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Post by erik on Jun 6, 2012 12:40:06 GMT -5
I have no idea when this cycle of prominent people passing on is going to stop. We have to report on the death of another great figure, this time in the all-encompassing world of all things fantastic--the legendary Ray Bradbury, the author of, among other things, Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles. He was 91: www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ray-bradbury-20120607,0,5622415.story |
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Post by sliderocker on Jun 6, 2012 14:06:59 GMT -5
Bradbury's death is a hard one to take, especially if you are into the science fiction genre like I am. I doubt the cycle of prominent people passing will ever stop as we are all dying from the minute we are born, and prominent people are no different than the rest of us. They have no built in guarantee that they will get to live a longer life although Bradbury lived a good, long life but left behind his stories which will be with us always. I truly wish people didn't have to die, whether they were someone of importance or someone of no great importance but life goes on, with or without us. Rest in peace, Mr. Bradbury, sir.
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Post by erik on Jun 6, 2012 14:57:27 GMT -5
One thing, though. Bradbury always considered himself a Fantasy writer for the most part. He considered Fahrenheit 451, which he published in 1953 (and which Francois Truffaut filmed in 1966), the only actual work of hard science fiction he ever did.
In any case, I think his passing is a great loss for the entire literary world as a whole, because it really leaves only a handful of great writers left (IMHO).
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Post by the Scribe on Jun 6, 2012 16:16:25 GMT -5
He is one of those guys everyone thought was already dead, much to their surprise.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2012 16:30:46 GMT -5
Fahrenheit 451 was an amazingly prescient piece of work, being written in 1953 and warning about heavy handed government censorship and an overall spirit of anti-intellectualism.
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Post by erik on Jun 6, 2012 18:42:50 GMT -5
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It may have been a bit too prescient, if the Far Right's it's-good-to-be-stupid anti-intellectualism is any indication. Bradbury was definitely onto something, as I think Orwell had been with 1984.
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Post by Richard W on Jun 7, 2012 8:41:54 GMT -5
Big Bradbury fan here. Yes, it's a loss (he was writing right up until a week before his death) but no one lives forever; 91 is certainly a ripe old age. I should live so long!
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