I just stumbled on this old thread and I remember this book.
Whatever happened to it? It certainly evaporated.
31 January 2026, 04:30 PM
Richard
The last update on this Mugnaini book...which was announced about 18 or so years ago...was, I believe in April of 2021. The book seems to have vanished into the ether, which is a shame. However, for those Mugnaini fans who may have never seen it before, the link below will take you to the beautiful (and expensive!) TEN VIEWS OF THE MOON, a portfolio of ten Mugnaini color lithographs relating to the work of Ray Bradbury. Each print is signed by both Mr. Mugnaini and Ray. The prints can be viewed via a slide show or, by scrolling down a bit, via a short video. For anyone is interested in individual prints, scroll down to the very bottom, and click on the print title to view the print and get pricing information:
The return to the Mugnaini-Bradbury era also defines precisely the personal treasure of Mr. Bradbury's exchanges with students in a small town 2777 miles away!
We had written to Mr. Bradbury expressing our pleasure in having carefully read and studied The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451. Student messages and drawings were included in the package which was addressed to Mr. B's publishers (as I recall in Chicago).
After more than three months had passed, I figured the famous author had much better things to put his time and efforts into rather than responding to a HS teacher and a bunch of teenagers! To this day, I am still so pleased to admit how wrong I was!
Having moved on from anticipating an exchange, one spring afternoon (May 9) I entered the main office during a free period. Our always gracious secretary called my attention to a large, over-packed, white mailer that rested upon a counter near her desk,. She added, "Someone has sent you quite a bundle!" Puzzle, I picked up the mailing but was immediately startled to read the return address and name of the sender: an actual home address, L.A., Ray Bradbury.
Mr. Bradbury sent this illustration, by Mr. Mugnaini, upon which he thanked us for the letters and drawings we had sent and a comment on the publishing office which had sent the items directly to his home. RB was "Sorry for the delay!" https://u-mercari-images.mercd...s/m60040811923_6.jpg
The numerous items in the envelope were promptly displayed for students and fellow teachers to view. However, the most captivating of all that was received was Mr. Bradbury's final written comment just below his signature, which was inscribed at the bottom of the illustrated page: "Let me hear from you!" And so we did continually for seventeen years. Thank you, Mr. Bradbury!
08 February 2026, 09:29 AM
dandelion
When I graduated college, my father offered me any gift I wanted within reason. I chose a trip to Waukegan, Illinois, with side trips to Muncie, Indiana, to see Don Albright and view his world class Bradbury collection, and Seymour, Indiana, to see my cousins on Dad's side.
In Waukegan at the library I carefully arranged all the Bradbury books in alphabetical order and straight on the shelf and took a picture. This woman started screaming at me and turned me in to the library head. She said she had to fill out forms to photograph in a public building. Well, the picture wasn't of people or any details of the building architectural or otherwise. It was books on a shelf which could have been anywhere. I thought she way overreacted.
The library head turned out to be a very nice man who was greatly impressed that Ray Bradbury had marked a map I sent him which I obtained from the city of Waukegan. He applied labels pointing out significant sites. The library head was so overcome he photocopied the map, so it turned out to be good that I was turned in. I got in no trouble.