OT: Ray Bradbury

[Icebear]

has returned to the mothership at the age of 91.

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[Samanthabrown3]

A great talent gone. And a great imagination. Science fiction for the non-science-fiction minded--like me.

 

[Icebear]

A great talent gone. And a great imagination. Science fiction for the non-science-fiction minded--like me.

Science and social commentary all in one wrapper.

 

[VAMike23]

Truly an 'opener of worlds' for young minds (and old). His were the first short stories I can remember as a kid that were thought provoking in a way that I couldn't really verbalize, and made me ponder things.

The first thing I thought of when I heard the news was that in some cosmic/kharmic way, perhaps it was fitting that he passed with the transit of Venus. Jokes aside, we passed some sort of astrological signpost there.

May he R.I.P.

 

[FairView]

I remember reading Fahrenheit 451 and relating to the real characters and the societal messages -- it worked on so many levels, drawing you in and making you think. I read quite some time ago that he got the name of the book by calling a local fire department and asking them what the kindling temperature is for book paper. I don't know if that's true or an urban legend. I can't imagine that someone who picked up the phone at a firehouse would know the answer to that. But who knows.... Either way a great entertainer of the mind is gone.

 

[Blue Huskie]

Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Gene Roddenberry, Robert Heinlein and now Ray Bradbury , all great visionaries that have left us. Rest In Peace Ray

 

[Rayvin56]

Let's not forget the amazing Philip K. Dick. Another great in the sci-fi/fantasy genre we still have with us at 82 years old--Ursula Leguin. Last year I reread 'The Word for World is Forest', which she wrote in '72. It's obvious to me that the film 'Avatar' was heavily influenced by this work.
RIP Ray.

 

[Zorro]

And the amazing Douglas Adams, who gave us the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

 

[SoCalCanine]

Let's not forget the amazing Philip K. Dick. Another great in the sci-fi/fantasy genre we still have with us at 82 years old--Ursula Leguin. Last year I reread 'The Word for World is Forest', which she wrote in '72. It's obvious to me that the film 'Avatar' was heavily influenced by this work.
RIP Ray.

Aaah, good taste in authors here! I thought I was the only one that saw that LeGuin/Avatar connection, "heavily influenced" is a kind way to state it!!!! I once saw a filmed version of "The Lathe of Heaven" and thought it was what science/speculative fiction could be much more often, almost no special effects or explosions but riveting none-the-less! Never have seen it again, I must make a note to look for it!