THE STORIES OF RAY BRADBURY
Source: Nathaniel Rich at Slate Magazine
Ray Bradbury is one of the most prolific writers of our time—and our parents’ time, and our grandparents’ time. As he approaches his 90th birthday, he continues to publish, his pace slowed only slightly by a stroke that requires him to write by dictation. (His daughter is his amanuensis; he calls her on the telephone and she faxes him back the typed pages.) Thanks to Fahrenheit 451, now required reading for every American middle-schooler, Bradbury is generally thought of as a writer of novels, but his talents—particularly his mastery of the diabolical premise and the brain-exploding revelation—are best suited to the short form. Two of his better-known novels, The Martian Chronicles and Dandelion Wine, are story collections in disguise, and even Fahrenheit 451 began as “The Fireman,” a short story. So while the Everyman’s Library edition of The Stories of Ray Bradbury—which includes only 100 stories and runs a mere 1,059 closely printed pages—represents just a microscopic fraction of Bradbury’s work, it’s not a bad place to start.
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ANGRY ROBOT BOOKS TO JOIN OSPREY PUBLISHING
Source: angryrobotbooks.com
Following an acclaimed first year of publishing, the revolutionary science fiction imprint Angry Robot Books has parted company with HarperCollins UK. It will now run as an independent publishing imprint, with the full backing of niche publishing experts, Osprey Publishing.
Angry Robot will continue to operate from its Nottingham base and with its existing team under Marc Gascoigne, its founder and publisher. Marc said: “With the support of HarperCollins UK, my team and I have worked very hard on Angry Robot since it was founded. We have a great publishing programme in place and a dedicated bunch of supporters, the Robot Army, as well as some excellent sales of our first titles in the UK and an imminent launch into the USA. We are very pleased to have become part of the burgeoning Osprey empire. They understand our business and the enthusiasts who drive it.”
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Natali Explains How He’ll Adapt Two Classics: Neuromancer And High Rise
Splice director Vincenzo Natali has two huge movie adaptations in the pipeline: William Gibson’s Neuromancer, and J.G. Ballard’s High Rise. In an exclusive interview, Natali explains to us how he updated High Rise, and his hopes for Neuromancer.
While explaining to us the ideas behind Splice’s graphic horror, Natali took some time to update us on how he’s transforming High Rise, Ballard’s story of class warfare in an isolated building the size of a city, into a movie. And he explained what he hopes audience will experience in his recently announced adaptation of Neuromancer.
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