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    RIP Ray Bradbury

    R.I.P. Ray Bradbury, Author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles
    http://io9.com/5916175/rip-ray-bradbury-author-of-fahrenheit-451-and-the-martian-chronicles
    Ray Bradbury — author of The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and many more literary classics — died this morning in Los Angeles, at the age of 91.


    Very sad to hear this.

    Jan
    "As empathy spreads, civilization spreads. As empathy contracts, civilization contracts...as we're seeing now.
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    Yes - a bit sad, but let us rejoice in what he wrote, and be happy he did.
    Jan from Denmark

    My blog :

    http://www.babylonlurker.dk

    "Our thoughts form the Universe - they *always* matter"

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    • #3
      An autobiographical essay by Ray Bradubury only published in the New Yorker the other day:

      Take Me Home
      http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/06/04/120604fa_fact_bradbury
      Just before his death, in 2012, Ray Bradbury wrote about his grandfather and the birth of his love for science fiction: “I would go out to that lawn on summer nights and reach up to the red light of Mars and say, ‘Take me home!’ ”


      Remembering his joy at discovering speculative fiction. To quote another author, "Shared joy is increased".

      Jan
      Last edited by Jan; 06-06-2012, 02:53 PM.
      "As empathy spreads, civilization spreads. As empathy contracts, civilization contracts...as we're seeing now.

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      • #4
        Thankfully his works will live on for generations to enjoy.
        What a wonderful world you live in. -
        Yeah, well, the rent is cheap, the pay is decent and I get to make my own hours.

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        • #5
          I'll always remember him as a kind man, generous with his time, and with a very snarky sense of humor. I'm glad I got the chance to meet him (along with Ray Harryhausen, Forry Ackerman, and Greg Bear) back in 98. He was a very bright light in such a dark world. RIP, Ray, and thanks for the memories.
          "Jan Schroeder is insane" - J. Michael Straczynski, March 2008

          The Station: A Babylon 5 Podcast

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          • #6
            Alas, all of my favorite authors, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein and now Ray Bradbury, are no longer with us.

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