Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Economy
In reply to the discussion: Weekend Economists Chart the Bradbury Chronicles, June 8-10,2012 [View all]jtuck004
(15,882 posts)110. I wonder what the next Bradbury, maybe born in 2000 or 2020 will see to write about.
The odds of a great one are pretty good out of the global population, though having largely tried to remove dirt and danger from growing up here, I wonder how their imaginations and spirit will be fed. I know they're safer, and needed to be...
From above -
"When I was born in 1920," he said in 2000, "the auto was only 20 years old. Radio didn't exist. TV didnt exist. I was born at just the right time to write about all of these things."
and from the last link about Bradbury on WEE -
"Bradbury, who died Tuesday at age 91, said often that all of his stories, no matter how fantastic or frightening they might be, were metaphors for everyday life and everything it entailed. And they all came from his childhood.
"The great thing about my life is that everything I've done is a result of what I was when I was 12 or 13," he said in 1982.
...
In many ways, he was always that 12-year-old boy who was inspired to become a writer after a chance meeting with a carnival magician called Mr. Electrico who, to Bradbury's delight, tapped him with his sword and said: "Live forever!"
"I decided that was the greatest idea I had ever heard," Bradbury said later. "I started writing every day. I never stopped.""Bradbury, who died Tuesday at age 91, said often that all of his stories, no matter how fantastic or frightening they might be, were metaphors for everyday life and everything it entailed. And they all came from his childhood."
...
That poor magician might get tased into submission and arrested today -
btw, thank you for your work on WEE, folks.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
110 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
Fragility and Collapse: Slowly at first, then all at once Josh Keyes YOU MUST READ THIS ALL!
Demeter
Jun 2012
#4
Every penny that Raygun spent showed up as an increase in the national debt
Po_d Mainiac
Jun 2012
#29
Ray Bradbury: Finding Our Reflections Where We Didn't Expect Them by Peter Sagal
Demeter
Jun 2012
#35
Obama Was Pushed by Drug Industry, E-Mails Suggest By PETER BAKER (HE HAS PROOF!)
Demeter
Jun 2012
#42
40 Million Strong: Underwater Homeowners Can Fight And Win ... If They Get Organized
Demeter
Jun 2012
#44
Carol Galante acting commissioner at the FHA is THE whitehouse pick for the FHA currently.
westerebus
Jun 2012
#78
Those guys can't do anything right...They are always on the losing side of any deal
Demeter
Jun 2012
#54
Alabama Appeals Court Reverses Decision on Chain of Title Case, Question of Bogus Allonges
Demeter
Jun 2012
#62
The Pentagon Seeks to Regain the Initiative in South America (CHILE BASE FOLLOW UP)
Demeter
Jun 2012
#76
Goldman Sachs Hires Single Morally Decent Human Being To Work In Separate, Enclosed Cubicle
Demeter
Jun 2012
#99
Ben Bernanke’s Office Phone Number Given Out at Netroots Nation Keynote By: David Dayen
Demeter
Jun 2012
#100
I wonder what the next Bradbury, maybe born in 2000 or 2020 will see to write about.
jtuck004
Jun 2012
#110