Ray Bradbury

[stoutfellow]

I'm reading - or it may be rereading; I really don't remember - The Martian Chronicles. Now, this may be an artifact of memory - it's been twenty or thirty years since I read much Bradbury - but I'm struck by how depressing an author he is. Every story of his that I can call to mind by content ranges somewhere between melancholy and horrifying. The Sound of Thunder. Fever Dream (which scared the crap out of me when I was a kid). All Summer in a Day. Mars Is Heaven!. Pillar of Fire. The Veldt...

Am I guilty of selective memory? Did he write a body of upbeat stories, alongside these?

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[toraks.livejournal.com]

I might not be the best judge, since I haven't read that much Bradbury, but I don't remember any upbeat stories!

I read the Martian Chronicles and at least a few more collections of short stories. Good, but not happy!