A giant of my childhood. His books & stories are some of those that totally shaped my inner life.

Fahrenheit 1700 to you, Mr. Bradbury. Farewell.

Anonymous wrote:Dark They Were and Golden Eyed is my favorite.

Yes!

Dark They Were and Golden Eyed is my favorite.

October Country.

I'll be headed to the library to read these again.

Anonymous wrote:I was surprised he was still alive.

Me too.

RIP Ray.

I remember and loved "The Illustrated Man". I was totally scared reading "Something Wicked This Way Comes" as a pre-teen. What a loss.

I was surprised he was still alive.

sniff, sniff.... I love Farenheit 451 and the Martian Chronicles. I think Bradbury was one of the last golden age scifi authors left, so this is even more of a loss. IMHO he and his contemporaries produced some of the best Science Fiction ever.

I loved his work as well. This is a true loss.

He was definitely a great writer, and this news reminded me that I've never gotten around to reading some of his work.(Too many books, too little time)

I don't usually care when famous people die -- I've never met them. But this makes me sad. I grew up reading his books.

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ray-bradbury-20120607,0,5622415.story?page=2