Vox Hunt: On Writing

renee
Jul 10, 2007 at 10:18 PM
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Book: Show us a book that has helped or inspired your writing.

This book reminds me of the importance of the written word. It reminds me to remain sensitive to the fact that words have power. Amazingly, I did not read this book until I was 38 years old!

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Ah! This is up there with my favorite books and Ray Bradbury is probably my all-time favorite writer. I've read more by him than probably anyone else. And I actually got to meet him at SMU which was very cool. He's such a wonderful person in person!!

Did you ever see the film, Fahrenheit 451? Definitely not as good a the book, but it was well-done. (And very old by now.)

I don't know why I never read it sooner. I believe it is because I read something by RB earlier and it had been over my head. Liking "...451" as I do, I may try another. (Actually I have one children's book he wrote.) Did you put him as your famous person on that Qof theD? No, never saw it. I wonder where I could find a copy now. It was such a good story in my head, I almost don't want to overwrite it like I did when I saw the Harry Potter movies. Have you seen the movie "Equilibrium"? When I read "...451" I saw shades of "E..." in it as I had seen that first.

I haven't yet answered any of the Q of the D. You could get it through Netflix. But I agree - it could potentially ruin the book for you. I haven't seen Equilibrium. I'll put it on my queue. Thanks.

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I never read this, but I saw about five minutes of the movie once. Not because I wasn't interested - I don't even recall - maybe my dad was switching channels or something. I love some of Ray Bradbury's works - maybe I'll have to check it out at the library. I read the Martian Chronicles when I was in high school and it was terrific.

Never read Martian Chronicles. Maybe mom has 'em and I can borrow.

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