I would start with a collection of his short stories that would (indeed must) include The Martian Chronicles .
There was a large hardbound volume published, I don't know when, of a 100 of short stories and his novellas (2?) and maybe it included F451.OK sir Deimos, it's all your fault. 😁 After scanning around a bit I've laid in one collection of 100 shorts and The Martian Chronicles. (There seems to be another collection of 100 shorts as well, that I may not be able to resist... but we'll wait until I read a few. Being digital, they're not going anywhere.)
We'll see if Bradbury joins my (select) list of read and re-read worthies.
thanks again for your input.
The Night was rewritten later to be included in Dandelion Wine. Names were changed; Skipper becomes Douglas.Well, I've read both Intros to the collection "The Stories of Ray Bradbury" and found them interesting and informative. Especially RB's "Drunk, and in Charge of a Bicycle" introduction.
Then I read the first short. "The Night".
Impressive.
The story setting itself is, in some ways, mundane - ordinary - yet the presentation of the author's real intent with the work is exceptional.
If the rest of his work is done similarly to this one, with regard to the discussions above - 'translating to stage and screen' - I certainly doubt it could be done meaningfully. This short, even as a scene within a larger setting, could simply not be 'acted out' or 'demonstrated' visually for an audience given all that's internally happening within the character - all the realities opening out to a young mind experiencing, realizing, and growing from the circumstances.
And this short covers just a very few hours of time.
One must wonder if a 'physical picture/environment' such as stage/screen presents could ever capture, even with a young voice narrating the internal workings of the kid's mind by reading directly from RBs text, could ever generate the effect the writing intends to and more than adequately delilvers.
I'll be looking for 'translatability to other mediums' as I continue to read now. Glad the above was mentioned..!
The only medium I can see his works being compatible with is the spoken word, as in "Books on Tape" or whatever they are called now.Well, I've read both Intros to the collection "The Stories of Ray Bradbury" and found them interesting and informative. Especially RB's "Drunk, and in Charge of a Bicycle" introduction.
Then I read the first short. "The Night".
Impressive.
The story setting itself is, in some ways, mundane - ordinary - yet the presentation of the author's real intent with the work is exceptional.
If the rest of his work is done similarly to this one, with regard to the discussions above - 'translating to stage and screen' - I certainly doubt it could be done meaningfully. This short, even as a scene within a larger setting, could simply not be 'acted out' or 'demonstrated' visually for an audience given all that's internally happening within the character - all the realities opening out to a young mind experiencing, realizing, and growing from the circumstances.
And this short covers just a very few hours of time.
One must wonder if a 'physical picture/environment' such as stage/screen presents even with a young voice narrating the internal workings of the kid's mind by reading directly from RBs text in the background, could ever generate the effect the writing intends to and more than adequately delivers.
I'll be looking for 'translatability to other mediums' as I continue to read now. Glad the above was mentioned..!
I had to increase the collection of course... got the other "100 stories" book as well. None of them seem to duplicate.ginormous collection
Reading RB for two weeks.... you'll be more than ready for his novels.I had to increase the collection of course... got the other "100 stories" book as well. None of them seem to duplicate.
I do note that in the first 100, the first Introduction says things like "such and such story and the 5 that follow were collected in his "blah" series" and such..
So it'll be interesting to go from the shorts to the 'collections' where all the related ones are gathered, look for the changes, etc. when the time comes.
With those two and the Martian Chronicles I've probably got enough reading for a couple weeks or so... 😁
It's been many years since I pondered Flowers for Algernon. Maybe it's time to pick it up again... both the early short, and the book he expanded it into several years later. thanks for the reminder.Flowers for Algernon
Terrific. Maybe you can do a good, thorough book review on it for us when done. I've been wanting to get to it, but have to keep it to the side for a little while yet in favor of other more immediately applicable reads.started reading "The Great Tales Never End
your short review in the thread I mentioned above is quite useful:
Why?Keep your eyes on the skies. 😳
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