From Today’s “The Writer’s Almanac”
August 22nd, 2008 by Therese Walsh
…it’s the birthday of science fiction and fantasy writer Ray Bradbury, (books by this author) born in 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois. He has written books such as The Martian Chronicles (1950), Fahrenheit 451 (1953), and Farewell Summer (2006).
Ray Bradbury who said, “There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
And, “Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down.”
