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06-06-2012, 09:16 AM
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RIP Ray Bradbury
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06-06-2012, 09:22 AM
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This makes me feel so sad. Of course, he will always live through the books that he left us. Still, I thought he would live forever (or at least longer than me).  When it comes to the Grim Reaper, some people ought to get a pass even though that never seems to happen.
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06-06-2012, 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by W2R
This makes me feel so sad. Of course, he will always live through the books that he left us. Still, I thought he would live forever (or at least longer than me). When it comes to the Grim Reaper, some people ought to get a pass even though that never seems to happen. |
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Sigh. One of my favorite authors as well and such an influence on my childhood. So dearly sorry to hear of his passing. Que en paz descanse, Ray Bradbury
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06-06-2012, 09:51 AM
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Sigh. One of my favorite authors as well and such an influence on my childhood. So dearly sorry to hear of his passing. Que en paz descanse, Ray Bradbury
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heh heh heh -
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06-06-2012, 10:17 AM
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+3 Dandelion Wine and Something Wicked This Way Comes were a couple of my HS favorites. He captured the magic and mystery of boyhood summers better than anyone I have read.
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06-06-2012, 02:18 PM
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A great writer whose work transcended the sci-fi genre.
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06-06-2012, 03:04 PM
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One of the great ones. To be honest I thought he was dead already. Asimov, Bradbury, and Clark influenced me greatly as boy and I still enjoyed their books years later.
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06-06-2012, 03:27 PM
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To be honest I thought he was dead already.
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Right there with you....and this makes two this week for me that I thought were
already gone....Richard Dawson being the other....
RIP 
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06-06-2012, 03:46 PM
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He was a master at his craft. I enjoy his works.
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06-06-2012, 06:49 PM
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Loved his work. He had a way of twisting and altering your perception. Some of my favorites of his include:
- The Illustrated Man
- Fahrenheit 451
- Something Wicked This Way Comes
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