Brothers Judd Top 100 of the 20th Century: Novels
In this magical coming of age story, Douglas Spaulding is a 12 year
old boy living in Green Town, IL in the Summer of 1928. It
is marvelous not merely because of the joyful exuberance of Doug's adventures,
nor because it evokes Bradbury's childhood, but because it will bring back
memories of your own youthful summers. Doug's excitement over a new
pair of sneakers, or a dish of ice cream on a sweltering night, his grandfather's
refusal to countenance newfangled grass that doesn't need mowing, indeed,
his sheer joy at the smell of his newmown lawn, all of these resonate in
the chambers of the mind. The title of the book derives from the
dandelion
wine that his family bottles at the beginning of the summer and which
will recall the scents and sensations of summer throughout the year.
Likewise, uncorking this book will summon forth those endless days that
you spent playing kick the can or baseball, cooking out in the yard, emerging
from the water smelling of chlorine or brine, riding bicycles for hours
on end, lying in bed listening to West Coast baseball games on the radio
far into the night...
This is a book about the value of traditions and rituals and memories
and the golden hour of youth, before we take on the burden of responsibilities.
Read it for the dual experience of being transported back to the Midwest
of Bradbury's youth and to the halcyon days of your own.
(Reviewed:)
Grade: (A+)
Websites:
Ray Bradbury Links:
-FILMOGRAPHY: Ray Bradbury (Imdb.com)
-INTERVIEW: Rocket Man: In conversational orbit with Ray Bradbury (Steven Mikulan, 6/26/04, LA Weekly)
-REVIEW: of Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury (Alexander
Zaitchik, NY Press)
Book-related and General Links:
-ENCYCLOPAEDIA
BRITANNICA : "ray bradbury"
-ENCYCLOPAEDIA
BRITANNICA : "bradbury, ray"
-INTERVIEW
: The Romance of Places: An Interview with Ray Bradbury (Robert Couteau,
Quantum: Science Fiction & Fantasy Review. Spring 1991)
-INTERVIEW
: with Ray Bradbury (Joshua Klein, The Onion AV Club)
-INTERVIEW
: An interview with Master Storyteller Ray Bradbury (Jason J. Marchi,
New Century Cinema)
-PROFILE
: Ray Bradbury: 'A poet of affirmation' (James E. Person Jr., Detroit
News)
-ESSAY
: Ray Bradbury is on fire! At 81, the veteran author of sci-fi classics
"Fahrenheit 451" and
"The Martian Chronicles" is suddenly very hot in Hollywood (James
Hibberd, August 2001, Salon)
-ARTICLE
: Ray Bradbury on Spiritual Aspects of Creativity in the Next 100 Years
(P. Clay Vollmer)
-Green
Town, IL : A Home for Ray Bradbury
-Ray
Bradbury (Alpha Ralpha Boulevard)
-The Bradbury
Scrapbook For Mrs. Senner's Class | Due on 5.16.00 | Vadim Gordin
-Ray
Bradbury (Bio & Links)
-SERMON
: SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (Rev. Linda Smith Stowell, June 6,
1999)
-LINKS
: Top: Arts: Literature: Genres: Fantasy: Authors: B: Bradbury, Ray
(Open Directory)
-ARCHIVES
: "ray bradbury" (Find Articles)
-ARCHIVES
: "ray bradbury" (Mag Portal)
-STUDY
GUIDE : Study guide for Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles (1950)
(Paul Brian)
-ONLINE
STUDY GUIDE : Farenheit 451 (SparkNotes)
-STUDY
GUIDE : Fahrenheit 451 (ClassicNote)
-STUDY
GUIDE : Fahrenheit 451 (CampusNut)
-REVIEW
: of Dandelion Wine (robert zverina, The Book Report)
-REVIEW
: of Something Wicked (James Seidman, SF Site)
-REVIEW
: of Something Wicked (Joe Hartlaub, The Book Report)
-ANNOTATED
REVIEWS : Bradbury, Ray (Medical Humanities)
FILMS :
-FILMOGRAPHY
: Ray Bradbury (Imdb.com)
-INFO
: Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) (Imdb.com)
-BUY
IT : Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) DVD (Amazon)
-DVD
REVIEW : of Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mike Lang, DVD Review)
-DVD
REVIEW : of Something Wicked (John Larsen, Lightviews)
Comments:
Orrin welcomes reader comments on his reviews.
Add yours here.
Your Ray Bradbury link to www.newcenturycinema.org is no longer valid. You may change that link URL to my own Website (www.jasonmarchi.com), which will soon reprint my interview with Ray Bradbury, and also directs readers to the new printed book by Steven Aggelis that reprints my Bradbury interview that you mention. All Best, Jason Marchi
- Jason Marchi
- Dec-27-2004, 22:13
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