E-mail is the greatest thing about the Internet. I regularly talk to friends in China and England. I've also rediscovered friends I went to college with years ago. I keep in touch with family. I meet new people from all over the country.
Electronic mail is incredibly valuable.
But maybe Bradbury is besieged with silly mail from fans. I hope he returns a year from now to tell us what he likes about the Internet. The 1950 book is a series of vignettes depicting the destruction of the red planet by greedy, disease-carrying Earthmen. The book, which set a new standard for the genre, has been published in 30 languages, was made into a television miniseries and a year ago inspired a computer game. It was filmed in the 1960s by Francois Truffaut, and Bradbury is working on a script for a remake, which will be directed by and star Mel Gibson.