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He had a short piece in last week's New Yorker on how "The Fire Balloons" was inspired by the fire balloons he, as a small boy, lit with his grandfather. It was
by akharris 14y ago
He had a short piece in last week's New Yorker on how "The Fire Balloons" was inspired by the fire balloons he, as a small boy, lit with his grandfather. It was a beautiful testament to his craft and his inspiration.
Sadly, behind the paywall: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/06/04/120604fa_fact_bradbury http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/06/04/120604fa_fact_...
RIP
- telcodud 14y agoWorks for me. No longer behind the paywall? Update: indeed, just saw this G+ post by The New Yorker: https://plus.google.com/107786469140133631773/posts/hxnZD124x5D https://plus.google.com/107786469140133631773/posts/hxnZD124...
- farnsworth 14y agoLots of his stories are inspired by his family, hometown, and they all show up here and there in his stories. I always saw him as writing humanist sci-fi.
- indypb 14y agoA long interview in Paris Review from 2010: http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6012/the-art-of-fiction-no-203-ray-bradbury http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6012/the-art-of-fic...