I never stopped.' From Kirkus Reviews:Ī collection of 21 tales from the Grandfather fantasist-none of which have appeared in book form before, though the publishers disdain to tell us where they have appeared before, if they have, or when they were written. At the end of his performance Electrico reached out to the twelve-year-old Bradbury, touched the boy with his sword, and commanded, 'Live forever!' Bradbury later said, 'I decided that was the greatest idea I had ever heard. Throughout his life, Bradbury liked to recount the story of meeting a carnival magician, Mr. He was the recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2004 National Medal of Arts, and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, among many honors. He adapted sixty-five of his stories for television's The Ray Bradbury Theater, and won an Emmy for his teleplay of The Halloween Tree. He wrote the screen play for John Huston's classic film adaptation of Moby Dick, and was nominated for an Academy Award. His groundbreaking works include Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. A prolific author of hundreds of short stories and close to fifty books, as well as numerous poems, essays, operas, plays, teleplays, and screenplays, Bradbury was one of the most celebrated writers of our time.

In a career spanning more than seventy years, Ray Bradbury, who died on Jat the age of 91, inspired generations of readers to dream, think, and create.

Quicker Than the Eye by Ray Bradbury