It is always interesting to see the parallels in works of RB and those artists, from every genre, who influenced him or he admired.

IE, "Turn on the Night" with its corresponding illustrations (a very good book to read orally to younger children) have a dedication to the many dimensional artist M.C. Escher. Talk about the "butterfly effect!" The story ventures to the fringes of a young boy's imagination. It presents how one's perceptions may be altered by seeing things with just a slightly different approach.

Also, Hemingway is a favorite of Mr. B. For a stark comparison of "all things lost," read (and note the endings) of "No Particular Night or Morning" from Illustrated Man collection and then "A Clean Well-lighted Place" from Snows of Kilamanjaro. Nothing y nada!

Others??

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I've used Martian Chronicles and F 451 in my sci-fi high school class for many years with a great deal of success.