Ray Bradbury has died

[feller469]

Iconic SciFi writer Ray Bradbury has died. Read "Fahrenheit 451" again. He was a visionary.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/47705527/ns/today-books/

 

[DimRay]

RIP Ray.:weeping:

 

[gunslingingbird]

Damn, that sucks. R.I.P. Ray :hatsoff:

 

[PlumpRump]

Fascinating man, with a brilliant mind. Not many people read much anymore, but his absence will be noticeable, to say the least.

Interesting article about him here.

Some brief highlights:

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Ray Bradbury

1. Ray Bradbury Didn’t Consider Himself A Science Fiction Writer

2. Even Though He Wrote About The Fantastic, He Loved The Rural Life

3. He Wrote Every Day, But Never Went To College

4. He Never Learned How To Drive A Car

5. He Wrote His Book, ‘From The Dust Returned’ Over a 55 Year Period

6. Michael Moore Angered Bradbury By Appropriating The Title Of His Book

7. Bradbury Was a Descendant of a Salem Witch Sentenced To Hang

8. Ray Was A Strong Skeptic Of The Internet And E-Books

9. Fahrenheit 451′ Was First Published (as a series) In Playboy Magazine

10. A Moon Crater and an Asteroid Were Named In His Honor

 

[Moonchild22]

A visionary indeed. My favorite remains "Something Wicked This Way Comes". The movie was damn cool, too.

 

[Smallville22]

R.I.P. Ray

 

[Death-Proof-69]

RIP. Fahrenheit 451 was a remarkably accurate vision of the future...especially reading it now and looking around at the world we live in..

 

[feller469]

Reading Bradbury and Orwell today is a little unsettling.

 

[Death-Proof-69]

Reading Bradbury and Orwell today is a little unsettling.

yeah it is, also eye opening to those who haven't and are capable of having their eyes opened...those are few and far between though unfortunately

 

[shootfighter8]

R.I.P. Mr Bradbury. :angels:

 

[STDiva]

The holy quadrinity of science fiction are now dead. Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Douglas Adams and now Bradbury. Who do we have now? Whedon? These are dark times.