Ray Bradbury Has Died 315
dsinc was the first to note, but an anonymous reader writes "Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451, the dystopian novel about the logical conclusion of many trends in modern society, and many other works that have inspired fans of speculative fiction for decades, has died at the age of 91 in Los Angeles, California, Tuesday night, June 5th, 2012. No details on how he died were released, but I suspect it may have had something to do with the Earth orbiting the sun over 90 times since he was born. I guess we'll have to wait to be sure."
His most famous work (Score:5, Informative)
Fahrenheit 451 wasn't about censorship [cracked.com]. I know 100 people who know nothing else about the book except cliff notes or what they got off wikipedia are about to make that comment. So I'll save you the trouble. It was about TV and the mental wasteland that he thought it represented.
Re:I KNEW Venus was up to no good! (Score:4, Informative)
All Summer in a Day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Summer_in_a_Day [wikipedia.org]
I first read it on my own, then was surprised when it showed up in English class a few years later
Re:The most human side of scifi... (Score:5, Informative)
Yes but he didn't have to waste 10 pages of screens to quote it on /. when he had already provided the link for us to read.