-Ray Bradbury

The author and the text :

Ray Douglas Bradbury (1 920 ~2012) was one of the most celebrated A mencan [iction writers of the twentieth century. He wrote science fiction, fantasy, horror and mystery stories. His most famous stories are Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man and it Came from Outer Space. Many of his works have been adapted into comic books, telcwsion shows and films. ‘

This text is an excerpt from a science fiction which gives us an imaginary aecaunt of life on the planet Venus It touchingly narrates the keen expectations of the children of Venus who eagerly waitfor the sun to appear after seven years,

but only for an hour. The deviation of the text from what we know as screnti/ic

fact only adds to the imaginative element ofthe tale