I don’t believe in colleges and universities,” Ray Bradbury, 88, said. “I
believe in libraries.”
When you are pushing 90, have written scores of famous novels, short stories and
screenplays, and have fulfilled the goal of taking a simulated ride to Mars,
what’s left?
among Mr. Bradbury’s passions, none burn quite as hot as his lifelong enthusiasm
for halls of books. His most famous novel, “Fahrenheit 451,” which concerns book
burning, was written on a pay typewriter in the basement of the University of
California, Los Angeles, library
Mr. Bradbury frequently speaks at libraries across the state, and on Saturday
he will make his way here for a benefit for the H. P. Wright Library, which like
many others in the state’s public system is in danger of shutting its doors
because of budget cuts.
“The children ask me, ‘How can I live forever, too?’ ” he said. “I tell them do what you love and love what you do. That’s the story on my life.”
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