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From the comic adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Wally Wood, originally published in Weird Fantasy #17 by EC Comics.
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REVIEW: Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury’s beautiful prose created a chilling dystopian world in Fahrenheit 451 and given the incendiary times we live in, adaptation seems apt. He goes George Orwell one better by erasing history rather than merely rewriting it. HBO was an ideal forum for this, giving the production room to breathe and without the hassle of…
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Ed Catto: Space is Fun
Science Fiction is a term that means a lot of different things to a lot of different fans. When I was kid I thought it kind of meant Star Trek and Lost in Space, Bradbury books and the Twilight Zone episodes that included aliens. Of course, it’s so much bigger than that. There are subgenres…
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Martha Thomases: The Living Supergirl
When I’m lonely, I read. I read at other times, of course. But books, unlike humans, are always there for me. Books don’t move away, die, or vote for Trump. I bring this up because it’s part of my New Year’s resolution. All of us, no matter who we might be, occasionally feel like we…
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What Mindy Newell Is Watching…
Well, the fall television season has begun, which means Iâve been watching the return of my favorite series and the premiere of new shows that have tickled my interest. Hereâs a rundown. Timeless (Mondays, 10 P.M., NBC) Everyone who reads this column regularly knows that Iâm a nut for alternate history and time-travel stories, so…
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Mike Gold: The Dimension of Mind
The so-called Golden Age of Television, with its two and one-half channels of network programming, produced an astonishing number of great writers, directors and talent. To name but a very, very few: Barbara Bel Geddes, Paddy Chayefsky, George Roy Hill, Ron Howard, Ernest Kinoy, Jack Lemmon, Sidney Lumet, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Boris Sagal, Rod…
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Mindy Newell: Are You Typing?
“If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.” • Dorothy Parker “I think there are two types of writers, the…
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Mindy Newell: 232.7° Celsius
“There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.” • Ray Bradbury’s opening words to his coda in the 1979 edition of Fahrenheit 451 Good friend and fellow columnist Martha Thomases’ latest column made me remember an incident from my childhood, back…
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Martha Thomases: Defending Peter Pan
Over the weekend, film critic A. O. Scott wrote a long essay in The New York Times Magazine that irked me, and I wanted to use my column to unpack some of my feelings about it. If you have opinions about the state of modern pop culture, you might want to join me. (I’m now…
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Ray Harryhausen, 1920-2013
He brought out dreams to life. Raymond “Ray” Harryhausen (June 29, 1920 – May 7, 2013) died today at age 92, leaving behind a legacy of pioneering special effects work and a filmography that has deeply influenced writers, artists, and filmmakers for generations. Dubbed by Starlog as “The Man Who Work Miracles”, he was one…
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Mike Gold: Mars Attacks – Completely!
Mars Attacks • Abrams ComicArt • hardcover $19.95, also available in electronic format. Publication date: October 1, 2012 There’s a seminal moment in every weirdo’s life where we experience something so outrageous our worldview is altered severely and forever. For Ray Bradbury and Michael Moorcock, it was Edgar Rice Burroughs. For nascent NASA scientists, it…
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REVIEW: The Halloween Tree
When a literary giant dies, there’s a rush to rediscover the author’s works, delighting in old favorites or finally reading a work you have somehow missed. The passing of Ray Bradbury has prompted such a journey in print and in other media. Warner Archive, to their credit, has just released The Halloween Tree, the 1993…
