Vegas Free-for-All - Author Ray Bradbury dead at 91

chefantwon

Jun 6, 2012
11:06am

Sci-Fi Author Ray Bradbury passed away at the age of 91

I remember reading a book he wrote in the late 1970's about the future of the space program. A great what if book which almost nothing came true.

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pjstroh

Jun 6, 2012
12:05pm

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I confess I thought he was already dead.

"Farenheit 451" seems eerily relevant now given the deteriorating readership of newspapers and the rise of cable "news". I loved his short stories- he has about a million of them. RIP

MedicluvsLasVegas

Jun 6, 2012
5:48pm

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Originally posted by: pjstroh
I confess I thought he was already dead.

"Farenheit 451" seems eerily relevant now given the deteriorating readership of newspapers and the rise of cable "news". I loved his short stories- he has about a million of them. RIP

I read the same book in the early 80s, liked it. Interesting

kevinandbeth

Jun 7, 2012
10:25am

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One of my favorite books is something wicked this way comes. I read it every oct when I was a kid for about 10 years.

I have to admit, I thought he was already dead too.

Beth

Don

Jun 7, 2012
10:32am

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Whenever DonDiego read a Ray Bradbury story he really wanted to like it more than he did. He ascribes the fault to himself, not Mr. Bradbury.
Mr. Bradbury was a bit of an odd duck who succeeded doing it his way. RIP.

franksynopsis

Jun 8, 2012
10:16pm

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He was a deft wordsmith whose voice an vision altered the topography of my adolescent brain. As a fan of the speculative fiction of a specific era, the trinity for me has always been Ray Bradbury, Charles Beaumont and Richard Matheson.

RiverRat

Jun 13, 2012
6:39am

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I thought of him whenever the credit tally on my video poker machine hit 451. (Happens more often than you might think when you're playing Mod 10/7 DB, where SFs and 5-K 4Ks pay 239.)

RIP.

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