Heavy sigh. Another great is gone.
Best,
Glenn
On 6/6/2012 8:32 AM, Elise Engelhardt wrote:
Martian Chronicles Author Ray Bradbury dies at 91
June 6, 2012 | 7:41 am
Ray Bradbury, the writer whose expansive flights of fantasy and
vividly rendered space-scapes have provided the world with one of the
most enduring speculative blueprints for the future, has died. He was 91.
Bradbury's daughter confirmed his death to the Associated Press on
Wednesday morning. She said her father died Tuesday night in Southern
California.
Author of more than 27 novels and story collections — most famously
"The Martian Chronicles," "Fahrenheit 451," "Dandelion Wine" and
"Something Wicked This Way Comes" — and more than 600 short stories,
Bradbury has frequently been credited with elevating the often
maligned reputation of science fiction. Some say he singlehandedly
helped to move the genre into the realm of literature.
"The only figure comparable to mention would be [Robert A.] Heinlein
and then later [Arthur C.] Clarke," said Gregory Benford, a UC Irvine
physics professor and Nebula Award-winning science fiction writer.
"But Bradbury, in the `40s and `50s, became the name brand."
More at:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/06/author-ray-bradbury-dies-at-91-daughter-says.html
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