Ray Bradbury, one of the true sci-fi originals, died today. He was 91.
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Ray Bradbury, one of the true sci-fi originals, died today. He was 91.
He was my hero. He literally taught me to read by giving me the hunger to read Sci-Fi.Quote:
Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
Golden Apples in the Sun.
OK, I broke out laughing. Any particular reason you brought up that Anthology. Cuz it sounds like a good title for your sig line pictureQuote:
Originally Posted by suddenseer
My first Ray Bradbury book. That is my first, and best memory of his skill at writing.
I was just joking. Mine was "R is for Rocket". Took it out of the school library in about 1965, then I read everything from him and every other Sci Fi author I could find
I think we all agree that the world lost a great master writer this week.Quote:
Originally Posted by KK4AMI
RIP
The Martian Chronicles.
I Sing The Body Electric.
Something Wicked This Way Comes.
Farenheight 451
Another of the legendary masters gone. I don't think there are too many from that era left, he was amongst the last.
Damn.
RIP
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituari...142,full.story
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_16...ry-dead-at-91/
He, Asimov and Sagan are hopefully comparing notes. RIP...
The man was a visionary.
And Heinlein. And Clarke...Quote:
Originally Posted by N8YX
But funny!
"R" is for Rocket.
One of my first Sci Fi reads as well.
Sigh.
I hope NOTHING of Sagan rubs off on those two great authors! ( I think the publicity REALLY went to Carl's head.)Quote:
Originally Posted by N8YX
OTOH, Dr. Sagan was a pot head of extraordinary caliber. Gets points for that. And he DID write some great books. Broca's Brain is probably my favorite.
I LOVED the Martian Chronicles mini-series on TV. The book was outstanding, too, of course.
Could be my very favorite Bradbury work is The Illustrated Man. The movie, with Rod Steiger, is one I can watch over and over.
R.I.P, Mr. Bradbury.
You are one of the few I know that has read Broca's Brain. Effin' excellent.
My favorite part of it, and it's stuck with me for years, were his words about "predicting the future with dreams."Quote:
Originally Posted by WØTKX
Ray Bradbury is one of the few schience fiction writers that has actually produced stuff that I like. I generally dislike sci-fi (after all, who needs sci-fi when the real thing is far more fascinating). Nonetheless, Bradbury was one of the few sci-fi writers that could grab my attention and keep me interested. He was a great writer.
It was Bradbury's humanity and mixture of sci-fi and fantasy that made his work so much different than his contemporaries in the field.Quote:
Originally Posted by n2ize
Most writers above their books can be found here in our book case here...
The movies of Bradbury's books always had a surreal aura to them that I loved. Must have worked closely with the producer and director?
Bradbury wrote a lot for TV & movies, so I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that he personally had a hand in those projects.Quote:
Originally Posted by W1GUH
As opposed to, say, the movie version of I, Robot -- used a few character names and some very basic concepts, but otherwise had nothing to do with Asimov's Robot books. And we won't even begin to discuss what they did to Heinlein's The Puppet Masters or Starship Troopers.
Must admit. I *tried* to read a Bradbury tome a long time ago and it never clicked with me. Not much into sci-fi.