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‘Sharp-Finned, Malignant and Inescapable’: Ray Bradbury and the Uncanny
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‘Sharp-Finned, Malignant and Inescapable’: Ray Bradbury and the Uncanny

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 / 24 July 2019

We're all paranoiacs at the very heart of our being. Ray Bradbury has the special genius of knowing how to bypass our conscious minds, ever so gently, and speak directly to the lunatic within.

Joy, Complacency and Apocalyptic Future in ‘Kurt Vonnegut: Complete Stories’
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Joy, Complacency and Apocalyptic Future in ‘Kurt Vonnegut: Complete Stories’

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 / 26 March 2018

"So it goes" was a phrase Vonnegut used in Slaughterhouse Five as a sort of mantra, accepting chaos and embracing the possibility of wonder once darkness passes. It's a suitable way to end this embrace of Vonnegut's stories.

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What It Means to Be Human: ‘Never Let Me Go”

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 / 25 June 2012
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‘The Night Circus’: A Bewitching Premise, but Too Much Sleight of Hand

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 / 6 October 2011
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Botticelli, Sandwiches Outside and Dreams of Bradbury’s ‘Dandelion Wine’

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 / 21 March 2011
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Ray Bradbury Wrote Me Back

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 / 1 November 2010
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Clones (We’re All): ‘The Bradbury Report’

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 / 2 August 2010
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Midnight Picnic by Nick Antosca

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 / 9 February 2009
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Ray Bradbury on Fire

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 / 31 May 2006
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The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury by Sam Weller

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 / 12 April 2005
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One More for the Road by Ray Bradbury

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 / 29 May 2002