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You gotta love Ray Bradbury. My all time favorite short story was his One Timeless Spring. But Fahrenheit 451 is also a big favorite of mine.

Is anyone else here a fan?

Bradbury's Sound of Thunder is still one of my favorite short stories today.

Bradbury is great. The way he uses language makes you stand in awe. He makes it stand up and dance.

Yes, I love Ray Bradbury. My favorite book is Fahrenheit 451

I do really enjoy his works, every time I pick up something by him I am reminded of the feel of Autumn, so,mehow he is able to capture the bittersweet feel of a season of harvest right before the "dead" time of winter very poignantly. "Dandelion Wine" is a favorite (being a great book about summer and being a kid, a REALLY good book), as are "The Martian Chronicles" and "Fahrenheit 451". His short stories are also excellent overall. However, I don't like to read too much of his writing at once. His books and stories almost always have a melancholy feel to them, and though his writing is masterful, after reading a whole book or collection of short stories I have to go on to other things because melancholy verges on depressing if you read too much of it at one time.

It's been a while since I looked at any of his books, but he was once my favorite writer. I got my parents to read him. Something Wicked This Way Comes and Dandelion Wine were the novels I liked best.

I've read The Martian Chronicles.

mitsuki lover wrote:I've read The Martian Chronicles.

I've read Fahrenheit 451, which is one of my favorite books, Martian Chronicles, and From the Dust Returned.

I've also read some of his short stories, and I'd have to say, A Sound of Thunder was my favorite!

What I'll do is get a collection of his short stories like "The October Country" or "The Toynbee Convecter"and just read stories in random order... I don't think I've ever read any of the collections all the way through, but I just love to soak in the words. They're really depressing sometimes, but that's my bag.

Tancos wrote: Something Wicked This Way Comes

Seen the film. I want to read the book.

In my opinion his best works are:

the short story All Summer In A Day (It was touching and very sad. Even still it had to be the best short story I've ever read)
The Martian Chronicles
and Fahrenheit 451.

Fahrenheit 451 was ok I guess. I am really into future dystopia settings.

What would you really recommend from him that had a bit more action where the plot was a bit thicker than 451?

Oh dear.

*prepares to Chabudai Gaeshi*

I dislike all his writings. In fact, he's one of my least liked writers of all time. Science-fiction isn't my strongest genera, but nothing about his works compel me. The reasons being that he focuses too heavily on plot and almost nothing else. The characters are only there to further the plot with almost no real information about the characters in the story. Although, I look for character depth in any story I read, and if there's little to none, then I'm very prone to not liking it at all.

I've only read Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, but from what I've read of his other works, I definitely don't think I would find them appealing to me.