tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post5758179947344313500..comments2024-02-05T01:55:53.566-08:00Comments on Gently Mad: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburySharon Wilfonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-70496340368185432452013-03-03T14:47:56.790-08:002013-03-03T14:47:56.790-08:00Creative Mind: I hope you enjoy the book. Bradbu...Creative Mind: I hope you enjoy the book. Bradbury's essay is in the book The Writing Life: Writers on How They Think and Work a collection from the Washington Post Book World ed. by Maria Arana<br />It's a book I'm going to review after I finish it. You can find it on Amazon. Have a great day!Sharon Wilfonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-65170491354024336712013-03-03T12:35:40.242-08:002013-03-03T12:35:40.242-08:00Since I read Fahrenheit 451(which I really loved i...Since I read Fahrenheit 451(which I really loved it) I wanted to read more books by Ray Bradbury! I think that "Something Wicked this way comes" will be he next! :) Thank you for your review and your analysis, it seems really interesting.. Can you tell me the name of Ray Bradbury's essay you mention?Creative Mindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910570283369200984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-19346961366747572192013-02-27T18:33:41.141-08:002013-02-27T18:33:41.141-08:00Just wanted to say thank you for the kind words. I...Just wanted to say thank you for the kind words. I hope for health and happiness for you and your family.<br /><br />Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-68796760698110893492013-02-27T08:22:12.291-08:002013-02-27T08:22:12.291-08:00Hi Brian: Thanks for your comments.
I love d...Hi Brian: Thanks for your comments. <br /><br /> I love discussing the existence of God, which unfortunately, a blog of this type doesn't provide space for.<br /><br />I don't think that believing in God is appealing intellectually (or He would appeal to people like you:) I see God as an inescapable truth. <br /><br />How can people, who even agnostics acknowledge are corrupt, recognize good? How can we know what is perfect or believe in it, if it in fact doesn't exist? <br /><br />Only something (or Someone) out side of us showing us a blue print of good can provide that understanding. (And evil is simply that which is not good.)<br /><br />Anyway, I appreciate your comments. And even though you don't believe in Him, I pray for God to bless you and your family. Take care!Sharon Wilfonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-31360377445272218802013-02-27T08:11:08.281-08:002013-02-27T08:11:08.281-08:00Arabella: If you like Bradbury, then you'll e...Arabella: If you like Bradbury, then you'll enjoy this book.Sharon Wilfonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-7564830483178168822013-02-26T02:47:08.478-08:002013-02-26T02:47:08.478-08:00Hi Sharon - It has been many years since I read th...Hi Sharon - It has been many years since I read this book. I remember loving it as a teenager.<br /><br />I really like your analysis of the themes presented. You have gotten me thinking about imperfections and corruptions in our belief systems and morality. Ultimately I believe that bad and good, even if good is in itself not perfect stems from our biology as well as society so I guess that I am close to Bradbury's view. <br /><br />Though I do not believe it is so, I grant that a supreme God providing a basis for a perfect morality is appealing both intellectually and emotionally.<br /><br /> <br />Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-45806097271074486142013-02-26T01:45:58.117-08:002013-02-26T01:45:58.117-08:00This is also a book I have been meaning to read fo...This is also a book I have been meaning to read for years, really must track down a copy and just read it.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824748902803492123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-84909210743250727102013-02-25T09:34:14.903-08:002013-02-25T09:34:14.903-08:00I always love it when someone introduces me to a g...I always love it when someone introduces me to a good book. Glad I was able to do that for you, Lauren. Take care.Sharon Wilfonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-55905354808763970192013-02-25T08:56:58.162-08:002013-02-25T08:56:58.162-08:00I have never read and now I don't know why. I ...I have never read and now I don't know why. I must get this book. Thanks for nice review of it. Have a great day!Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06043491234424773960noreply@blogger.com