In Remembrance

I don't remember when or exactly why I picked up my first Bradbury book. I'm sure it was in jr/sr high and probably because of a couple of SF guys I was friends with. I do know that they were reading the big three, Bradbury, Asimov and Clarke and if I had a shot at fitting in anywhere it was with the geeks. I preferred fantasy to SF, always have done, but of the three, Bradbury's works made the biggest, most lasting impact. There was more emotional content to his work than the other two (at least to me). I haven't reread any of them in years (Besides Farenheit 451 which I read for banned book month and that was no accident. I had wanted to reread that as an adult).

I'm not sure where my copies of the Martian Chronicles or the Illustrated Man are (I suspect back in PA). I would still like to dig them out (or at the very least get the from the library). The one sure way that Mr. Bradbury goes on living is by reading and sharing his work.

evil_little_dog shared this with me today and I thought I'd put it here, a nice article by Bradbury

Goodbye Mr. Bradbury, I hope you're among the stars now

EYA - Neil Gaiman’s blog post for Ray