And the premise of his best known long format horror also sounded very intriguing. Sure, I hadn’t been blown away by other Bradbury efforts, but Fahrenheit 451 – the premise at least – has stuck with me for a long time. When I came across Something Wicked This Way Comes, I thought it was the perfect in-road. I tend to find new forays into a genre easier when I take up a classic – something that has stood the test of time within its genre. Until now, that is.Īfter reading (and totally loving, by the way) Locke & Key, by horror writer Joe Hill, I thought I might try giving the horror genre a go. As a result, I didn’t attempt to read any more of his work. I loved the idea of the novel and the world he created, but I found his prose style tedious. Being probably his most well-known and beloved work, I thought Fahrenheit 451 was as good a place to start as any. At the time, I knew of Bradbury through my father, a long-time fan of science fiction short stories, though I had never sat down and read any of it myself. I had just discovered the brilliance of novels like 1984 and Brave New World, so a literary-minded friend recommended Fahrenheit 451 to me. I first read Ray Bradbury back when I was in university.
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