RIP Ray Bradbury
 

O, god, no. :'(

The Martian Chronicals = BEST BOOK EVRRR. no arguments.

Ray Bradbury was still alive?!

^ I know! I thought he was dead years ago. Must have been ancient.

His body was electric. :(

Mr. Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) he was 91. I had the pleasure of seeing him at a book fair a few years ago. He wasn't there to sell a book, he just talked about the things that inspire him as a writer. He said in recent years that "Fahrenheit 451" was misinterpreted. He hated the internet.

How was it misinterpretted? Did he say?

There is a La Weekly article from 2007 where he says its about how television destroys interest in reading literature. He says also in other interviews and this is a paraphrase. Books examine a topic at length, giving you extended information. Television gives you condensed information, essentially brief snippets that are often more one's opinions then factual information. "Fahrenheit 451", is how the state feeds the society with what it wants them to know through television, taking away the individual from forming new thoughts outside of what they are told.

The Martian Chronicles is the only book I own 2 copies of. Man was a genius.

You do know you can read the same book twice?

Hmm. I don't see how that's inconsistent with how it's been interpretted. I thought that was the general understanding of what the book is about.

LOL!

I tried telling that to nicfit, but he keeps buying NYCG&F....

you can only devour them once though (d'oh!)

this

Yeh. Rip guy

I loved hearing interviews with this man. Especially the stories of his meeting Mr Electrico and the story of him walking out on a talk show appearance the night of the moon landing because he had to wait for Engelbert Humperdinck to sing first.

I also treasure my copies of "Martian Chronicles" on LP, with Leonard Nimoy reading.