<p>What an incredible mind. I’ve always been a huge fan of his works. He passed away today at the age of 91. RIP</p>
<p>Oh, that’s too bad, but he lived a long life. I loved his books, too. They tended to “stick” with me more than a lot of others.</p>
<p>He wrote some stories that I’ve remembered since I was a kid, like “All Summer in a Day”. Absolutely haunting.</p>
<p>I had the rare privilege of meeting Mr Bradbury on several occasions. The first time back in '83 at ACCD in Pasadena, along with his illustrator Frank Frazetta. Mr Bradbury was not only a fantastic writer, but a charming and kind individual who loved sharing his passion for science fiction writing.</p>
<p>Very cool, musicamusica!</p>
<p>I’m quite jealous, musica.</p>
<p>Garland, All Summer in a Day haunted me too! Great writer.</p>
<p>Sad… even though was 91. Love his books.</p>
<p>He was a very gifted writer–made me find scifi interesting.</p>
<p>RIP</p>
<p>“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”</p>
<p>All Summer in a Day has bothered me my whole life. But I loved his writings. I was a huge fan as a kid of the Martian Chronicles, my first exposure to sci fi.</p>
<p>bugmom, I just googled that story and watched a version of it on YouTube. It was moving, but it reminded me too much of summer in Maine!</p>
<p>One of D2’s friends missed the transit of Venus because he was chatting with her…and all I could think of when we had to tell him the transit was over was “All Summer In A Day”. </p>
<p>There was also the story (The Veldt, IIRC) about the children playing in Africa. Still makes me shudder. </p>
<p>Fahrenheit 451 was my first science fiction story. Scholastic Book Club’s blurb was on the order of “imagine a world where it’s illegal to own or read a book”. How could any young bookworm resist? What amazes me is that so much of Bradbury’s work is still so compelling, even with the grating anachronism of 1950s social structure plopped down on top of the story lines.</p>
<p>This is lovely:</p>
<p>[In</a> Memoriam: Ray Bradbury 1920-2012 - YouTube](<a href=“In Memoriam: Ray Bradbury 1920-2012 - YouTube”>In Memoriam: Ray Bradbury 1920-2012 - YouTube)</p>
<p>I had the privlege of meeting Mr. Bradbury at a talk & book signing sponsored by local bookstore about 5 years. He was an entertaining speaker who cheerfully answered questions you just know he’d been asked a gazillion times. He also autographed books (even those brought from home and not bought at the event) and took photos with fans (and didn’t charge for either of them as some celebrities do).</p>
<p>The turn-out for his talk was small–probably less than 20 people–but he was still charming and gracious.</p>
<p>Bradbury, along with Heinlein, Jack Vance, Asimov were the very first SF authors I ever read. I’m still reading SF 45 years in part because of the “sense of wonder” Bradbury awoke in me.</p>
<p>“All Summer is a Day” is one of my all time favorite short stories.</p>