Ayermañana. Respuestas evidentes a futuros imposibles
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Esta colección de ensayos -en parte recuerdos， en parte comentarios， pero siempre exuberantes- celebra y explora mundos posibles e imposibles。 Bradbury escribe sobre arte， literatura， historia， ciencia ficción， y diseña ciudades， plazas， museos， parques de diversiones， tiendas y salas de conciertos。 Las claves del futuro son evidentes: las metáforas que encienden nuestra imaginación。
Reviews
Diego Cascón Castro
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Varios capítulos leídos en profundidad y otros por encima; suficiente。 Básicamente son ideas， y algunas reflexiones muy esbozadas。 Como obra en conjunto es un trabajo recopilatorio menor。 Le encuentro sentido si fuese un anexo en un trabajo sobre el autor， pero no creo que tenga mucho interés como libro independiente。
Zak Schmoll
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For anyone who has read Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine， it is clear that he had a love of small towns。 He cared very deeply about place and rootedness。 In this collection of essays， the works that seemed to be the most passionate and exciting were Bradbury's ideas on urban design。 Bring back the bandstand， bring back the soda fountain。 Build cities with socialization at the heart of the design。 Yes， his ideas are probably economically impossible， but they are beautiful， and I think that he is phi For anyone who has read Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine， it is clear that he had a love of small towns。 He cared very deeply about place and rootedness。 In this collection of essays， the works that seemed to be the most passionate and exciting were Bradbury's ideas on urban design。 Bring back the bandstand， bring back the soda fountain。 Build cities with socialization at the heart of the design。 Yes， his ideas are probably economically impossible， but they are beautiful， and I think that he is philosophically in the right place。Several essays in this collection also defend and define science fiction as a genre。 He practically argues that science fiction is the ultimate sandbox。 You can literally write about anything and everything when you are writing about science fiction。 But that's the beauty of it。 You are able to wrestle with some of the biggest questions of all time and tell a story simultaneously。This is an optimistic， upbeat， and very pleasant collection of essays。 If you have not read any of Bradbury's work beyond Fahrenheit 451， which I also love， this world be a good place to start。 。。。more
Jim
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Previously published essays from the glorious 80s gathered together in book form in 1991。 The collection sadly comes across as a little dated but it’s Bradbury so 。。。。。
Claire
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This book was a collection of musings by RB that fall into one of three categories: urban planning & design， memoir style anecdotes of RB’s famous friends， and why science fiction is the most important genre of all。The urban planning and design bits were somewhat interesting， but not the side of RB that I know and love。 These would make a great museum， but I felt as though he were ranting about why LA needs better city planning and rambling about some very unsafe laser tag games for the public。T This book was a collection of musings by RB that fall into one of three categories: urban planning & design， memoir style anecdotes of RB’s famous friends， and why science fiction is the most important genre of all。The urban planning and design bits were somewhat interesting， but not the side of RB that I know and love。 These would make a great museum， but I felt as though he were ranting about why LA needs better city planning and rambling about some very unsafe laser tag games for the public。The memoir style anecdotes about his famous friends were fun to read and many of them made me laugh or smile。 The ode to science fiction essays were the most interesting to me。 RB captures many of the reasons I love science fiction， and the fascinating psychology of technological advancements and what they mean for society and culture。 I enjoyed the book， but I would not recommend it unless you are especially interested in RB or one of the three categories。 。。。more
jedioffsidetrap
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Love Bradbury but these essays/meanderings are pretty disjointed & obtuse to me。 Dense with metaphors & piles of poetic language。 Basically celebrating creativity & imagination。。。
Cullen Haynes
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From the mind that brought you 'Fahrenheit 451'， comes 'Yestermorrow'， visionary writings from the protean Bradbury。Part memoir， part commentary， the world's preeminent master of the fantastic explores in his writings the celebration of ideas。Bradbury reflects on art， history， literature， science， fiction and the people who have influenced him。Like Aldous Huxley's 'The Feelies' in Brave New World - a fully 4D movie experience， Bradbury prophesies the future of cinemas， concert halls， our cities， From the mind that brought you 'Fahrenheit 451'， comes 'Yestermorrow'， visionary writings from the protean Bradbury。Part memoir， part commentary， the world's preeminent master of the fantastic explores in his writings the celebration of ideas。Bradbury reflects on art， history， literature， science， fiction and the people who have influenced him。Like Aldous Huxley's 'The Feelies' in Brave New World - a fully 4D movie experience， Bradbury prophesies the future of cinemas， concert halls， our cities， museums and our very way of life。 If you want to see a glimmer of what tomorrow may look like， perhaps take a walk with Ray。 It may not or may not come to pass， but it's a fascinating ride nonetheless。Happy reading all。CPH 。。。more
Brent
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A fun collection of essays。
Steven Middaugh
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Places of ImaginationGood essays， a mixed bag wrote either in the '80s， '70s， and occasional '60s and '90s。 Lots of ideas， good ones， one or two， eh。 He's quite a thinker。 Good reading。 Places of ImaginationGood essays， a mixed bag wrote either in the '80s， '70s， and occasional '60s and '90s。 Lots of ideas， good ones， one or two， eh。 He's quite a thinker。 Good reading。 。。。more
Mauro
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Ray Bradbury demostro ser un buen novelista y un buen cuentista， es decir， es muy respetado en el campo de la ficcion。 Y cunado leo esto， no puedo decir lo mismo como ensayista， ni periodista。 Ninguna de estas notas que salieron en revistas y aca son compiladas merecen estar en formato de libro。Por lo menos aca， no se si hay otra antología que me demuestre lo contrario。Hay cosas que rescato mas， como cuando habla de su relacion con la empresa Disney o de su vinculo casi paternal con un medievali Ray Bradbury demostro ser un buen novelista y un buen cuentista， es decir， es muy respetado en el campo de la ficcion。 Y cunado leo esto， no puedo decir lo mismo como ensayista， ni periodista。 Ninguna de estas notas que salieron en revistas y aca son compiladas merecen estar en formato de libro。Por lo menos aca， no se si hay otra antología que me demuestre lo contrario。Hay cosas que rescato mas， como cuando habla de su relacion con la empresa Disney o de su vinculo casi paternal con un medievalista italiano。 Todo lo demas me aburrio。 Siempre tiene una prosa amena， pero encuentro poca profundidad。Y otra cosa que me llama la atencion como lector sudamericano， es lo poco que habla de politica， se queja de algunos proyectos truncados （como la carrera espacial） pero que solo es falta de voluntad ciudadana como si el partido gobernante no influyear en nada。 En latinoamerica el color del gobierno es la diferencia entre el progresismo o cierta justicia social y el autoritarismo y la catastrofe economica para las mayorias。 A nosotros si nos influye quien ocupa el puesto presidencial， parece que en USA y a Ray en particular eso no le mueve un pelo。 No hay una sola referencia a la política exterior de su pais， o a las desigualdades raciales。 Sobrevuelan ideas parecidas a sus novela y cuentos， nostalgia por el pasado， ganas de volver a la inocencia de la infancia， etc。 。。。more
Laila
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It was interesting。。。 but all in all it made me a bit sad as far as future visions go。 So much of it seemed to be concentrated on making sure people are good consumers who， when they don't work， still contribute to the economy by shopping and eating out and bei g always， always publically entertained。 And he laid out ideas for bookshops but。。。 nothing that would suggest his vision of the future has room to read， for quiet and thought and people having to use their own imagination。 Also omg all t It was interesting。。。 but all in all it made me a bit sad as far as future visions go。 So much of it seemed to be concentrated on making sure people are good consumers who， when they don't work， still contribute to the economy by shopping and eating out and bei g always， always publically entertained。 And he laid out ideas for bookshops but。。。 nothing that would suggest his vision of the future has room to read， for quiet and thought and people having to use their own imagination。 Also omg all the name dropping and the unquestioning， uncritical worship of Disney。。。It felt like ideas for a dystopia to me， but he seemed so excited about his future vision。 So many thoughts on what to consume and so little thought on how everybody can take part in this amazing future equitably。 。。。more
Ailith Twinning
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I'm really， really iffy on this one。 The conflict is， basically， between the part of me that embraces Patrician constructs， so long as they meet their obligation （the Disney handjob in this book） - and the "No King， No Queen， No Master - We Will Not Be Fooled Again！" （the Terry Pratchett version I prefer over the Anarchist credo because I always hear it in the voice of the narrator for those audiobooks and it makes me smile） side of me。 Ultimately， I'm not an anarchist - I adore the State as a c I'm really， really iffy on this one。 The conflict is， basically， between the part of me that embraces Patrician constructs， so long as they meet their obligation （the Disney handjob in this book） - and the "No King， No Queen， No Master - We Will Not Be Fooled Again！" （the Terry Pratchett version I prefer over the Anarchist credo because I always hear it in the voice of the narrator for those audiobooks and it makes me smile） side of me。 Ultimately， I'm not an anarchist - I adore the State as a concept; a beautiful expression of human interpersonal creation and an awe-inspiring expression of collective power。 I realize how utterly daft that sounds， but， to be fair， have a look at the American Frontier and you tell me whether Anarchism is susceptible to corruption， conquest， slavery， hate， and genocide。 Systems are just political technologies， and I am far from a technological determinist。 That said- what if we embrace the argument here， a kind of anti-Huxleian optimism （as in Huxley's "Brave New World"， and its horror at the infantilization of the masses） that says "Let us build a fantastical world of childish， in the imaginative sense， delight！"？ Well， frankly， I like it - and we had the tech for it back in 1970， after we'd stopped trying to make these things real。 I could embrace the design of Bradburry - it beats the shit out of what we got， it's just that。 。 。those references， like to having fast food joints everywhere （for their convenience） -- There's a part of me that sees it as going a little too far into the pro-Consumerist Fordism。 There's something unsavoury about the concept of profit， and that is， inevitably， the context in which I read this text。 If， however， you read （or， specifically， I read） this book as if it were addressing a potential for planning to be given to a more egalitarian， even socialistic， society？ Oh hell yeah， 100% on board。 So， I guess all my reticence comes from something like "Does everyone have enough， in this scenario， to enjoy these amenities？" A quick test for that， by the by， is to ask "Does the poorest person in this society make， in two， or perhaps three， hours， what it costs to pay for any service， in this economy？" Because， in the simplest terms， one can imagine that any service （provided by a small-business owner， or a properly paid worker） costs two， perhaps three， times what that person makes in an hour。 I don't want a world of absolute equality - but a very large part of me wants one of very nearly perfect economic equality。 Inequality better exists， within limits， in the more directly interpersonal realms of Influence （fame， regard and renown being part of this） and 。 。 。actually， everything I want to add can be chalked under "influence"， I kinda picked broader term than I meant to， ha ha。 （e。g。 deference in a field due to expertise）。 Set this aside as a literal plan for a better urban structure， and riffing on this book is actually really interesting， I'm bumping up my rating。 Aaaand。 。 。just a side-note that I'm so not getting into the。 。 。just。。 。 no simple way to say it， fuck it， read "The Utopia of Rules" by David Graeber， and pay special attention to his discussion of the future， technology， futurism， and where we are today。。 。 。Like， a really， really shortened version of it， an attempt to be pithy， would be "Capitalism Destroyed Futurism。"P。s。 There's a part of me， also， who cannot walk away without calling Bradburry a pretentious ass。 Nothing personal， just a class obligation， really。 I think he'd understand。 。。。more
Shhhhh Ahhhhh
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What an absurd， exhausting book full of word salad。 Would that Hayao Miyazaki had read it instead of Earthsea。 Would that others would engage more fully with the onslaught of ideas presented here。 Ray Bradbury， whose work I'm only familiar with on a cursory level as one of the giants of science fiction reveals himself to be so monumentally much more than that， a mere peddler of Buck Rogers tales and so much Martian trivia。 A playwright。 A passionate imagineer。 A compatriot of disney and others。 What an absurd， exhausting book full of word salad。 Would that Hayao Miyazaki had read it instead of Earthsea。 Would that others would engage more fully with the onslaught of ideas presented here。 Ray Bradbury， whose work I'm only familiar with on a cursory level as one of the giants of science fiction reveals himself to be so monumentally much more than that， a mere peddler of Buck Rogers tales and so much Martian trivia。 A playwright。 A passionate imagineer。 A compatriot of disney and others。 A philosopher。 A devotee to the god of innovation。 What a wonderful， amazing， non-biography told in his own voice， introducing us to himself through his ideas for the world and for each of us。 It made me want to write。 It made me want to buy into his ideas， into his vision of science fiction and his vision of our society as one predicated upon hope and progress。 Sadly， I think I've come to my own conclusions ont he subject。 Still， there may yet be a reread of this somewhere in my heart and future。 。。。more
Jay
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Many of the essays in this collection are about urban design， mainly written in the 70s and 80s。 Bradbury is lobbying readers to recreate old， Midwestern town centers in new towns and in different districts of large cities。 He writes of promenading， and visiting bookstores and tiny movie theaters， and town fairs and farmers markets。 He dreams about the people watching opportunities this would enable。 He complains about cars and traffic， and determines that his urban centers would ban vehicles to Many of the essays in this collection are about urban design， mainly written in the 70s and 80s。 Bradbury is lobbying readers to recreate old， Midwestern town centers in new towns and in different districts of large cities。 He writes of promenading， and visiting bookstores and tiny movie theaters， and town fairs and farmers markets。 He dreams about the people watching opportunities this would enable。 He complains about cars and traffic， and determines that his urban centers would ban vehicles to the outskirts。 This reads like an advertisement for Disney’s Celebration， Florida development and EPCOT。 And as Bradbury worked with Disney， this might actually be the case。 The concepts are interesting， but are told in multiple essays written throughout the years。 Bradbury’s of the Henry James school - his writing is flowery and excessively metaphorical。 And he even writes about metaphors in this collection。 The writing makes this a difficult but illuminating read。 While I enjoyed the multiple essays on urban planning， I understood the concept from books I read in the 70s and 80s。 I found nothing strikingly new here。 I most appreciated his essay on Bernard Berenson， an early mentor in Bradbury’s writing career。 Unlike all the other essays about bringing humanity to a city， I most appreciated the story Bradbury writes about himself， looking for acknowledgement and wisdom， and finding it in a mentor turned friend。 。。。more
Alana Gale
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Oh Mr。 Bradbury， I'll always be partial to your fiction。 And in fact， the best essays in here were， for me， the ones where you justify the existence of science fiction and why you didn't give up on it。 Those essays show why part of why your writing was so good--because you loved it。 There were other essays that I wasn't too keen on。 A little sexist， at times， or otherwise antiquated。 But only a little--I'll forgive you。 My other favorite essay was the one about Bernard Berenson。 It was so moving Oh Mr。 Bradbury， I'll always be partial to your fiction。 And in fact， the best essays in here were， for me， the ones where you justify the existence of science fiction and why you didn't give up on it。 Those essays show why part of why your writing was so good--because you loved it。 There were other essays that I wasn't too keen on。 A little sexist， at times， or otherwise antiquated。 But only a little--I'll forgive you。 My other favorite essay was the one about Bernard Berenson。 It was so moving to see that influence。 In the end， though， I'll stick with The Illustrated Man。 Or Fahrenheit 451。 Or The Martian Chronicles。 。。。more
David
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This is a book by one of my favorite writers of science fiction。 This one is basically a collection of essays， many focused on how future cities should be designed and constructed。 I have to admit that some of them were a little hard to follow but others were fascinating as well as eye opening。
Raúl Mn
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La entrega de Bradbury a la literatura， la ciencia ficción y las artes demuestra su carácter humano y puro。 Esta colección de ensayos son parte de su vida; vivencias mismas y proyectos de su mente。 Un libro didáctico más que épico。
Sarah
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not on overdrive
Rich Stoehr
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"Why the positive bias？ Why the inclination toward optimism？ Because optimism has only meant one thing to me - the chance to behave optimally。 Hip-deep， that is， in our genetics， we behave up to the limit of our blood and brains。 We have done it before。 We have done it often。" - Ray Bradbury， "Beyond 1984"Ray Bradbury is known for his flights of imagination in fiction - as far-flung as Mars and as close as our own backyard， he has imagined worlds for us to enjoy and inhabit in our minds。 Which i "Why the positive bias？ Why the inclination toward optimism？ Because optimism has only meant one thing to me - the chance to behave optimally。 Hip-deep， that is， in our genetics， we behave up to the limit of our blood and brains。 We have done it before。 We have done it often。" - Ray Bradbury， "Beyond 1984"Ray Bradbury is known for his flights of imagination in fiction - as far-flung as Mars and as close as our own backyard， he has imagined worlds for us to enjoy and inhabit in our minds。 Which is why it shouldn't be a surprise that， when reading a collection of essays and ideas he had about architecture and city planning and why science fiction is important fiction， it should not be a surprise that his imagination is no less rich， no less vibrant。 Many of these essays were published previously， not in science fiction magazines， but in publications like Designers West and West: The Los Angeles Times Magazine。 In short， these are Bradbury's ideas for us。In these essays， he laments the loss of connection and hopes for better， envisioning not the stale shopping malls of today but city centers that tease the senses and excite the imagination - we see repeated themes such as bookstores that whisper promises of the stories held within， interactive tours where everyone is an Adventurer through time and place， and soda fountains with a hundred seats。 These are not only places to shop， but places to meet and talk and see one another。 In other essays， Bradbury praises Walt Disney for creating wonderlands for the pure love of the creation， and Fellini for the way he captured our imagination on film。 Reading through them， I couldn't help but be caught up in these concepts and dreams - what if they could happen？ What if they were real？ What if， what if， what if？Of course， most of these were written between the 1970's and the early 1990's， and the world has changed since then。 In the face of modern technology， many of his ideas seem old-fashioned and quaint。 Instead of the Seashell that he wrote of （warned of） in Fahrenheit 451， we have "smartphones" crooning to us and calling to us constantly， pulling us away from one another。 Reading these essays， I couldn't help but wonder what Bradbury would think of where we are today - would he marvel at the magical ways we communicate， or would he weep that the core of his ideas were ignored， and we use our technology to build walls rather than pathways？If his ideas seem old-fashioned， it's probably because they are。 Of course they are。 And， really， what's wrong with being old-fashioned？ In the face of the wall of modernity， a little old-fashioned is like a breath of fresh air sometimes。If there's one thing I came away with from this collection， it's that Bradbury was full of hope。 He would look at the tools we have today， at the world of information at our very fingertips， and rejoice。 Libraries we carry with us everywhere？ Of course！ The ability to say hello to our friends on the other side of the world in real time？ Absolutely amazing！ And he would admonish us， too - don't lose sight of the magic of the past， of the simple things。 Don't forget the soda fountain， the city plaza， the toys and amusements of a child。 To Bradbury， Toyland was not a place to leave behind， but a place to be returned to again and again， even if we fear that we've outgrown it。"Ask me，" he says。 "I'll show you the way。"And in these small wonders， he does。 。。。more
David Allen
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Like most of us， Bradbury has less to say than he thinks he does， meaning that essays aren't really his metier。 That said， the half-dozen pieces here about urban design and what makes a compelling shopping district -- late hours， a plaza， chairs， certain types of stores， the thrill of being slightly lost -- are outstanding， aimed at L。A。 but applicable elsewhere。 Like most of us， Bradbury has less to say than he thinks he does， meaning that essays aren't really his metier。 That said， the half-dozen pieces here about urban design and what makes a compelling shopping district -- late hours， a plaza， chairs， certain types of stores， the thrill of being slightly lost -- are outstanding， aimed at L。A。 but applicable elsewhere。 。。。more
Yasmin
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Bradbury nos entrega sus reflexiones acerca de la literatura， el mundo， la ciencia ficción， la vida。。。 su estilo es como siempre íntimo y evocador， rozando en la ternura con que un padre contempla las facciones de sus hijos。Es interesante leer a Bradbury ya maduro， en una fase de su vida en la que， diríase， ya está más allá del bien y del mal。 Sin embargo， sigue gustándome más el joven de las Crónicas marcianas， de Farenheit 451， de El país de octubre y de Fantasmas de lo nuevo。。。 el que detonó Bradbury nos entrega sus reflexiones acerca de la literatura， el mundo， la ciencia ficción， la vida。。。 su estilo es como siempre íntimo y evocador， rozando en la ternura con que un padre contempla las facciones de sus hijos。Es interesante leer a Bradbury ya maduro， en una fase de su vida en la que， diríase， ya está más allá del bien y del mal。 Sin embargo， sigue gustándome más el joven de las Crónicas marcianas， de Farenheit 451， de El país de octubre y de Fantasmas de lo nuevo。。。 el que detonó nuestros sueños con Marte， con Halloween， con abuelas eléctricas y reyes solitarios en Inglaterras solitarias。。。 。。。more
Haylee Jalyn
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Another grand collection of Bradbury's essays。 Not finished yet， but am thoroughly enjoying it。 Another grand collection of Bradbury's essays。 Not finished yet， but am thoroughly enjoying it。 。。。more
Meghan Pinson
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