tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31891763.post759955882960957332..comments2023-09-21T12:25:29.643+01:00Comments on Phil Nichols - Bradburymedia: Dandelion Wine WeddingPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04216810702125906530noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31891763.post-62177644628223447792010-06-19T20:29:33.925+01:002010-06-19T20:29:33.925+01:00Hi John,
Dandelion Wine and Farewell Summer were ...Hi John,<br /><br />Dandelion Wine and Farewell Summer were conceived as a single book (and not as "part one" and "part two", but more intertwining). I just think that the stronger material ended up in DW, and the lesser material in FS. Certainly DW is more unified, whereas FS seems more stitched together out of fragments.<br /><br />I don't think FS is a bad book, just not as sparkling as DW. I was much more enchanted by Somewhere A Band Is Playing, which is another Bradbury piece written in the 1950s but held back from publication until the 2000s.<br /><br />Thanks for the praise for the site. I quite like it myself!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216810702125906530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31891763.post-20520847119371006752010-06-19T13:24:49.413+01:002010-06-19T13:24:49.413+01:00Really? You found Farewell Summer to be a disappo...Really? You found <em>Farewell Summer</em> to be a disappointing sequel? That book had some of the most profound impacts on me of all of Ray's works! I read <em>Dandelion Wine</em> as a boy, and <em>Farewell Summer</em> as a man, and, with that, Ray slammed me between the eyes with what has become (for me) the most implanted of all his metaphors: the passage of time and experience through generations. Looking back now, I probably owe that book for my first collected stories, without even knowing it.<br /><br />Defense of a favorite book aside, the wedding is such a wonderful idea! If I wasn't so madly in love with autumn, I'd probably adopt this for my own future wedding.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing all these wonderful finds. I absolutely love this site!John J. Walsh IVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04278299157261581386noreply@blogger.com