Charles DeLint & Others/Carnivorous Wizards

[Kelley]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., mystril at y... wrote:
> I'm trying to decide whether I want to delve into Ray Bradbury, 
> anyone have any recommendations on a good book to start with? I 
keep picking up Dandelion Wine, but then I put it back down. 
> 
> -mystril >>>>>

Hi mystril--

I'm quite a Bradbury fan; "Dandelion Wine" is one of my favorites of 
his work.  The first story of his I ever read was "Dark They Were and 
Golden Eyed" in the fourth grade.  That same year I read "The 
Illustrated Man", have read it countless times since, and still 
really enjoy it.  My other favorite collections are "I Sing The Body 
Electric" (there are several stories in this one that I truly love) 
and "The October Country" (actually, there are three stories in OC 
that I really like--The Emissary, Homecoming, and The Scythe--but the 
rest are not bad, some are a bit weird).  "R is for Rocket" and "S is 
for Space" both have some pretty good individual stories. 

These are all short story collections; if you have any interest, I 
can cull together the titles of his individual stories that I really 
like.  I have favorites in each book, and of course, there are some 
that just never grabbed me.  Give DW a try; it really conveys how 
great, amazing, sinister, and innocent things were when you were 
twelve...

Kelley