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Good News — Ray Bradbury Is Back On His Game

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arthurphillipdenu
03/03/09

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Was he the guy that started Scientology?
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Grey_Area
03/03/09

@arthurphillipdenu: The corner. Go stand in it.
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Plague
03/03/09

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Ray Bradbury is one of the few people that should live forever.
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Grey_Area
03/03/09

@Plague: I don't think he or Ray Harryhausen even can die. They are the eternal boys.
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NefariousNewt
03/03/09

@Plague: Seconded.
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BadUncle
03/03/09

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That Ray Bradbury tv show spoiled me on the man. I just can't read his name in print without remembering that idiotic prologue that started each show. Then, there was the show.

That said, The Illustrated Man is still one of my favorite books.
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victheremin
03/03/09

@BadUncle: I always thought it was kind of cute.
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BadUncle
03/03/09

@victheremin: Ah, maybe it is, and I'm a crank. Your mileage may vary.
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♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
03/03/09

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one of my FAVORITE short stories of all time is Bradbury's "No Particular Night or Morning" from The Illustrated Man (basically the plot is that this guy starts freaking out and doesn't trust his senses, refusing to believe that anything he's not experiencing AT THE MOMENT is real - so if you're not touching him, you don't exist in his mind, even if he can see and hear you) - I love Ray Bradbury and nothing will ever change that.
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Belabras
03/03/09

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Every time I hear about Bradbury I'm shocked that he isn't dead.

I don't know if that's a show of how much effect his work has had on scifi in the last century, or if it's just a reflection of how long it's been since he's written anything really ground breaking, but there it is.
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92BuickLeSabre
03/03/09

@Belabras: I not only thought he was dead, I thought he'd been dead a long time.
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
03/03/09

@Belabras: I think that him and Hal Holbrook are Highlanders. At the next Quickening they will revert to their younger state and begin a new life yet again.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
03/03/09

@92BuickLeSabre: I saw him at Worldcon back in 2006, so I knew he wasn't dead then, but he didn't look too good, either. I figured he wasn't writing at all any more.
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NefariousNewt
03/03/09

@Evil Tortie's Mom: I've met him twice in my life, although the last time was about 15 years ago. I have signed copy of his book on writing. He's an excellent author, and he's written all over the map, not just science fiction. Fahrenheit 451 is still a seminal work, and The Martian Chronicles will always be considered excellent work. I echo the idea of remaking it, but I'm afraid Hollywood would pretty much destroy the story, given how many crappy Mars movies have been made in the past decade.
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