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I love Bradbury's work too, although I feel his best work was in the 1950s and '60s.
He is able to evoke a Time and a Place, and his sentimental words create real emotion in his readers, in those individuals who are capable of remembering their own childhood and the wonder of waking up to a new day when everything created seemed marvelous and fresh. He captures those moments of universal innocence and makes of them shared moments of Wonder.
As to his decisions in which he makes his books available, my opinion is that it is between himself, his accountant, and his publisher.
He owes us nothing; rather, we who love his work owe him thanks and a blessing (if one is of that bent) for creating worlds beyond our (often) meager imaginations, and for taking us on a journey that allowed us to discover the grace we are capable of showing in our everyday, normal existence.
These are merely my opinions, and you do not need to endorse them or damn them. They are simply opinions.
Cheers,
Don
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