Remembering Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury passed away last week at the grand old age of 91. He was the author to some of the 20th century's greatest stories: Fahrenheit 451 , The Martian Chronicles , Dandelion Wine and Something Wicked This Way Comes . He wrote an untold number of fantastic short stories like "A Sound of Thunder", "Frost and Fire", "The Illustrated Man" and "I Sing the Body Electric". But despite his age, he never lost touch with his inner twelve-year old. Bradbury professed that his love of stories arose during his early childhood . He hung out in public libraries reading as many books as he could. When he scraped up enough money (this was the Depression after all), he went to the movies. This constant feeding of his imagination eventually reached critical mass and he could no longer contain it. He had to share it with the rest of us. That sense of wonder was the wellspring from which his stories came. Rob and I each have some thoughts to share about ...