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    Ray Bradbury's Advice To Struggling Writers: Struggle Harder!

    A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers

    12 Unfinished SF Novels We Wish We Could Read

    Death Before No Farenheit 451 Movie, Says Director

    Good News — Ray Bradbury Is Back On His Game

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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    11/19/09

    In reply to Ray Bradbury's Advice To Struggling Writers: Struggle Harder!
    he is a great author and wrote us a lot of good scifis
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    11/19/09

    In reply to Ray Bradbury's Advice To Struggling Writers: Struggle Harder!
    Truth is stranger than fiction???

    Link:

    [io9.com]
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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    11/19/09

    In reply to Ray Bradbury's Advice To Struggling Writers: Struggle Harder!
    Had the pleasure of meeting him twice, and he's a very enthusiastic, very supportive person, who gives good advice. I have his book on writing, which is where a lot of this comes from.
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    11/19/09

    @NefariousNewt: Is that Zen and the Art of Writing? Or a different one?
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    11/19/09

    In reply to Ray Bradbury's Advice To Struggling Writers: Struggle Harder!
    I don't know why but I always think that Ray Bradbury is dead...and then I read something like this and I smile because I'm glad he isn't dead...
    I'll have forgotten all this by tomorrow.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/19/09

    In reply to Ray Bradbury's Advice To Struggling Writers: Struggle Harder!
    I would suggest that the miniseries is a natural for SyFy but it probably isn't appropriate since it may be:

    1) Science Fiction.
    2) Good.
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    11/19/09

    In reply to Ray Bradbury's Advice To Struggling Writers: Struggle Harder!
    It'd be a lot easier to take Ray Bradbury seriously if he didn't look so god-damn ridiculous.
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    braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. was starred braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. was unstarred
    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    11/19/09

    @braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: I think giant sideburns are part of the "classic science fiction author" uniform. Even Andre Norton used to sport them, although hers were made of yak fur.
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    11/19/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: All right. But why is he wearing a labcoat?
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    braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. was starred braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. was unstarred
    Image of Barnabus Barnabus
    11/19/09

    @braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Is that a lab coat or a maitre d's dinner jacket? Either way it has no business being worn with tennis shorts.
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    Image of Jake Lsewhere Jake Lsewhere
    11/19/09

    @braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Whynot?
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    Image of Scaramanga9 Scaramanga9
    11/19/09

    @braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.:
    And after Labor Day no less! The nerve.
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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    11/19/09

    @braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Don't you always wear your lab coat when writing science fiction? It's the standard uniform -- read up on it the SFWA membership rules.
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    Image of Rasselas Rasselas
    11/19/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: "Now, Robert Heinlein, there's a haircut you could set your watch by!"

    /grandpasimpson
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    11/19/09

    @braak: I was also alarmed by the shots of him stowing an empty Coors can with many others on the counter, grabbing what seemed like a slice of meat or cheese or maybe cookie dough (?) and then grabbing another Coors from the fridge.

    But then I thought about it and I was like you know what? When I'm 80 years old, I'm going to fucking wear a lab coat with tennis shorts and eat cookie dough too. Fuck yeah.
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    Image of Scaramanga9 Scaramanga9
    11/19/09

    @Annalee Newitz:
    So I'm ahead of the curve then?
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    Image of sgtzim sgtzim
    11/19/09

    @Annalee Newitz: What's wrong with a wedge of cheese and half a dozen cans of beer? I don't know what YOU have for breakfast, but I see nothing wrong here...
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    11/19/09

    @Annalee Newitz: He always looked like that, though.
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    Image of ♠ Final ♠ â™  Final â™ 
    11/19/09

    @braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: I always thought he was going for the Martin Van Buren look. It was all the rage when Bradbury was a child.
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    11/18/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    De Elektrische Nachtmerrie? And here I thought title translations to Spanish were lame
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    Image of Bigdamnhero Bigdamnhero
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    Thank you. That was a wonderful waste of an hour.

    I got a kick out of the Dick covers. You can just hear the designers thinking, "I gotta stick some damn sheep on the cover somewhere? Christ. How the hell am I gonna do that?"
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/17/09

    @Bigdamnhero:
    I bet the answer came to them in their sleep. #bookcovers
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    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    Water from the well, this is. Must preserve them for future generations. #bookcovers
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers

      #bookcovers [www.chrisfossart.com]
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    Image of RizzRustbolt RizzRustbolt
    11/18/09

    @SJ_Edwards: Oooo... I love Chris Foss's work.
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    Awesome!
    For me, it's the polychrome space derelicts of Chris Foss's covers, that will forever populate the endless Oort cloud of my mind........
    [en.wikipedia.org] .
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    Image of Chip Skylark of Space Chip Skylark of Space
    11/18/09

    @SJ_Edwards: Berkey did some really nice giant space ship covers. I keep coming back to THE SKY IS FILLED WITH SHIPS. Great cover, great title, just above average novel. The same author (Richard C. Meredith) did another long titled book- WE ALL DIED AT BREAKAWAY STATION. That one had another Berkey cover, but it was much muddier. Then Meredith died incredibly young (41?).
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    Image of gd01skorpius gd01skorpius
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    Lol at the Enterprise in the spanish War of The Worlds #bookcovers
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    This is an awesomely cool idea. After all, it's the cover that catches our eye. And covers are representative of the time and space from whence they came. So these covers should tell us as much of their era and culture as they do about the book they illustrate; for some covers, more.

    I frequently order British editions of my favorite UK authors from Amazon.co.uk because I get paperbacks a year sooner than their American release. I find I generally like the UK cover art better.

    When I order older or used books from Amazon.com and there are several paperback editions available, I usually choose the one with the prettiest cover art. #bookcovers
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    Image of golddiggersof2033 golddiggersof2033
    11/17/09

    @Chip Overclock: I concur- British cover art is generally more interesting and prettier. Penguin UK does a really good job of it.

    This post made me warm and fuzzy- thanks Lauren! #bookcovers
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    Image of TallyCola TallyCola
    11/17/09

    @Chip Overclock: I totally go out of my to order British editions as well, especially when I'm giving a beloved book as a gift.

    I picked up Michael Marshall Smith's "Only Forward" and "Spares" completely on a whim in a UK bookstore because the covers looked so awesome and they became two of my favourite books of all time. A good cover art designer is... well they're good because they make me want to read books. #bookcovers
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    War of The Worlds #18 looks like a giant Disney character about to eat people. #bookcovers
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    11/17/09

    In reply to A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
    I'm surprised the collection of Farenheit 451 covers didn't include what I would consider the obvious design answer: the cover itself appearing heat damaged, cracked and partially burned as if it was one of the books destroyed within the tale. #bookcovers
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