Sending off Ray Bradbury ...
Published on Jul 10, 2012 02:55PM
Above: "We have art so that we do not die of reality." (Ray looks like he belongs in Mission Control, c. 1966)
- Ray Bradbury: ‘Idea writer’ spun powerful tales - Salt Lake Tribune Editorial
"A conglomerate heap of trash, that’s what I am. But it burns with a high flame." —
Ray BradburyThe high flame that was
Ray Bradbury, one of the most read and most prolific writers of the 20th century, went out Tuesday. That’s when the author of
The Martian Chronicles and
Fahrenheit 451 died at the age of 91. ...
... As a child, Bradbury was plagued by nightmares. Yet he couldn’t get enough fantasy and science fiction in his reading and movie habits. He loved Halloween. He never lost his childlike view of the world, shifting rapidly from wonder to fear and back again.
Ray Bradbury’s life was not simple. But it was long and productive. We are the better for it.
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