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Ray Bradbury

• Herausgeber: Wildside Press
• Kategorie: Fantasy und Science-Fiction
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Seitenzahl: 17

Beschreibung

The life of a child genius was no fun, by Roby couldn't escape it...until a falling star taught him how to rebel! A classic story by Ray Bradbury, originally published in the October, 1948 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories under the pseudonym "Brett Sterling."

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INTRODUCTION

REFERENT, by Ray Bradbury

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New elements copyright © 2023 by Wildside Press LLC.

Originally published in Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1948,under the pseudonym “Brett Sterling.”

Published by Wildside Press LLC.

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INTRODUCTION

I only met Ray Bradbury once, though I worked with him for years. That one meeting occurred at the World Science Fiction Convention in Atlanta, Georgia in 1986, late on a Saturday night (or more accurately early Sunday morning). I was on my way back to my room on one of the upper floors. My hotel had a huge open atrium, and I had paused to look down at the still-bustling ground floor. Dozens—perhaps hundreds—of fans were still up and about, attending room parties, gaming, attending late panels, doing the sort of things that fans do at this hour. Then the elevator doors opened and Ray Bradbury stepped out. He was dressed in his signature white suit, face a bit red, dark circles under his eyes.

I smiled and gave him a not, then turned back to gazing down at the bottom of the atrium.

He had looked tired. I was certain he was heading back to his room for the night, and I didn’t want to hold him up.

He didn’t recognize me, of course. At the time, I worked for Byron Preiss Visual Publications, a book packager who did quite a few projects with Bradbury, and just a few weeks before I had sent him copies of one of his books. He had no reason to speak with me. But despite this, he joined me at the railing and also looked down at the lobby for a minute.

“Quite a convention,” he said.

I agreed. We exchanged a few pleasantries, and a few minutes later we said good-night and headed in opposite directions toward our rooms. I never introduced myself. (To be fair, neither did he.) But he was friendly, cheerful, and accessible in a way that a celebrity of his magnitude rarely is. That’s something I will never forget, and it impressed me that this is the way a best-selling author ought to behave.