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Author Ray Bradbury Dies At 91
Los Angeles Times ^
| June 6, 2012
| Lynell George
Posted on 06/06/2012 8:04:35 AM PDT by Iron Munro
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To: Iron Munro
I have multiple books from Mr. Bradbury. From signed limited editions to dime store paperbacks, and his imagination never failed to amaze me.
He will be missed.
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posted on
06/06/2012 8:24:32 AM PDT
by
roostercashews
(A gun doesn't make you safer, but knowing how to use one does.)
To: Iron Munro
Goodbye Mr. Bradbury...
To: Ransomed
Mr Bradbury, thank you very much for all the wonderful stories.
Eternal Rest
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace. Amen.
Requiem Æternam
Réquiem ætérnam dona eis, Dómine,
et lux perpétua lúceat eis.
Requiéscant in pace. Amen.
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posted on
06/06/2012 8:27:26 AM PDT
by
sayuncledave
(et Verbum caro factum est (And the Word was made flesh))
To: Noumenon
I read The Martian Chronicles until the cover literally fell off.
RIP Mr. Bradbury.
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posted on
06/06/2012 8:27:36 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Iron Munro
I hope Ray gets to enjoy flying, now
RIP and thanks.
To: Iron Munro
A long life. Not many live to 91. Prayers to his family.
To: Iron Munro
Just checked his Wikipedia page and then looked at some of the foreign-language versions--they keep Fahrenheit 451 as the title of the book but some of them helpfully explain that that is the equivalent of 233 degrees Celsius (some are more precise: 232.78 degrees).
To: Iron Munro
His “Fahrenheit 451” is one of my all time favorites. R.I.P. Mr. Bradbury.
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posted on
06/06/2012 8:39:26 AM PDT
by
tob2
(November can't come soon enough for me.)
To: Verginius Rufus
Just checked his Wikipedia page and then looked at some of the foreign-language versions--they keep Fahrenheit 451 as the title of the book but some of them helpfully explain that that is the equivalent of 233 degrees Celsius (some are more precise: 232.78 degrees).LOL. That's something I'd never thought of before. Wonder if they change it in the story.
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posted on
06/06/2012 8:43:04 AM PDT
by
zeugma
(Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
To: Iron Munro; montag813
To: Vaquero
my favorite is the short story A Sound of Thunder Mine as well. And another great story messed up by a Hollywood movie.
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posted on
06/06/2012 8:45:05 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(My dog, yes. My wife, maybe. My gun....NEVER!)
To: zeugma
The reason for the title, of course, is that is the temperature at which paper burns. I wonder if that is precisely 451.0 degrees. The Celsius equivalent was calculated from exactly 451 degrees—but is that exactly the temperature at which paper burns in the Celsius scale? They could be off by a couple tenths of a degree.
To: Ransomed
Thank you, Ray, for all your great science fantasy, as well as your mentoring of countless other science fantasy writers - yes, even those who delude themselves to think they’re writing science fiction. :)
Karen’s birthday party will be that less bright with you absent.
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posted on
06/06/2012 8:48:35 AM PDT
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
To: Iron Munro
I had the great good fortune to have had a high school English teacher who was a Bradbury fan. She loaned me some of his books, and I was hooked. The man could conjure feelings like no one I’d read before.
Farewell Mr. Bradbury. You will forever occupy a unique niche in American literature and we are all the richer for having enjoyed your works.
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posted on
06/06/2012 8:49:23 AM PDT
by
Max in Utah
(A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
To: Iron Munro
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posted on
06/06/2012 8:51:56 AM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Noumenon
invoked a sense of wonder that remains with me today. And thats a priceless gift. Me too. He was first of all a brilliant wordsmith who could vividly re-create on the written page the wonderful and fantastic places his unique mind took him. By showing me those places, he gave me the freedom to explore similar hidden vistas within myself. RIP Ray. Thanks for all the wondrous insights.
To: Pride in the USA
Ping for one of your faves.
RIP, Ray Bradbury.
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posted on
06/06/2012 8:54:01 AM PDT
by
lonevoice
(Today I broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived)
To: Craftmore
“His stories of small town life were my favorite even more than the future stories.”
Did he write the story about the two small boys, bored on a summer day, who decided to go visit the “Time Machine”?
They walked a few blocks to a house with an old geezer sitting on the front porch.
“Hey, Mr. Jones, tell us about when you were a kid!”
It was either Bradbury or Heinlein, but I think Bradbury.
Great writers, both!
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posted on
06/06/2012 8:57:44 AM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
(Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
To: Iron Munro
God rest ye gentle soul, Mr. Bradbury.
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posted on
06/06/2012 9:00:21 AM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. - Prov 22:3)
To: Iron Munro
God rest ye gentle soul, Mr. Bradbury.
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posted on
06/06/2012 9:00:31 AM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. - Prov 22:3)
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