New Podcast Episode: "The Wind"

 

Here's a new episode of my Bradbury 100 podcast, something of a partner to the last episode where I looked at Ray Bradbury's stories from the year 1943. You may recall I talked about "The Wind".

Well, in this episode, I look at that story in more detail - and give a reading of the entire, original version.

What you will hear is the first-ever published version of the story, taken from Weird Tales magazine. This is before Ray re-wrote it for inclusion in his first book, Dark Carnival (1947).

Incidentally, the revised version of "The Wind" is the version you will find in all of Ray's books. After that Weird Tales appearance, Ray didn't give the original version any further outings.

Comparing the two versions is quite fun, and something of a lesson in how to improve a story by re-writing. After I've read the story, I give a comparison of the two versions.

If you want to read the story for yourself, you can find the Weird Tales issue online, here. 

Here's the episode - and next time Bradbury 100 will be back to cover the rest of 1943! 

 

 

Bradbury 100 · Bradbury 100 - episode 67 - "The Wind"

 

 

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New Podcast Episode: Chronological Bradbury 1943

Bradbury 100 podcast time! And it's another of my "Chronological Bradbury" series, this time covering the year 1943.

This is the year when Ray broke all his previous records, by having no fewer than eleven stories published in professional magazines - in contrast to the mere two published in 1942.

This is also the year that Ray became 23 years old. It's remarkable to me that a 22-year-old could write a story like "The Wind", "The Crowd" or "The Scythe". All three of these classics were published before his 23rd birthday.

To be fair, not every Bradbury story of 1943 is a timeless classic. Some of them are quite pulpy! But all of them are interesting.

In this episode, I cover roughly half of 1943, and I'll cover the remainder of the year in a future episode. The stories I feature this time are:

• The Piper (Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1943)
• The Wind (Weird Tales, March 1943)
• Gabriel's Horn (co-written with Henry Hasse (Captain Future, Spring 1943))
• Subterfuge (Astonishing Stories, April 1943) 
• The Crowd (Weird Tales, May 1943)
• The Scythe (Weird Tales, July 1943)

 

Here's the episode. Enjoy! 

 

 

Bradbury 100 · Bradbury 100 - episode 66 - Chronological Bradbury 1943

 

 

Please subscribe to the Bradbury 100 podcast - it's totally free on all platforms. Where to find it:

 

Main platforms:

 
Apple Podcasts - Soundcloud - Spotify

 

 

 

Other platforms include: 

Amazon Music - Audible - Bullhorn - Castbox - Deezer - Fountain - Listen Notes - Player FM - Pocket Casts - Podbean - Podcast Addict - Podcast Index - Podcast Republic - Podchaser - Podfriend - Podlink - TuneIn