Favorite Bradbury book?

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19 August 2007, 06:21 PM

Mr. Nightshade

Favorite Bradbury book?

Fahrenheit 451. In fact I just finished reading it for the umteenth time a few hours ago.

19 August 2007, 11:25 PM

poettesse

Dandelion Wine.

We come from people who brought us up to believe that life is a struggle, and if you should feel really happy, be patient: this will pass.
~~Garrison Keillor

20 August 2007, 01:44 PM

philnic

Mr Nightshade, with a name like that I would expect you to vote for Something Wicked This Way Comes!

I would vote for The Golden Apples of the Sun. I don't think it's his BEST book, but it's my favourite because it was the first Bradbury I ever read. At least three of the stories in there are among my all-time favourites.

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21 August 2007, 10:25 AM

Doug Spaulding

The Martian Chronicles, or The Silver Locusts.

But a close second would be the delicious Dandelion Wine.

21 August 2007, 02:31 PM

LordShen

Dandelion Wine

21 August 2007, 07:45 PM

Brad

Hi all! I'm brand new to this site and these boards, but not new to Mr. Bradbury. I love all his work, but hands down, one of my favorite books is The October Country. An INCREDIBLE collection.

21 August 2007, 11:34 PM

grasstains

Usually depends on which one I've read most recently.

THE ILLUSTRATED MAN

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES

FAHRENHEIT 451

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"Years from now we want to go into the pub and tell about the Terrible Conflagration up at the Place, do we not?"

21 August 2007, 11:35 PM

grasstains

Welcome aboard Brad.

21 August 2007, 11:36 PM

grasstains

... and Mr. Nightshade.

21 August 2007, 11:37 PM

grasstains

... and poettesse too.

22 August 2007, 12:13 AM

poettesse

Thank you,grasstains; it's good to be here!

We come from people who brought us up to believe that life is a struggle, and if you should feel really happy, be patient: this will pass.
~~Garrison Keillor

22 August 2007, 08:14 AM

Brad

Thanks, grasstains! I look forward to sharing my Bradbury experiences with you.

04 September 2007, 06:03 AM

Deanne

I am new here too.
It is hard to pick a favorite - but my top two (as in I have re-read them more than the others) are Something Wicked This Way Comes and Dandylion Wine. BUT I have to read them at the appropriate times of year

. I just finished Dandylion Wine again, because it is a summer book. About every third October I'll read Something Wicked This Way Comes - at night with the windows open so I can hear those far away train whistles coming toward town at night.

08 September 2007, 03:10 PM

Thedogman

My favorite and probably his least mentioned in any forum is Death is a Lonely Business. I loved all of the characters and the nameless hero. I could easily see it being turned into a crime caper comedy that would have moviegoers laughing their pants off. Anyone familiar with that one?

08 September 2007, 11:11 PM

Phil Knox

Death is a Lonely Business is my least favorite of Bradbury novels. Believe it first came out in 1985. I didn't even like the cover with all those rolling eyeballs. Sorry! Don't judge a book by its cover. Maybe I kinda did on this one.