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Author Ray Bradbury dies at 91
LA Times ^ | June 6, 2012 | Lynell George

Posted on 06/06/2012 8:03:05 AM PDT by C19fan

Ray Bradbury, the writer whose expansive flights of fantasy and vividly rendered space-scapes have provided the world with one of the most enduring speculative blueprints for the future, has died. He was 91.

Bradbury's daughter confirmed his death to the Associated Press on Wednesday morning. She said her father died Tuesday night in Southern California.

Author of more than 27 novels and story collections — most famously “The Martian Chronicles,” “Fahrenheit 451,” “Dandelion Wine” and “Something Wicked This Way Comes” — and more than 600 short stories, Bradbury has frequently been credited with elevating the often maligned reputation of science fiction. Some say he singlehandedly helped to move the genre into the realm of literature.

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TOPICS: Books/Literature; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 2012obituaries; author; bradbury; obituary; raybradbury; scifi

1 posted on 06/06/2012 8:03:16 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan; Perdogg; Impy; GOPsterinMA; Clemenza; JohnnyZ; Clintonfatigued

One of the giants. RIP.


2 posted on 06/06/2012 8:09:18 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
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To: C19fan

He had some pretty good work and all his stuff was very thoughtful.


3 posted on 06/06/2012 8:09:49 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: C19fan; Slings and Arrows

R.I.P.


4 posted on 06/06/2012 8:10:36 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Washington could not tell a lie, Nixon could not tell the truth, Obama can't tell the difference.)
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To: C19fan

His works will live on. RIP.


5 posted on 06/06/2012 8:13:43 AM PDT by azishot
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Truly a Giant!

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6 posted on 06/06/2012 8:14:42 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: C19fan

Condolences to family and friends of Ray Bradbury. R.I.P., sir.


7 posted on 06/06/2012 8:23:40 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: C19fan

An underrated movie I always watch around Halloween: Something Wicked This Way Comes with Jonathan Pryce.

RIP Mr. Bradbury. You were quite a figure of the 20th Century.


8 posted on 06/06/2012 8:23:52 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: C19fan

Good-bye Mr.Bradbury.Thanks you for books.


9 posted on 06/06/2012 8:24:14 AM PDT by ohiobushman
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To: fieldmarshaldj

RIP - One of my favorite authors.

“I think our country is in need of a revolution. There is too much government today. We've got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people and for the people.” -Ray Bradbury

10 posted on 06/06/2012 8:24:14 AM PDT by CJ Wolf
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To: C19fan

A sad day for Sci-Fi fans. One of the greats has left us. RIP Ray.


11 posted on 06/06/2012 8:26:33 AM PDT by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it.)
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To: C19fan

One of my absolute all-time favs.

Bradbury largely educated himself at the local library. What a guy!

R.I.P.


12 posted on 06/06/2012 8:30:57 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: C19fan

How sad. RIP.


13 posted on 06/06/2012 8:30:57 AM PDT by bgill
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To: C19fan
A sad day...
14 posted on 06/06/2012 8:32:14 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: C19fan
It's a testament to Ray Bradbury's literary genius that the fat slob, Michael Moore would rip off his original title to create his own fantasy about Bush...



15 posted on 06/06/2012 8:34:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (bOTRT)
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To: C19fan
There is another thread, posted just a few minutes after this one. Ray is worth at least 2 threads. (I'm sure there will be more).

Ray Bradbury's passing marks the end of an era.

Bradbury, Asimov, and Heinlein were my favorite writers, as I was growing up.

I heard Mr. Bradbury do interviews on Coast to Coast AM a few times. You could from his voice tell he was entering his 9th decade, but he was still all there.

16 posted on 06/06/2012 8:51:47 AM PDT by zeugma (Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
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To: SeekAndFind
It's a testament to Ray Bradbury's literary genius that the fat slob, Michael Moore would rip off his original title to create his own fantasy about Bush...

I remember that Bradburry was pissed that Moore used Fahrenheit 911 that as the title for his movie. Here's a pic of the literary genius – he will be sorely missed.


17 posted on 06/06/2012 8:53:19 AM PDT by erod (This Chicagoan will crawl over broken glass to vote the fake Chicagoan Obama out!)
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That fat pig Michael Moore can’t hold a candle to anything Mr. Bradbury wrote.


18 posted on 06/06/2012 10:20:51 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican

Good writer and was on our side. I remember reading several of his novels in school.


19 posted on 06/06/2012 11:47:09 PM PDT by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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