#Ray Bradbury

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Patience

Thomas Disch: neil in the good omens game, is there a way to escape the dungeon without using the wizard's key? Neil Gaiman: ah! a very good question! Clive Barker: what? that's a terrible question Gaiman: ah but there are NO bad questions, clive Gaiman: curiosity is the rain that waters the seed of knowledge

Debbie Dadey: um excuse me sir neil gaiman but in Good Omens S2E42 aziraphale is shown performing the musubi dachi stance, but everyone knows that angels don't know karate Dadey:[pushing glasses up nose] i sure hope someone was fired for THAT blunder Gaiman: ah! a fine observation, thank you for sharing! Gaiman: so great to communicate with astute readers!

Gaiman: [putting gold star sticker on Dadey's forehead] i'm giving you a gold star for that Gaiman: in fact Gaiman: you all get gold stars! Koontz: oo! i want a gold star Gaiman: [putting gold star sticker on Koontz's forehead] and so you shall!

King: incredible! nothing flusters him! Poe: he's unflappable King: like the world's most patient kindergarten teacher Barker: no way, i don't buy it Barker: nobody's THAT patient Barker: i bet i could get him to snap Poe: clive

Barker: hey neil i've got a question Gaiman: yes? Barker: actually Barker:this is more of a comment than a question Gaiman: [sweating, veins in neck pulsing] ah yes, go on Poe: clive that's going too far

Neil Gaiman: you see dean Gaiman: you can see anything, do anything Gaiman: BE anything Gaiman: without ever leaving home! Dean Koontz: wowwww Gaiman: all you have to do is use your super power Koontz: my super power?? Gaiman: yes Gaiman: it's called Gaiman: IMAGINATION!!

Ray Bradbury: it was many years yonder when the open spaces were open and the blue skies were blue, and soda pop cost just a nickel and if you didn't have a nickel a smile would do, when you could see marshmallow dragons and candy corn castles in the clouds and you could do it all with the power of Dean Koontz: oh yeah imagination, i already know that Bradbury: and- what Koontz: yeah, neil gaiman told me Bradbury:

Ray Bradbury: listen neil i hear you've been going around extolling the power of imagination Neil Gaiman: ah imagination! the poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release- Bradbury: zip it bud Bradbury: there's ONE dream weaver in this town and that's me Bradbury: the limitless vista of a child's imagination ain't big enough for the both of us!!!

Bradbury: i have more child-like whimsy in my little finger, gaiman! Bradbury: and i will use it to paint a rainbow of nostalgic vibes that will have you crying! Bradbury: come at me, neil!! i'll make your childhood fuckin' magical!

Gaiman: wonderful, brilliant! just an excellent threat Gaiman: the craftsmanship of it was sublime, you should be very proud, ray Bradbury: Bradbury: are you Bradbury: are you being sarcastic? Poe: i don't think he knows how

Bradbury: you're so genuine, i can't stay mad at you Gaiman: perhaps, ray, there is room in the world of imagination for the both of us Gaiman: in fact, maybe there's room for ALL who seek to fly on the wings of a shared dream!

[resqectable]

Our civilization is flinging itself to pieces. Stand back from the centrifuge.

Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

[hanedan]

Mutlu olmak için ihtiyacımız olan her şeye sahibiz, ama mutlu değiliz. Eksik bir şey var.

[caostalgia]

"Sabe por qué libros como éste son tan importantes? Porque tienen calidad. Y, ¿qué significa la palabra calidad? Para mí, significa textura. Este libro tiene poros, tiene facciones. Este libro puede colocarse bajo el microscopio. A través de la lente encontraría vida, huellas del pasado en infinita profusión. Cuantos más poros, más detalles de la vida verídicamente registrados puede obtener de cada hoja de papel, cuanto más «literario» se vea. En todo caso, ésa es mi definición. Detalle revelador. Detalle reciente. Los buenos escultores tocan la vida a menudo. Los mediocres sólo pasan apresuradamente la mano por encima de ella. Los malos violan y la dejan por inútil.

¿Se dan cuenta, ahora, de por qué los libros son odiados y temidos? Muestran los poros del rostro de la vida. La gente comodona sólo desea caras de luna llena, sin poros, sin pelo, inexpresivas”

Fahrenheit 451 de Ray Bradbury

[petaltexturedskies]

Ray Bradbury, the lake

[sparrowlucero]

The Veldt

[soracities]

ray bradbury was right: "September. In the last days when things are getting sad for no reason" etc

[vbartilucci]

Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles

[fairydrowning]

"It was September. In the last days when things are getting sad for no reason."

– Ray Bradbury

[70sscifiart]

1970 cover art by Richard Clifton-Dey for The Small Assassin, by Ray Bradbury

[weirdlookindog]

"They are coming through the air and traveling along the ground," said Cecy, in her sleeping - Ray Bradbury

Lawrence Sterne Stevens - The Home Coming

(Famous Fantastic Mysteries - December 1952)

[thoughtkick]

That’s the whole secret: To do things that excite you.

Ray Bradbury, The Art of Fiction No. 203

[babytoothbrain]

September Loneliness

Ray Bradbury// September Morn, Paul Émile Chabas// "Persephone", Alice Jones// Painting with the Padre, Daniel Garber// Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami// Sunny September, Helen McNicoll// "Autumn Psalm", Julia de Burgos

[theclassicsreader]

Some people turn sad awfully young ... No special reason, it seems, but they seem almost to be born that way. They bruise easier, tire faster, cry quicker, remember longer, and ... get sadder younger than anyone else in the world.

– Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

[petaltexturedskies]

Some people turn sad awfully young. No special reason, it seems, but they seem almost to be born that way. They bruise easier, tire faster, cry quicker, remember longer and, as I say, get sadder younger than anyone else in the world. I know, for I’m one of them.

Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

[atomic-chronoscaph]

The October Country - art by Joseph Mugnaini (1955)