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1 posted on 08/21/2010 9:58:51 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: KevinDavis; Borges

ping


2 posted on 08/21/2010 9:59:27 PM PDT by EveningStar (Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
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To: EveningStar

Been reading him since 1949 when I first began to buy “Galaxy” Magazine.


3 posted on 08/21/2010 10:00:40 PM PDT by RobbyS (Pray with the suffering souls.)
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I live in Southern California where Mr. Bradbury lives, so I’ve had the honor of meeting him in person.


4 posted on 08/21/2010 10:01:55 PM PDT by EveningStar (Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
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To: EveningStar

Born August 22, 2010 ??? Something wrong there.


5 posted on 08/21/2010 10:02:09 PM PDT by OldNavyVet (One trillion days, at 365 days per year, is 2,739,726,027 years ... almost 3 billion years)
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To: EveningStar

:)

I have enjoyed many hours of good entertainment because of his work.


6 posted on 08/21/2010 10:04:00 PM PDT by NoLibZone (I am currently under federal investigation by the DNC for my opposition to the Ground Zero mosque.)
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To: EveningStar

ummmmmm 1920 maybe...

If he was born in 2010 he is a pretty prolific writer for his age ;)


10 posted on 08/21/2010 10:06:36 PM PDT by Syntyr (Happiness is two at low eight!)
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To: EveningStar

I like him.


13 posted on 08/21/2010 10:08:00 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Admin Moderator

The correct birth year is August 20, 1920, of course.


14 posted on 08/21/2010 10:10:14 PM PDT by EveningStar (Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
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To: EveningStar
In 2004:


16 posted on 08/21/2010 10:13:29 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: EveningStar
“Famed American author Ray Bradbury was born August 22, 2010 in Waukegan, Illinois”

Wrote a lot of time travel stories, did he?

19 posted on 08/21/2010 10:18:57 PM PDT by BigCinBigD (Northern flags in South winds flutter...)
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To: EveningStar

Dear Mr. Bradbury, here is my highest compliment. You are a pretty good writer, but you are a GREAT storyteller.


20 posted on 08/21/2010 10:20:42 PM PDT by Fantasywriter
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To: EveningStar
I hesitate to post this because I am a huge fan of Mr Bradbury. Read most everything. Totally enjoyed the movies of his works. Something Wicked This Way Comes is my favorite.

In any case there is a viral video making the rounds. It IS NOT SAFE FOR WORK! However I have to admit I found it clever and catchy, although more over the top than the sort of video I would usually watch.

I won't post the title but I'll give a line from the tease.

A sexy pop song dedicated to the science fiction author, Ray Bradbury. Starring: Rachel Bloom Writer: Rachel Bloom

She worked many of his titles into the video. There may be other more subliminal messages as well however I only watched it a couple of times and probably won't watch it again.

I can't help but wonder if he has seen it, and if so what he thinks of it.

I won't post the title. If you want to see it you'll have to search to find it but if you are offended, don't say I didn't warn you! There is foul langauge and inuendo but IIRC no graphic images.

24 posted on 08/21/2010 10:35:56 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Right Wing Nuts are holding The Constitution together as the Loose Screws of The Left come undone!)
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To: EveningStar
Ray Bradbury was born August 22, 2010

Bradbury is now the subject in a sci-fi story? A future doppelganger or another Ray Bradbury in parallel universe(s)?

25 posted on 08/21/2010 10:37:22 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: EveningStar

I have never read this, but someone once told me that Ray Bradbury wrote a story in which somehow an analysis of the fourth dimension discloses that homosexuals play an important role in reproduction. Do you know if this is true or if perhaps the person telling me this got the author wrong?


27 posted on 08/21/2010 10:38:17 PM PDT by wideminded
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To: EveningStar
Ray Bradbury was a science fiction writer, but he was not in love with technology. In fact, he was one of the few people who could look ahead at the dehumanizing aspects of technology.

The Murderer (Originally written 1953)

The Pedestrian (Originally written 1951)

28 posted on 08/21/2010 10:39:02 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: EveningStar

This is a great post... Happy Birthday to my favorite author of all time.... Reading Fahrenheit 451 as a teenager was a profound turning point for me... Although, the book is widely misunderstood, I see it as a cautionary tale of what our great country could devolve to if we continue to go down the road to apathy. We must keep our morals strong and we must keep the government’s feet to the fire!


34 posted on 08/21/2010 10:49:33 PM PDT by RedPriest73
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To: EveningStar

Happy birthday to Mr. Bradbury.


35 posted on 08/21/2010 10:51:44 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: EveningStar

Oh, I didn’t know he is still alive!

Dandelion Wine was a delightful book, and I really liked Something Wicked This Way Comes, as well.

One of my favorite Bradbury works was a short story—whose name escapes me now. It was about a normal little boy born into a family of immortals (vampires, etc.), and the way that his family cared for him, knowing that he wouldn’t be around for long.

Happy birthday, Mr. Bradbury!


37 posted on 08/21/2010 10:59:26 PM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: EveningStar

Dandelion Wine, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Martian Chronicles, Death is a Lonely Business, Farewell Summer...all terrific novels (tho’ Chronicles and Dandelion aren’t really novels, but whatever)

“The Jar,” “The Veldt”...

I was gonna keep listing my favorite short stories of his but I’d be here all night.


38 posted on 08/21/2010 11:30:55 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown. -- written by Robert Towne)
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To: EveningStar

I loved his short story, “The Time Machine”


41 posted on 08/22/2010 1:31:05 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("There are consequences for being wrong" - Burt Rutan)
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