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Category Archives: Ray Bradbury
A GRAVEYARD FOR LUNATICS (1990) by Ray Bradbury
Hollywood, 1954 and the unnamed protagonist of Ray Bradbury’s Death is a Lonely Business (which I reviewed here) is back. When we saw him last he was a struggling pulp writer living in Venice (California) – since then has moved … Continue reading
DEATH IS A LONELY BUSINESS (1985) by Ray Bradbury
I delayed reading this book for the best part of thirty years but finally made the leap last week. I was thirty pages in when I heard the news: Ray Bradbury had died at the age of 91. The following, … Continue reading