This is such a surprising comment! Bradbury's style is very sparse and plain, and much closer to Hemingway's end of the spectrum than to the other. Where would you put, say, Nabokov, Melville, or Lovecraft?
replyHaven’t read Nabokov, but Lovecraft is on the Bradbury end of the spectrum, but I love Lovecraft lol
replyTo each his own, I suppose.
replyI particularly like Bradbury's style. It reads very prose poetic. One of my favourite is Dandelion Wine, which you will probably hate.
As "Forever and the Earth" shows it wasn't just stylistic, but essential.
replyEcclesiastes 1:1~11 (where that title is from) talks about futility, using only verses that are hopeful. (but that is lost on newer translations because the language was simplified. see legacy standard or Brenton's Septuagint for the effect)
replyInterestingly, I had the exact opposite reaction - I enjoyed the writing itself, but didn't find the premise all that interesting.
replyMy friend, we exist at opposite ends of a spectrum ha
replyHonestly I'm just tired of the doom and gloom. I should probably keep in mind this was written in 1950.
replyTry some Arthur C Clarke, less doom and gloom
replyChildhood's End by Clarke is quite high on my list of grim endings for the human race
replyhis magnum opus Explode Eath and most of humanity, because of bureocracy apathy, in the first 10 pages. ...Oh I see now. nvm.
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