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RIP

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Just saw this. I am embarrassed to say that I thought he had already died.

His was a great talent.

RIP

Fahrenheit 451 was one of the first books I read after I discovered libraries.

I also thought he'd already passed. There used to be--maybe still is--a Fahrenheit 451 bookstore in Laguna Beach. Never went in it, though.

I might've read one of his books, but I don't remember which one.

Ray Bradbury - such talent! We will never be able to even come close to his creative mind & pen again. A true American treasure Ray was. R I P Ray.

He used to take a taxi once a week or more to haunt the fantastic Acres of Books in Long Beach. I was fortunate to meet him a few times. Charming, quiet, sly, with dry wit man. He studied those he met more than he listened.

Fahrenheit 451 in Laguna closed March 1994 do to embezzlement problems.

Fahrenheit 451 Books became a celebrated cultural institution in SoCal. Jan 1987, the Los Angeles Times described Fahrenheit 451 as “one of the most distinctive independent bookstore in Southern Ca. Later LAT referred to Fahrenheit as "a socially liberal literary oasis in a county famous for its ultraconservative bent." "Bookstores are as rare as radicals in Orange County," Ray Riegert wrote in his Hidden Coast of California. "One notable exception is Fahrenheit 451....You won't miss it."

Oh Man. :(
I've been thinkin of getting a DVD copy of "The Illustrated Man",,better get my butt in gear.

I wrote a serious tribute this morning, but my computer won't let me have it back. Therefore, permit me to offer up a less-serious (perhaps an anti-serious) tribute I co-wrote back in 1999, concerning Ray Bradbury's work on Spaceship Earth.

WEDFan wrote:Just saw this. I am embarrassed to say that I thought he had already died.

So did I! Not in an "I remember when it happened" sort of way, but I'd just assumed he had because he was so old and hadn't done any conventions in a while. In my defense, he kept doing conventions after his stroke, so my (subconscious) theory was that death was the only thing that'd keep him home. :p:

I have never understood why you hear more about 1984 than about Fahrenheit 451 -- or Brave New World, although I like 451 better -- both of which have a much better understanding of humanity and our frailties and the way we're most likely to fail.

Anyone else read The Hunger Games? I love the 451 reference in that, but the sad part is I read those books at such great speed that, when she described Fahrenheit 451, I thought "Oh, yeah, I've read that -- it's a good book" but could not remember the title even with the number right in front of me. Not that I paused to puzzle over it, but, still...

I have never seen any of the movies made from his books, although I've been tempted. He's like Jane Austen -- I'm scared that seeing the movie will mess with my connection to the book, and I don't want anything to interfere with what I already have.