He wrote about alienation, loneliness, jealousy, racism, and fear in new ways. Not the first star in the night, but the one that tore a bit of the sky open for the rest. His stories (and books as well) are part of our modern psyche. I've recently returned to him as a father and an adult and get to re-establish connection to this great writer of American pop-lit. I permanently dented my aunt's couch one summer reading Vonnegut and Bradbury. I remember reading him for fun, reading him anthologized, reading him again and again. He is 180-proof literary, pulp, scifi nostalgia. “I shall remain on Mars and read a book.” ― Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man Ray Bradbury is forever connected to my youth.
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