R.I.P. Ray Bradbury
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Wigwam Jones
Caesar non supra grammati
Very sad to hear it.
Ray Bradbury — author of The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and many more literary classics — died this morning in Los Angeles,(6 June, 2012) at the age of 91.
ledzep1968
Budding Audiophile
We just read some of his work in English. How sad. 
I'll have to tell my English teacher about this.
I'll have to tell my English teacher about this.
uxwbill
Lurking in the Shadows
I'm sorry to hear of his passing, though he did have a good long life. :tears:
I first read a short story of his (All Summer In A Day), and later (in junior high) read what is probably his best known work, Fahrenheit 451. I thoroughly enjoyed this and his other writings.
In the particular edition of Fahrenheit 451 that I read, there was an interview printed after the story itself had concluded. Ray Bradbury mentioned writing parts of the story on coin operated typewriters and how any paper jam was a big deal, as the timer kept right on running. (I couldn't tell you why that particular passage stuck out to me, only that it did.)
Rest in peace, sir.
I first read a short story of his (All Summer In A Day), and later (in junior high) read what is probably his best known work, Fahrenheit 451. I thoroughly enjoyed this and his other writings.
In the particular edition of Fahrenheit 451 that I read, there was an interview printed after the story itself had concluded. Ray Bradbury mentioned writing parts of the story on coin operated typewriters and how any paper jam was a big deal, as the timer kept right on running. (I couldn't tell you why that particular passage stuck out to me, only that it did.)
Rest in peace, sir.
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sxty8goats
Super Member
Love Bradbury. RIP.
Another of my favorite authors, Terry Pratchett is getting close. Alzheimer's is kicking in and he has said that he will end his life himself before he becomes a burden to others.
Another of my favorite authors, Terry Pratchett is getting close. Alzheimer's is kicking in and he has said that he will end his life himself before he becomes a burden to others.
reggaenaut
Addicted Member
RIP Ray. It is said you are given 3 scores and ten; the rest is extras.
ledzep1968
Budding Audiophile
Like I posted in the other thread:
We've been reading some of Bradbury's works in English class. I've really enjoyed them. It's sad to see another great author go. I'll have to tell my English teacher about this.
R.I.P. Ray
We've been reading some of Bradbury's works in English class. I've really enjoyed them. It's sad to see another great author go.
I'll have to tell my English teacher about this.R.I.P. Ray
dr*audio
Fish fingers and custard!
A couple of his short stories have really stuck with me. One is about the automated house that went on "living" after the family had been killed in a nuclear holocaust, the shadows of 2 children throwing a ball shown in negative in the scorched side of the house.
Another is of the ghosts of Laurel and Hardy, forever pushing a piano up the Music Box Steps.
RIP, Ray. I have spent many hours transfixed by your stories.
Another is of the ghosts of Laurel and Hardy, forever pushing a piano up the Music Box Steps.
RIP, Ray. I have spent many hours transfixed by your stories.
Splatter Pak
High-End Scrounger
I was just thinking about him and his age the other day. Ray Bradbury ascended from a lowly pulp writer to the ivy-covered halls of American Literature, something rarely done. Thank you, Ray for all the stories, the films, and for "Zen and the Art of Writing."
