Ray Bradbury, R.I.P.

[Shapley]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18345350

[barfle]

I have to thank my father for teaching me the ABCs: Asimov, Bradbury, and Clarke. With a little Heinlein thrown in for good measure. Alas, all are gone.

[Shapley]

He was the first science fiction writer whose work I can remember reading. A short story of his, "The Man", was included in one of our grade school assignments. Sometime after that I found one of his story collections, "The Golden Apples of the Sun" in the library, though I did not enjoy most of it. I read it again, in high school, and found it quite enjoyable.

[Shapley]

He was the first science fiction writer whose work I can remember reading. A short story of his, "The Man", was included in one of our grade school assignments. Sometime after that I found one of his story collections, "The Golden Apples of the Sun" in the library, though I did not enjoy most of it. I read it again, in high school, and found it quite enjoyable.

[dai bread]

My late teen years were Bradbury years. And Asimov and Clarke, Heinlein and the rest. Not to forget John Campbell of "Astounding" magazine.

I'm feeling very old.

[jamiebk]

A visionary writer...shall be missed

[Giant Communist Robot]

I have to thank my father for teaching me the ABCs: Asimov, Bradbury, and Clarke. With a little Heinlein thrown in for good measure. Alas, all are gone.

My daughter adds D for Douglas and his Hitchhiker series.

[Selma in Sandy Eggo]

I have to thank my father for teaching me the ABCs: Asimov, Bradbury, and Clarke. With a little Heinlein thrown in for good measure. Alas, all are gone.

I found Asimov and Heinlein when I was twelve, or so. Bradbury and Clarke were a bit later. (Clarke's "The Deep Range" gets reread every year or so, still.)

They have worthy successors. Asero, Bujold, Cherryh, Drake, Flint, Lee & Miller, Moon. And a host of others.