I'm reposting the following on behalf of Deborah Chester, whose original message got dumped somehow into the error bucket: Subject: Re: the issue in question From: [log in to unmask] Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 09:18:49 -0600 Hmmm. Having read some of his essays on how he became a writer and learned/developed his craft, I'd say that Bradbury is about as Beow as a writer can get. The fact that critics also like him is just an added bonus. He certainly doesn't write with an eye to pleasing critics or patrons. DC