn't going to post because I don't know about Bradbury really but when I saw Something Wicked This Way Comes I just had to speak up. Until I saw Stephen King's IT that was the scariest movie I'd ever seen. It still dsturbs me that that was a Disney movie. I don't know how much it compares to the book but I loved it in a horrid sort of way.I'm just amazed sometimes by the fact that I turnd on "Wide World of Disney" one Saturday and I got scared out of my little courderoys.
I just sat there on our hidabed couch thinking "This is a kid show. It's Disney. Aren't mom and dad supposed to keep me from watching this?"Oh, about Bradbury. I do remember a series on Sci-Fi. I think that was him right? I should really read the thread more carefully.------------------
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Kouban no Hakase · Post by **Kouban no Hakase** » Fri May 18, 2001 1:54 am

I just remembered one of the scariest stories I'd ever read. I think it was by Bradbury. It involved a cemetery-keeper talking about his job. One incident he related was that one night he heard screams from underground in the cemetery, coming from the grave of a young woman who had been buried that day. He called back to her to hang on, he would get help... but the truth was, it had rained and the ground was frozen solid, so there was no way he would be able to dig through it, and if he called into the town to get a backhoe it would take too long. He ended up going back inside and getting insensately drunk; the idea was that if he tried to get help it would be futile and everyone would get upset. This way, she would die anyways, but nobody would know any better except him. I couldn't sleep for days after I read that one.

Delerious · Post by **Delerious** » Fri May 18, 2001 10:36 am

A friend of mine was moving lately and, complaining of to many books, asked me what I liked. Sci-fi, said I.Imagine my joy when she came into our office with a 1958 copy of The Martian Chronicles!I liked the story about the eternally-young-man.