Two science fiction greats: Ray Bradbury and Cory Doctorow.
I'm reading Sam Weller's biography of Ray Bradbury this week (The Bradbury Chronicles), and it's quite a good read. Weller has had unfettered access to Bradbury and his life, and the biography is comprehensive, if at times a little simple in its style. Great stuff inside, like Bradbury's decision early in his career to write a short story every week, figuring that he'd have better odds of writing a good one that way.
Just as interesting (OK, maybe a little less) is the similarity of Bradbury to contemporary writer Cory Doctorow, about whom I've blogged before. His Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom is already a sci-fi classic (I've linked to Amazon for you so you can buy it right now) and his latest, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town is a genre-bending great about which I've already blogged. And he looks a lot like Ray Bradbury!
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