{"id":292,"date":"2012-06-06T21:54:10","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T04:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curatingla.com\/2012\/06\/06\/ray-bradbury-dies-at-age-91-in-los-angeles\/"},"modified":"2014-02-05T21:15:26","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T05:15:26","slug":"ray-bradbury-dies-at-age-91-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/curatingla.com\/cla\/2012\/06\/06\/ray-bradbury-dies-at-age-91-in-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray Bradbury Dies at age 91 in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; width: 450px; height: 35px;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.curatingla.com%2Fblog-index%2F2012%2F6%2F6%2Fray-bradbury-dies-at-age-91-in-los-angeles.html&amp;send=false&amp;layout=standard&amp;width=450&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font&amp;height=35\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"full-image-block ssNonEditable\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/cla\/legacy-images\/artistsphotographersfilmmakerswriters\/Bradbury_BookCovers.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1339009264808\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\">While news of author Ray Bradbury\u2019s death yesterday at age 91 is already receiving widespread attention by national and international media outlets, I want to add my voice to the many tributes that have been written about a master of the science fiction \/ fantasy genre. Bradbury was long one of my favorite local writers. I was always very proud that he called Los Angeles home and would have loved to interview him for this site. While that never happened, I did meet him at a LA area event many years ago and recall how excited I was just to shake his hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\">I grew up reading many of Bradbury\u2019s books and remember spending hours at A Change of Hobbit bookstore on Westwood Boulevard pouring over his works and finally selecting a title to purchase and bring home. I still have every one of his books I bought as a teenager and look forward to sharing them with my two boys when they get a little older.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\">Bradbury was a master of prose \u2013 a writer who captivated my imagination with his wonderful coming of age tale, <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"><em>Dandelion Wine<\/em>, and challenged me with his vision of human weakness and the shameful ways in which we all too often treat \u201cthe other&#8221; in <em>The Martian Chronicles<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">His highly inventive stories transported me to others places and times, while at the same time remaining relevant to my life in the here and now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><span class=\"full-image-float-right ssNonEditable\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/cla\/legacy-images\/artistsphotographersfilmmakerswriters\/Bradbury_photo.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1339009306679\" \/><\/span>While we have lost a great writer and a passionate voice for a more humane future, Ray Bradbury\u2019s legacy will certainly live on in his many literary, theatrical, film and television works. I know that my bookshelves are all the richer for having his titles among my collection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\">To learn more about Bradbury\u2019s life and work, check out this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/science\/articles\/2012\/06\/06\/ray_bradbury_author_of_fahrenheit_451_dies\/?page=full\" target=\"_blank\">excellent tribute<\/a> written by John Rogers of the Associated Press. \u00a0You can also learn more by visiting Bradbury\u2019s own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.RayBradbury.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">web site<\/a>. I also encourage you to share your thoughts about Bradbury in the comments below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Recommended Works<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=curalosange-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=1451673264&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=curalosange-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=0380973839&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=curalosange-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=0380977273&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=curalosange-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=0553286374&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=curalosange-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=0062079972&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cla\/legacy-images\/artistsphotographersfilmmakerswriters\/Bradbury_BookCovers.jpg\" alt=\"Bradbury_BookCovers\"\/><\/p>\n<p>While news of author Ray Bradbury\u2019s death yesterday at age 91 is already receiving widespread attention by national and international media outlets, I want to add my voice to the many tributes that have been written about a master of the science fiction \/ fantasy genre. 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