tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136311233296776036.post4517367099855404887..comments2024-03-27T20:56:17.296-05:00Comments on and everything else too: Ray Bradbury: Science Fiction Day, 2022Mr. Karswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136311233296776036.post-65069745250372099542022-01-04T06:46:27.629-06:002022-01-04T06:46:27.629-06:00I was pretty sure I'd see The Halloween Tree m...I was pretty sure I'd see The Halloween Tree mentioned here in the comments... after story day I remember going to the library later that week to find something on my own to read by Ray, and that title to me, seemed the most intriguing at that age as well. Incredible story. Thank you Ray Bradbury for all you gave us, and thank you AEET readers for sharing your memories too! :)Mr. Karswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136311233296776036.post-28337502837634419362022-01-03T08:25:38.223-06:002022-01-03T08:25:38.223-06:00The Halloween Tree hooked me, too. That, and Some...<i>The Halloween Tree</i> hooked me, too. That, and <i>Something Wicked This Way Comes</i> Fantastic mastery of the feeling of words.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17288021929310015374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136311233296776036.post-82620233176477098062022-01-02T22:00:12.797-06:002022-01-02T22:00:12.797-06:00I thought this was a great distillation of the sto...I thought this was a great distillation of the story, writing-wise; and artistically it was obviously a real labor of love. The vegetation in the panels along the bottom of page four is way more amazing than even an excellent comics book story should require. Wow.<br /><br />I fell in love with Bradbury like this:<br /><br />"The boys ached, listening. The tomb breathed out a sick exhalation of paprika, cinnamon, and powdered camel dung. Somewhere, a mummy dreamed, coughed in its sleep, unraveled a bandage, twitched its dusty tongue and turned over for another thousand-<br />year snooze..."<br /><br />Dusty tongue! Holy cow. Prose you can taste. I have no idea what age I was. I'm sure I discovered a thin, softcover <i>The Halloween Tree</i> already well-used on our own shelves sometime in my single-digits. I read it and read it and I'm still reading it regularly.Mr. Cavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634994342702518448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136311233296776036.post-68293565432632168512022-01-02T16:08:29.560-06:002022-01-02T16:08:29.560-06:00A beautiful, melancholy story, and when they were ...A beautiful, melancholy story, and when they were actually paying Mr. Bradbury :)<br /><br />Note in the original story, the ending is "I walked back up the beach to where a strange, awful person named Margaret was waiting for me, smiling" I'm going to assume it was Al who softened the ending; the whole point is our hero is haunted to the point where he thinks of his wife that way. It's still a great story, regardless.Brian Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737535617796413548noreply@blogger.com