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scarletwoman

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12. I *know* it was the first Bradbury book I ever read.

Reply to TexasProgresive (Reply #11)

Mon Oct 19, 2015, 06:49 PM

Oct 2015

It completely blew me away - and yes, "it haunted my thoughts" for a long time afterward, too. I think I was either 13 or 14 when I read it - the perfect age, I think.

After SWTWC I set out to read everything he wrote, up through the early 80s. He was an amazing writer.

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