By far the most difficult is "Invisible Boy." It reads like a simple kids' story, but I never understood it as a kid and had to have it explained when I was older, despite being an avid Bradbury reader.
The first two are the most obvious: they are anti-nuclear war stories, showing the real human devastation brought on when the forces in power choose to employ these methods.
Posts: 7332 | Location: Dayton, Washington, USA | Registered: 03 December 2001
Hey, man, everyone is talking about my family and friends. So I thought I'd better check in to see what's happening here.
Not!
Actually I got all wrapped up accidentally in a ball of twine and have been trying to get untwined and now have only been simply stringing along to see what sort of yarn I could come up with and, darn, I've got EMBROIDERY!!
And to think, I actually stayed home for the Holidays.
Ray's short story, Embroidery, still ranks as my favorite end of the world stories, or end of a particular civilization, or country, or political system, or simply, the beginning of the war to end all the aforementioned. It is a grand demonstration on such a micro scale of Ray's talent and genius.
Posts: 439 | Location: Oak Park, IL | Registered: 19 July 2006
Ball of twine you say. Wait until I am home and can post a photo of what was once the largest ball of twine in the country located in Darwin, Minnesota.
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