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This reads as a hopeful meditation on memory and recording. It suggests that sound does not vanish so much as wait to be found again, and that technology can restore voices, music, and traces of the past, which feels especially moving when listening to old recordings or restored archives.
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About Ray Bradbury
American author and screenwriter
Ray Douglas Bradbury was an American author and screenwriter. He became one of the most celebrated American writers of the 20th century, and his work ranged across fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction. Bradbury wrote in several genres, but he is especially associated with imaginative fiction that blends wonder, fear, and social observation. His writing moved easily between the fantastic and the ordinary, which helped make his voice distinctive and widely recognized.
More from Ray Bradbury (388 quotes) →Other sayings from Ray Bradbury
- “The crisis is past and all is well, the sheep returns to the fold. We're all sheep who have strayed at times.…”Ray Bradbury
- “Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.”Ray Bradbury
- “I don't tell anyone how to write and no one tells me.”Ray Bradbury
- “Trains and boxcars and the smell of coal and fire are not ugly to children. Ugliness is a concept that we hap…”Ray Bradbury
Reflections: more sayings
- “In the mid-1970s I worked at Vauxhall Manor school, a girls comprehensive in south London.”Michael Rosen
- “The implication that depressed people are fundamentally irresponsible is a deeply damaging and counterproduct…”Matt Haig
- “Excellence annoys your haters, success infuriates them, and genius kills them.”Matshona Dhliwayo
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Books by Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451
2008
The Martian Chronicles
1999
The Illustrated Man
2011
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1963
Dandelion Wine
1999