Review: 'Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview and Other Conversations' edited by Sam Weller

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'Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview and Other Conversations' edited by Sam Weller, 93 pages - Instagram @c_reads_books

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Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview and Other Conversations edited by Sam Weller contains four of Bradbury’s final conversations and interviews with his biographer Sam Weller. In these conversations, Bradbury reveals how he predicted flat screen TVs, wireless earbuds, and a multitude of other technologies, when he’d never even driven a car in his whole life. The famous author also discusses the process of writing Fahrenheit 451, his most famous work, in the basement of UCLA’s Lawrence Clark Powell Library on a rental typewriter, his inadvertent impact on architecture, and his childhood growing up in Waukegan, Illinois, among a multitude of other things.

I absolutely loved this book! Having read Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and over 100 of Bradbury’s short stories, I loved getting to know the author himself on a personal level. It was both beautiful and inspiring to read Bradbury’s reflection on his life and all that he had learned, just months before he passed away at age 91. I enjoyed hearing everything Bradbury had to say, but above all, I really loved the way the famous fantasy writer (he didn’t consider himself a science fiction writer, despite being given that label by the whole world) described his love and passion for books, reading, and libraries. Bradbury’s obsession with books and libraries is ever-present in Fahrenheit 451, yet it certainly makes me smile and laugh to hear him talk about his love for the way books smell and feel (maybe the biggest bibliophile there was)! I would recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of Bradbury’s, or is just looking for some wholehearted reflection and life advice from an 89 to 91-year-old man!