Mr. Electrico, a sideshow magician who inspired Ray Bradbury, then vanished
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Re: Mr. Electrico, a sideshow magician who inspired Ray Bradbury, then vanished
#2Don’t fail to see Nyarlathotep if he comes to Providence. He is horrible—horrible beyond anything you can imagine—but wonderful. He haunts one for hours afterward. I am still shuddering at what he showed.
Re: Mr. Electrico, a sideshow magician who inspired Ray Bradbury, then vanished
#3Regarding the "live forever" command that the magician gave to the young Bradbury, Bradbury had a chance to sign up for cryonics, which is objectively the only way to get a chance to live forever, but he said that he could not face waking up in the future where he knew nobody, and that he cannot stand to leave his friends and neighborhood and neighbors of his current life.. so maybe he had a chance to live forever by signing up for cryonics, but he decided against it
Re: Mr. Electrico, a sideshow magician who inspired Ray Bradbury, then vanished
#4You might notice that this whole Mr. Electro schtick is the core of the Stephen King novel Revival, with an ending that was quite unlike his usual; King has always had a huge yen for all things Bradbury.
Re: Mr. Electrico, a sideshow magician who inspired Ray Bradbury, then vanished
#5(A former tenured professor at Columbia College, Weller was dismissed in summer 2022 for violating the school’s sexual harassment policies.)
Why was it important to include this in an article about Ray Bradbury? It added nothing to the article, and actually took the focus away from the subject. Terrible journalism.
Re: Mr. Electrico, a sideshow magician who inspired Ray Bradbury, then vanished
#6Regarding the "live forever" command that the magician gave to the young Bradbury, Bradbury had a chance to sign up for cryonics, which is objectively the only way to get a chance to live forever, but he said that he could not face waking up in the future where he knew nobody, and that he cannot stand to leave his friends and neighborhood and neighbors of his current life.. so maybe he had a chance to live forever by…
"Immortality" is quite obviously not being used literally, rather in the sense that Bradbury has left such a mark that he will remain a part of society, via his work, long, long after he has died.
Re: Mr. Electrico, a sideshow magician who inspired Ray Bradbury, then vanished
#7Don’t fail to see Nyarlathotep if he comes to Providence. He is horrible—horrible beyond anything you can imagine—but wonderful. He haunts one for hours afterward. I am still shuddering at what he showed.
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Re: Mr. Electrico, a sideshow magician who inspired Ray Bradbury, then vanished
#8You might notice that this whole Mr. Electro schtick is the core of the Stephen King novel Revival , with an ending that was quite unlike his usual; King has always had a huge yen for all things Bradbury.
I just read his new Fairy Tale and it also has some significant Bradbury tribute.
Re: Mr. Electrico, a sideshow magician who inspired Ray Bradbury, then vanished
#9Don’t fail to see Nyarlathotep if he comes to Providence. He is horrible—horrible beyond anything you can imagine—but wonderful. He haunts one for hours afterward. I am still shuddering at what he showed.
(That’s a quote from Nyarlathotep, witten in 1920 by H. P. Lovecraft.)
Re: Mr. Electrico, a sideshow magician who inspired Ray Bradbury, then vanished
#10If performers touch anything that’s grounded, however, “that would be instant death.”
Doesn't this put a lie to the suggestion by Bradbury that members of the audience, including him, were touched with a sword held by the performer?