[ale] a moment of silence for the passing Ray Bradbury

Michael H. Warfield mhw at WittsEnd.com
Wed Jun 6 16:06:15 EDT 2012


On Wed, 2012-06-06 at 15:17 -0400, Cameron Kilgore wrote:
> <silence>

> I loved Martian Chronicles.

That and the Illustrated Man were some of his best works.  F 451 was not
bad but more so so in my estimation and Dandelion Wine, that they made
us all read back in High School, stank so bad it absolutely reeked.

But, yeah, we've lost yet another great.  No doubt about it.

Mike

> --Cameron <http://ghostfreeman.net>
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Jim Lynch <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>wrote:
> 
> > On 06/06/2012 01:07 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > > <sigh>
> > >
> > > --
> > > --
> > > James P. Kinney III
> > Well not my favorite author, however that's probably because in high
> > school the English teachers thought he was the only SF author worth
> > mentioning and wouldn't let me report on any others.  Fooey, Heinlein
> > was a far better author IMHO.
> >
> > That said, he will be missed.  F 451 was a decent novel.
> >
> > Jim.
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