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Originally Posted by Ntsimp
I have no idea what's in the popular consciousness, but when I hear "Ray Bradbury" I think of The Martian Chronicles first, followed by The Illustrated Man. If I think about his stuff for a while I'll get around to Fahrenheit 451, but it doesn't stand out that strongly for me.
I think the first story I read of his was "The Veldt", maybe in fourth grade or so. I guess most kids like violence in their books, but I was fascinated then by how strong an effect he achieved with just the subtle (to me) implication of it.
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Yep, me too. Martian Chronicles, The October Country, The Illustrated Man
The Veldt is widely anthologized in the school literature anthologies as well as some of his others like "The Foghorn" and probably many that aren't coming to mind at the moment.