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| Ray Bradbury, RIP |
| 2012-06-06 |
| Ray Bradbury, the iconic science-fiction author behind such classics as The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451, has reportedly passed away at age 91. The sci-fi and genre website i09.com is reporting that the Illinois-born Bradbury, recipient of the U.S. National Medal of Arts, passed away in his Los Angeles home Wednesday morning. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #7 That's fiction. More like Horror. R.I.P. Ray Bradbury. Still have my 'Ray Bradbury Theater' DVDs. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2012-06-06 15:44 |
| #6 Not all. The alleged author of 'Dreams from My Father' is still with us as I recall. That's fiction. |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-06-06 14:41 |
| #5 'All Summer in a Day' is quite memorable and I thinks PBS even made it into a TV episode. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2012-06-06 14:21 |
| #4 And now all four of the great Sci-Fi writers of my youth are gone (Heinlein, 1907-88; Asimov, 1920-92; Clarke, 1917-2008; Bradbury, 1920-2012). Posted by Glenmore Not all. The alleged author of 'Dreams from My Father' is still with us as I recall. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-06-06 13:22 |
| #3 And now all four of the great Sci-Fi writers of my youth are gone (Heinlein, 1907-88; Asimov, 1920-92; Clarke, 1917-2008; Bradbury, 1920-2012). |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2012-06-06 11:56 |
| #2 Don't forget Something Wicked this Way Comes. RIP. |
| Posted by: Korora 2012-06-06 10:55 |
| #1 Well there goes another man of letters. If you haven't read Martian Chronicles or Fahrenheit 451, you are not well read. Ray, thanks for all of the fun reading your stuff when I was a kid. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2012-06-06 10:46 |