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RIP Ray Bradbury
« on: 08 Jun 2012, 01:44 »
Ray Bradbury, one of the great figures of science fiction, died during the recent transit of Venus.

RIP
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Re: RIP Ray Bradbury
« Reply #1 on: 08 Jun 2012, 23:16 »
Sad to see him go, but what an awesome legacy he left behind for us to enjoy!
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Re: RIP Ray Bradbury
« Reply #2 on: 11 Jun 2012, 03:46 »
Is he getting cremated?

Seriously, I love Ray Bradbury. He made my Sci-Fi module in my first year of University worth it just by reading Fahrenheit 451. It is a shame that he is gone, but as Patrick said, an awesome legacy was left behind. I find it funny that so many SF writers were actually correct in their propositions of a semi-dystopian future.
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Re: RIP Ray Bradbury
« Reply #3 on: 13 Jun 2012, 15:34 »
This made me really sad. :(

I took a class over speculative fiction for an English elective last semester, and most of the books were dull and/or stupid. But we read Something Wicked This Way Comes. And it was one of the few books I really enjoyed reading. The other books that were kind of fun also had a lot of issues (The Hunger Games...). But I had no problems with it. I read the whole thing and loved it. I laughed and sympathized and just thought it was all-around a great book. I'm really glad I got a chance to read one of his books before his passing. Rest in peace, you awesome author.
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Re: RIP Ray Bradbury
« Reply #4 on: 14 Jun 2012, 03:06 »
I love Something Wicked This Way Comes - easily one of my favorite books. Bradbury was such a fantastic author, I'm really sad he's gone. :(
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Re: RIP Ray Bradbury
« Reply #5 on: 14 Jun 2012, 07:42 »
The last of the masters have left us.  :cry:  Now who do we have to look up to?

*edit* I feel this would be  an appropreate place to link to the "Fuck Me Ray Bradbury" video in his honor, but sadly school computers don't allow youtubing of any sort (but I can come here...go figure.) If you haven't seen it, go look for it.  It's worth the watch and a cute song at that.
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