1984 WILL NOT ARRIVE: A Prediction for the Greening of Scripps
Pasadena, California: Printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press, 1975. First Edition. Wraps. A lecture delivered by Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) at Scripps College in Claremont, California: "...as we approach 1976 and our 200th year, we face the sometimes surprising and always pleasantly miraculous fact that of all the revolutions in the world, ours is the most continuing, fecund, and least hostile to all life-styles contained within our borders. Ours is the revolution that continues to turn and recycle itself, to destroy without destroying, to change without annihilating, to speak new tongues without suppressing old. Let's face it, with all its flaws and shortcomings, and they are multifold, we own and operate the revolution of the world. It is from us that cups of sugar and dippers of knowledge are borrowed. If we opened our immigration gates tomorrow, we would be flooded with thr world's populations. Why? Because we are not Big Brother, not tomorrow's doom, not Orwell's Uncle, not 1984." Slim quarto: [8] p. Original printed green paper wrappers, which reproduce decorations from Flowers and Faces by H.E. Bates (Golden Cockerell Press). A fine copy. Scarce. Fine. Item #73633
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