DO YOU REMEMBER?

Image via WikipediaOne of the greatest living authors of speculative fiction, Ray Bradbury turned  90 on August 22, 2010. His long and distinguished career spans well over fifty years, and his literary contributions have served to influence the minds of millions of readers around the world. Of course, many of his writings have also been depicted numerous times in film and television adaptations as well.
The book that first brought him widespread recognition as an author was Fahrenheit 451, the 1953 dystopian novel about a world where books are no longer allowed, and one “fireman” (book burner) named Guy Montag, who eventually sees the error of the world’s ways and opts to fight the system. Other notable writings include The Martian Chronicles in 1950, a collection of short stories about the colonization of Mars from those who seek to escape the atomic horrors of earth, and Something Wicked This Way Comes, written in 1962. The book would take many elements from Bradbury’s childhood experiences with carnival-folk, and the author credited these encounters with changing his life and motivating him to become a serious writer