Honoring the life of Ray Bradbury with his own words
The words of Ray Bradbury live long in the imaginations of all who read his works, such as Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, many of which were inspired by his own nightmares as a child.
His goal of writing at least 1000 words every day for the last seventy years meant the author himself was often surprised to read himself in print and he noted in 2000 that,
“I sometimes get up at night when I can’t sleep and walk down into my library and open one of my books and read a paragraph and say: ‘My God, did I write that? Did I write that?’ Because it’s still a surprise.”
What better way, then, to honor one of the sci-fi/fantasy greats than with snippets of his own wisdom, which is exactly what the Guardian has done in cooperation with The Atlantic and Twitter.
Generate some wisdom today to honor a great writer who has left us at the ripe old age of ninety-one.
Full story at The Guardian.
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As a fan of Mr. Bradbury’s since I was a teenager I was saddened to hear of his passing. I had the good fortune to work with him on the stage version of Fahrenheit 451 at San Diego State University in the 1970′s. During the cast party Ray, as he insisted being called, was surrounded by a large group. He asked each their names and we responded. I asked if he remembered all our names. His response was to give a series of made up names for all in the group. After a we all laughed at his response, I said, "We’ll never forget you, Mr. Asimov," referring to the prolific SF writer. He immediately came back with, "I’m not quite an Asimov, more like a half-Asimov."