It seems dubbed sound was available within a year or so of The Jazz Singer, and Singin' in the Rain is meant as an imaginary depiction of its first use. Ray was certainly right about its being a "Science Fiction Film."

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...I will soon be an owner of one.

I assume you mean one book, and that you aren't venturing out to the edge of the solar system with a giant butterfly net to grab yourself a golden record.

MURMURS OF EARTH is a very good book. It used to be the only place you could see the images stored on the record (although these days they're on the web, as Linnl's links show). What is still unique is the detailed discussion of how the whole thing was designed. Exactly how DO you construct a message and a whole technology for communicating with creatures who have zero commonality with us? (The answer chosen, of course, is to use the language of mathematics and physics.)

The book also shows that everyone involved appreciated how extremely unlikely it is that anyone (anyTHING?) will ever see the golden records let alone be able to make any sense of them. The important thing is to have made a statement to the cosmos and to the people of Earth. It's the most glorious message in a bottle in history.

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Originally posted by philnic:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by jkt:
...I will soon be an owner of one.

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I assume you mean one book...

I meant the cookbook: To Serve Man.

fjp451: I hope you win something in the raffle on Sunday.

Open Culture had a post by Josh Jones for August 31, 2012, about the NEA Big Read interview with Ray Bradbury.

http://www.openculture.com/201...s_teach_us_that.html

In Tampa Florida, Jobsite Theater is performing the play Fahrenheit 451 from Sept. 5-30.
Trailer available here: http://www.jobsitetheater.org/

An article by Bill Spangler in Montgomery Media, talks with a actor friend of Ray Bradbury, Tom Quinn: http://www.montgomerynews.com/...t?viewmode=fullstory

If you ever had the urge to actually type on one of Ray's typewriters now's the chance.

http://www.lamarler.com/venice-typein

The September issue of Locus Magazine has a nice review of the Nefretti-Tut Express. The last book published before Ray left us.

http://www.locusmag.com/Magazi...2-table-of-contents/

Endeavour:

Luckily I can stand at my street corner, looking South to downtown Los Angeles. First I first saw the chase planes then faintly saw the shuttle. The I could look West, five minutes later, and see it pass over the Hollywood Sign (on the other side of the hill)making a wide sweep as it turned it looked as if I could reach out and touch it. Then a few minutes later I could look to the East to see it fly to JPL where I got a nice view at a distance and finally again as it left for Disneyland via LAX. Four times in total. I’m stoked!!!

This is great except for the poor unfortunate trees.

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This is great except for the poor unfortunate trees.

That will be replaced by twice as many in a part of town that could use more shade. Being replaced by full-size trees, not saplings. Plus this area of town will get much needed sidewalk repair.

Really, I didn't realize they could transplant full-sized trees and assumed they'd put in saplings and just tell people to spend 40 years getting used to it.

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Originally posted by dandelion:
Really, I didn't realize they could transplant full-sized trees and assumed they'd put in saplings and just tell people to spend 40 years getting used to it.

I just happen to have a friend, actually an ex-tenant, who works for the State and is in charge of such things as making sure roadwork does not disturb the flaura and fauna in the State. She even was invited to the landing of the shuttle, one of the VIPs.