Ray Bradbury RIP

[Eduardo]

http://io9.com/5916175/rip-ray-bradbury-author-of-fahrenheit-451-and-the-martian-chronicles

Ray Bradbury — author of The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked this Way Comes, and many more literary classics — died this morning in Los Angeles, at the age of 91.

We've got confirmation from the family as well as his biographer, Sam Weller.

His grandson, Danny Karapetian, shared these words with io9 about his grandfather's passing: "If I had to make any statement, it would be how much I love and miss him, and I look forward to hearing everyone's memories about him. He influenced so many artists, writers, teachers, scientists, and it's always really touching and comforting to hear their stories. Your stories. His legacy lives on in his monumental body of books, film, television and theater, but more importantly, in the minds and hearts of anyone who read him, because to read him was to know him. He was the biggest kid I know."

 

[RAMA]

Oh what a shame.

 

[Hound of UIster]

A great loss to literature.

 

[yenny]

I seen the news on twitter. And I started a thread about the same time as yours.

 

[tighr]

Perhaps a big budget film adaptation of Fahrenheit 451 will finally get the greenlight, it would be a great honor to his legacy.

 

[Christopher]

Oh, no. This is a great loss. He was one of the giants of science fiction and fantasy, and a true poet.

 

[Klaus]

Dammit... But a wonderfully long career.

 

[Kirkman1987]

A great legacy. R.I.P.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

He had a great career and a long life. The legacy he leaves behind is immense. Rest in peace, Ray Bradbury.

 

[js]

An amazing man and a more amazing writer. RIP

 

[Klaus]

I guess he was the last of the old guard...

 

[Shurik]

RIP. He was one the people who got me into science fiction (he was one of the few "western" writers who were published in former USSR).

 

[C.E. Evans]

A true legend...

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

I guess he was the last of the old guard...

A few of his contemporaries are still alive. Jack Vance, now 95, and Frederik Pohl, now 92, were born a few years before Bradbury. Harry Harrison, now 87, Brian Aldiss, now 86, and Richard Matheson, now 86, were born a few years after him.

 

[nealish116]

Sad news indeed. "The Martian Chronicles" was the first science-fiction book I ever read, and I was hooked. I had the privilege of going through a small collection of his personal papers and curating a small short-term Bradbury exhibit at the Lilly Library at Indiana University in 2011. His personal letters were as brilliant and prosaic as his published works. Wow, he was one amazing man.

 

[Ensign_Redshirt]

Funny, I just thought that I should read The Martian Chronicles again soon.

RIP

 

[captcalhoun]

RIP

 

[Trekker4747]

Honestly... I thought he was already dead. Well, RIP Ray.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I love the Ray Bradbury Theater.

 

[Roshi]

Sad week for the geek...
RIP.