Ray Bradbury, RIP

[peony]

news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/science-fiction-author-ray-bradbury-dies-144137431.html

I will never forget some of his books. Gone but not forgotten. I guess I'm getting old, everyone seems to be dying.

[celyn]

Well, I suppose we are all dying, really. Life being a sexually transmitted disease that is 100% fatal. ;D

Yeah, I see what you mean, though. It's sad but he does leave quite some legacy.

Oh heck, if I started off being flippant, might as well get worse and lower the tone further. A bit childish, I suppose, but this Youtube video, made for his 2010 birthday, amused me.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1IxOS4VzKM

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Apparently the man himself liked it too.



Edited. Reason for edit: because it was too messy the first time

[bormes]

Who would not like her??

[celyn]

Other things he liked included libraries. I worry lest his 2009 remark become all too relevant very soon..

... I believe in libraries because most students don’t have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn’t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.”...

www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/us/20ventura.html

And if public libraries continue to be downgraded, then what?

Oh, I am very off topic and I'm sorry. R.I.P Ray Bradbury. I'm glad that he did live so long, and that is seems he kept a bright intelligence and fierce sense of humour till the end.

[westender]

Personally I'm pretty pissed off at that 'birthday vid' that was posted. Distinctly unpleasant.

She's one of these modern sorts who calls herself a 'comedian' who's not funny in the slightest. Emperor's new clothes.

[westender]

I've tried and tried with Ray Bradbury, cos the boyf is a major fan of him... but I just ain't interested in anything he writes about. His topics to my mind are preposterous and unimportant, his writing deeply unengaging. Tiresome.

I know there are millions out there who see him as a genius... I just don't get it.

[Deleted]

Sci-fi only appeals to folks who can't actually hack it here on earth...and resort to fantasy. Men, in other words...

Phasers set to stun......give it warp factor 5 , Scotty.... ;D Can't begin to handle earthly doings so lets just fuck off into hyperspace...

Escapism's fine---- but be honest about it! It ain't genius. It's.... escapism.

I'm sure Mr Bradbury was a lovely person and it's good to live to 91.