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Author Ray Bradbury passed away last night. His family has not released a cause of death as of this writing. He was 91.
Bradbury was considered a science fiction writer although he preferred to describe his book as fantasy. His best known book Fahrenheit 451 was released in 1953 to critical acclaim. Bradbury wrote the book by renting a typewriter at the UCLA Library for ten cents per half hour. He penned scores of short stories many of which were adapted for television in the Ray Bradbury Theater which aired first on HBO and then on the USA Network from 1985 to 1992.
In 2004, Bradbury made headlines when he expressed his displeasure with Michael Moore over borrowing the title of his signature book for his infamous documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 without permission. Although Moore apologized to Bradbury over the phone, he never changed the title of his film as Bradbury had asked. When asked by NBC’s Andrea Mitchell if he wanted a piece of the box office receipts, Bradbury said, “No, I don’t care about money. That’s not the point. The point is that he stole something. All I want is to have it returned.”
Bradbury and I have something in common. He never learned how to drive. But he was most certainly a driven man.
UPDATE: Over at NRO, John Fund proclaims Bradbury “a great conservative” who was enthusiastic about the Tea Party.
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kingsmill| 6.6.12 @ 12:23PM
Russell Kirk, one of the distinguished founders of modern conservatism, was a great admirer and friend of Ray Bradbury. Kirk championed Bradbury's work and felt he was innately traditionalist. It was assumed in the 1960s that Bradbury was anti-conservative and ultra-modernist. Kirk refuted these notions.
Kirk's excellent analysis of Bradbury can be found in "Enemies of the Permanent Things: Observations of Abnormity in Literature and Politics."
Skippy| 6.6.12 @ 3:08PM
I read him voraciously as a child. I always felt he understood the heart of a young Midwestern boy.
It was with some pleasure that I learned as an adult that he and Robt Heinlein were both traditionally conservative and unashamedly American.
God bless him as he blazes the trail for me one last time.
Ave atque vale.
Occam's Tool| 6.6.12 @ 10:02PM
He rode a bicycle in Los Angeles. Excellent writer, though not as good as Tom Kratman or John Ringo.
Occam's Tool| 6.6.12 @ 10:03PM
Sorry, folks, but I can think of some of Kratman's I've read 50 times, just like Starship Troopers for Heinlein. I NEVER did that for Bradbury. Nothing he wrote touched me like that.
EBL | 6.6.12 @ 10:35PM
http://evilbloggerlady.blogspo.....dbury.html RIP Ray. We will miss you.