RIP Ray Bradbury

[RHWright]

http://io9.com/5916175/rip-ray-bradbury-author-of-fahrenheit-451-and-the-martian-chronicles

A sad day.

[pen21]

I just saw this on CNN. It is hard to believe. His books will live on forever. He is always in my top authors.

[Htom_Serveaux]

I am, and I don't care who knows it, in tears.

"The Illustrated Man" was the first science fiction I ever read at about 12 years of age and,

for better or worse, helped to make me whatever I am now and inspired my "wannabe" author status.  Not to mention starting a life long love affair with science fiction and the written word in general.

Growing up in the 1960s in a small town in Ohio, I found that Mr. Bradbury wrote exactly what I saw and felt.  I did not know Ray Bradbury, but he sure knew me.

[dhaupt]

I was very sad, thanks for sharing

[patgolfneb]

Bradbury deserves credit I feel for taking the tradition of science fiction dealing with social and political issues and the human condition to a new level, comparable to anything found in mainsream fiction.

[Ryan_G]

Does anyone else remember the genius that was The Ray Bradbury Theater TV show.

[dhaupt]

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Ryan_G wrote:

Does anyone else remember the genius that was The Ray Bradbury Theater TV show.

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Oh I do Ryan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ray_Bradbury_Theater

[Beachgirl75]

One of my favorite quotes.

[Beachgirl75]

                   

One of my favorite quotes

[paulgoatallen]

The guy was amazing – he literally singlehandedly changed how people perceive short genre fiction. I love his short story collections: The Golden Apples of the Sun, The Autumn People, One More for the Road, etc. Just timeless, masterfully written classic stories.