Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Ray Bradbury Dies at Age 91

In a Los Angeles Times obituary titled, Ray Bradbury dies at 91; author lifted fantasy to literary heights, writer
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 died Tuesday night, his daughter, Alexandra Bradbury, told the Associated Press. No other details were immediately available.  
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.
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Thank you, Ray Bradbury, for touching the lives of readers with your words.

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