AUTHOR OF '451' COMING TO TOWN PART OF 'THE BIG READ,' BRADBURY TALKS SUNDAY.Byline: SHARON COTAL COTAL Confederación de Los Organismos Turisticos Para America Latina (Spanish: Confederation of Latin American Tourism Organizations) Staff Writer Author Ray Bradbury Noun 1. Ray Bradbury - United States writer of science fiction (born 1920) Bradbury, Ray Douglas Bradbury will appear in Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, on Sunday as part of local libraries' participation in a National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Independent agency of the U.S. government that supports the creation, dissemination, and performance of the arts. It was created by the U.S. program designed to encourage reading. Bradbury's 1953 novel "Fahrenheit 451" has been selected for inclusion in the endowment's "The Big Read" program, which encourages reading of literature by asking communities to come together to read and discuss a book. In an e-mail sent from his home in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , the 86-year-old Bradbury said he was excited to learn "Fahrenheit 451" had been selected and was looking forward to visiting Santa Clarita. "I was tremendously excited, of course, because over the years most authors, including myself, do not get that many reviews. But to have this acknowledged by the people in Washington is wonderful," Bradbury said. "You can imagine that I was very excited, and this excitement continues with my trip to Santa Clarita." "Fahrenheit 451" tells the story of futuristic firefighter Guy Montag, whose job is not to put out fires but to start them to burn books, which are illegal contraband contraband, in international law, goods necessary or useful in the prosecution of war that a belligerent may lawfully seize from a neutral who is attempting to deliver them to the enemy. . The public, addicted to wall-size TV screens, tiny earphones and drugs, makes little protest over the destruction of reading material since most people stopped reading long ago. Bradbury may have been writing 50 years ago, but many of the technological devices described in "Fahrenheit 451" are similar to products in use today. And a 2004 endowment study titled "Reading at Risk" showed that literary reading in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. is in steep decline. To encourage more reading amid the variety of diversions, Bradbury recommends teachers try to instill in·still v. To pour in drop by drop. in stil·la tion n. a love for reading when children are
young.
"One of the problems is that we're so bombarded with all this information from all kinds of devices. How can we combat that? It's up to the teachers because during the last 30 years or so, we haven't prepared children to read and write soon enough," he said. "We should begin the process when they're 4 or 5 years old, so that by the time they reach the first grade they know how to read and write." Bradbury will discuss this issue and others during his visit. He also plans to emphasize the importance of libraries. "When you meet a great lover like me, you meet someone who has loved libraries all of his life," he said. If you go Author Ray Bradbury will discuss his book "Fahrenheit 451" from 6 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Santa Clarita Sports Complex, 20880 Centre Pointe pointe n. In ballet, dancing that is performed on the tips of the toes. [From French pointe (des pieds), point (of the feet), tiptoe; see point.] Parkway, Canyon Country. For a complete list of events for "The Big Read-Santa Clarita Valley," visit www.thebigread- scv.org. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: no caption (Ray Bradbury) Kevin Winter/Getty Images File Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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