![]() Others read in distant pastures surrounded by the sounds of creeks and roving cows. Some were from cassette audiobooks with my family on long travels into the west. All were from my first years of reading SF. Beacons of cryptic violence and sadness that continue to guide my reading adventures. ![]() The oppressive Venusian rains in “All Summer in a Day” (1954) and the carcasses consumed by lions in “The Veldt” (1951) remain the most distinct. Scenes and fragments from Fahrenheit 451 (1953), The Martian Chronicles (1951), Dandelion Wine (1951), The Illustrated Man (1951), and I Sing the Body Electric! (1969) percolate through my memories like embers that refuse to flicker out. You can read “The Pedestrian” in the February 1952 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. ![]() Chelsey Bonestall’s cover for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. ![]()
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