I'm a magician who writes about ideas. I'm not a science-fiction writer. People who call me that are wrong. Most of what I write is fantasy or magic realism or plays about my Mexican-American background. (Ray Bradbury)

I'm a magician who writes about ideas. I'm not a science-fiction writer. People who call me that are wrong. Most of what I write is fantasy or magic realism or plays about my Mexican-American background.

Ray Bradbury

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