Ray Bradbury, award-winning author, screenwriter and science fiction legend, passed away Tuesday night at the age of 91 after a lengthy illness.
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06-06-2012, 10:23 AM #1Mild-Mannered Reporter
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Ray Bradbury Passes Away at 91
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06-06-2012, 10:48 AM #22x Postmania Champion
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The world has lost a great one.
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06-06-2012, 10:58 AM #3Elder Member
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oh wow, one of my favorite authors is dead
this kind of puts a cramp in my day
guy left behind a lot of great work though :)they label me a villain cause of how I express my feelings
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06-06-2012, 11:30 AM #4Elder Member
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One of my favourite works in comics is this. It's a gem of a story and my favourite of Bradbury's EC work.
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06-06-2012, 11:38 AM #5Venomous Female
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sad to hear, what a awesome author.
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06-06-2012, 12:06 PM #6New Member
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His EC adaptations were some of the most memerable from the EC books including "the black ferris" and my personnal fav "there will come soft rains"...
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06-06-2012, 12:08 PM #7Richards!!!
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Read a lot of his work and enjoyed it. This is too bad.
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06-06-2012, 01:31 PM #8They call me Mr. Pip!
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A class mate turned me on to the Martian Chronicles when I was 12 or so.
But my favorite books by him later become the collection Dandelion Wine and the wonderfully creepy Something Wicked this Way comes.My blog.
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06-06-2012, 01:48 PM #9Wait...I know you.
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I've only read "The Illustrated Man", "Dandelion Wine", and "Something Wicked This Way Comes". All only 2 years or less ago. There were all fantastic. I'm lucky that I have more to read.
RIP MR Bradbury.“Neil! The bathroom's free! Unlike the country under the Thatcherite Junta!.”
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06-06-2012, 02:51 PM #10Senior Member
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Sad thing indeed, RIP.
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When I was in my senior year in college, I wrote a senior thesis on how science fiction could mirror social issues and situations in the time it was written. I chose three novels. Two of them were The Time Machine by H.G. Wells and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. The third? The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.
I believe I got a pretty good grade on it, too.
Let's not also forget that Ray Bradbury had an impact on classic science fiction movies as well as literature:
It Came From Outer Space.
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms.
Mr. Bradbury was also a great lover and supporter of the holiday of Halloween, most notably in his children's book The Halloween Tree, which was made into an animated special:
The Halloween Tree.
RIP Mr. Bradbury, you were one of the greats.Story By Story- Story Circle of the Capital Region.
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06-07-2012, 05:32 AM #12Junior Member
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A Great Man and a Great Writer... This 2012 year is a very sad year...
RIP Ray. May The Martians give you a special place in their heart...
My condolences to the Bradbury family.
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06-07-2012, 05:40 AM #13Pearl of the Omniverse
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"When questioner and questioner, including youngsters, asked him how he wanted to be remembered after he died, Ray Bradbury enjoyed tossing back this response: 'You don't understand, son. When I die, you all will disappear.'"
lol
this is from today's Indianapolis Star.
Something Wicked This Way Comes is my favorite book. I'm sad he's gone.
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06-07-2012, 02:21 PM #14New Member
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The Martian Chronicles was my personal favorite of his works. The world has truly lost a truly great talent. He was a brilliant man and an inspiration to so many writers who came after him.
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06-07-2012, 06:47 PM #15Triste Noir
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I grew up reading his work. I started with The Illustrated Man and from there read every bit of his work I could find. I'd always wished I had his talent.
Thanks Ray.To escape criticism - do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
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