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Zusatztext "Wonderful . . .This book is vintage Bradbury. Informationen zum Autor In a career spanning more than seventy years, Ray Bradbury inspired generations of readers to dream, think, and create. A prolific author of hundreds of short stories and close to fifty books, as well as numerous poems, essays, operas, plays, and screenplays, Bradbury was one of the most celebrated writers of our time. His groundbreaking works include Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine , and Something Wicked This Way Comes . An Emmy Award winner for his teleplay The Halloween Tree and an Academy Award nominee, he was the recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2004 National Medal of Arts, and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, among many honors. Klappentext He is an American treasure, a clear-eyed fantasist without peer, and a literary icon who has created wonder for the better part of seven decades. On subjects as diverse as fiction, the future, film, famous personalities, and more, Ray Bradbury has much to say, as only he can say it.Collected between these covers are memories, ruminations, opinions, prophecies, and philosophies from one of the most influential and admired writers of our time. As unique, unabashed, and irrepressible as the artist himself, here is an intimate portrait, painted with the master's own words, of the one and only Ray Bradbury—far more revealing than any mere memoir, for it opens windows not only into his life and work but also into his mind and heart. Zusammenfassung He is an American treasure! a clear-eyed fantasist without peer! and a literary icon who has created wonder for the better part of seven decades. On subjects as diverse as fiction! the future! film! famous personalities! and more! Ray Bradbury has much to say! as only he can say it. Collected between these covers are memories! ruminations! opinions! prophecies! and philosophies from one of the most influential and admired writers of our time. As unique! unabashed! and irrepressible as the artist himself! here is an intimate portrait! painted with the master's own words! of the one and only Ray Bradbury—far more revealing than any mere memoir! for it opens windows not only into his life and work but also into his mind and heart. ...
