This author wrote stories such as one in which Mr. Acton’s obsession with cleaning up his fingerprints all around the house of the man he murdered leads to his arrest; one which ends with Charles killing a colony of fire ants simply by brushing them with his foot; and one in which a farmer unwittingly ends up becoming the Grim Reaper. Other stories by this author of include one in which a man discovers that constant communication leads to liberation, something a psychologist explores but does not take to heart, and one in which a sea creature tries to copulate with a lighthouse because it mistakes the noises it makes for a mating call. In one novel by this author, a carnival held in October includes attractions that make Miss Foley young but also totally blind, and one of the two organisers of that sinister carnival is literally killed with kindness and affection. This author wrote about Braling using a robot duplicate of himself as a stand-in in order to pursue his personal interests in “Marionettes, Inc.” and a story in which the only "character" is a robotic house whose owners have long since been destroyed by thermonuclear warfare. The most famous novel by this author features a protagonist who reads a Matthew Arnold poem aloud to his wife. For ten points, name this American science fiction author who wrote Something Wicked This Way Comes and "There Will Come Soft Rains" who described the exploits of the fireman Guy Montag in Fahrenheit 451.
This author wrote stories such as one in which Mr. Acton’s obsession with cleaning up his fingerprints all around the house of the man he murdered leads to his arrest; one which ends with Charles killing a colony of fire ants simply by brushing them with his foot; and one in which a farmer unwittingly ends up becoming the Grim Reaper. Other stories by this author of include one in which a man discovers that constant communication leads to liberation, something a psychologist explores but does not take to heart, and one in which a sea creature tries to copulate with a lighthouse because it mistakes the noises it makes for a mating call. In one novel by this author, a carnival held in October includes attractions that make Miss Foley young but also totally blind, and one of the two organisers of that sinister carnival is literally killed with kindness and affection. This author wrote about Braling using a robot duplicate of himself as a stand-in in order to pursue his personal interests in “Marionettes, Inc.” and a story in which the only "character" is a robotic house whose owners have long since been destroyed by thermonuclear warfare. The most famous novel by this author features a protagonist who reads a Matthew Arnold poem aloud to his wife. For ten points, name this American science fiction author who wrote Something Wicked This Way Comes and "There Will Come Soft Rains" who described the exploits of the fireman Guy Montag in Fahrenheit 451.
This author wrote stories such as one in which Mr. Acton’s obsession with cleaning up his fingerprints all around the house of the man he murdered leads to his arrest; one which ends with Charles killing a colony of fire ants simply by brushing them with his foot; and one in which a farmer unwittingly ends up becoming the Grim Reaper.