Comments on: “The Happiness Machine” by Ray Bradbury

By: lena

lena — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:09:30 +0000

hello dead guy are you still alive?

By: B. Reina

B. Reina — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:18:48 +0000

I thought, “The Happiness Machine” was creative, inventive, funny and meaningful.

By: RobertZ

RobertZ — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:12:34 +0000

Thanks again for posting another great vintage Ray Bradbury story. Please post more. And Happy Birthday to Ray Bradbury!

By: Jerry Weist

Jerry Weist — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:56:15 +0000

Not only do I love this story, but hanging on your first floor is the large watercolor original by Fritz Willis who did the illustration for this story when it was first printed many years ago in The Saturday Evening Post, it is also pictured in my book BRADBURY: AN ILLUSTRATED LIFE, by William Morrow.

By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:29:41 +0000

I quit reading after it was obvious this is not a story but a joke of some weird kind. I refuse to let a writer torture me by withholding information that should be revealed at the beginning — not the end. Obviously, the SEP editors hand out free passes for an author with a name — certainly not for any literary quality. The sidebar, The Perfect Squelch, is just plain silly, too. The SEP is beating a dead horse with some of this ancient content, which may have been at the top of the heap decades ago, but let’s face reality, it ain’t classic stuff. Commission some new writers who know something about entertainment. That said, I’ve read many excellent stories in the SEP, such as Paul Gallico’s, The Snow Goose, but quality fiction in the SEP archives is rare. One final note about reader comments. I’ll continue to return in hopes of finding quality fiction, but if this comment is deleted, I’ll know the editors are cherry picking opinion not just to avoid criticism but also to hijack free speech.