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Hoy Ray Bradbury (uno de mis escritores favoritos), autor de Crónicas Marcianas, el Hombre Ilustrado y Fahrenheit 451, cumple los nada despreciables 88 años.

Escribe Bradbury:

During the Labor Day week of 1932 a favorite uncle of mine died; his funeral was held on the Labor Day Saturday. If he hadn’t died that week, my life might not have changed because, returning from his funeral at noon on that Saturday, I saw carnival tent down by Lake Michigan. I knew that down there, by the lake, in his special tent, was a magician named Mr. Electrico. 

Mr. Electrico was a fantastic creator of marvels. He sat in his electric chair every night and was electrocuted in front of all the people, young and old, of Waukegan, Illinois. When the electricity surged through his body he raised a sword and knighted all the kids sitting in the front row below his platform. I had been to see Mr. Electrico the night before. When he reached me, he pointed his sword at my head and touched my brow. The electricity rushed down the sword, inside my skull, made my hair stand up and sparks fly out of my ears. He then shouted at me, “Live forever!”

In his words #

Ray Brádbury, autor de Fahrenheit 451, Crónicas Marcianas y cientos y cientos de cuentos cumple 86 años el día de hoy.

Anteriormente en Post-hipnótico:
Crónicas Marcianas # Prólogo de Borges

Ray Bradbury cumple 85 años el día de hoy. Es un escritor admirable por la calidad, la sencillez y lo poético de su prosa. Es admirable también por ser uno de esos seres humanos que genuinamente disfruta todo lo que pasa por su mirada, y que escribe hoy con el mismo entusiasmo, el mismo delirio creativo y la misma ilusión con la que lo hizo desde que vendió su primer cuento hace sesenta y cuatro años.