Happy Birthday, Ray Bradbury!

[eldritchhobbit]

Happy birthday to Ray Bradbury (22 August, 1920 - 5 June, 2012)!

"They began by controlling books of cartoons and then detective books and, of course, films, one way or another, one group or another, political bias, religious prejudice, union pressures; there was always a minority afraid of something, and a great majority afraid of the dark,

Comments

[lizziebelle]

My mom introduced me to Ray Bradbury when I was in middle school, and I fell promptly in love with his stories. Such an amazing gift he had!

[eldritchhobbit]

Yes! Incredible talent. I came to him as a child, too, and his way with words really cemented my love of reading and of science fiction, in particular. His deep love of words and ideas was contagious.

[ankh_hpl]

"The Veldt" was the first real horror story I ever read, I think. What a chilling, poetic writer.

[eldritchhobbit]

"The Veldt" was my first Bradbury story, and I was hooked! To this day, that story gives me chills.

"Poetic" is a great way to describe him. There are passages in The Martian Chronicles that are sublime.