[Vision2020] Ray Bradbury

Carl Westberg idahovandal1 at live.com
Thu Jun 7 11:58:49 PDT 2012


He was one of the very best wordsmiths ever.  One interesting tidbit from his obituary:  He was so poor during the early writing years that he did not own a typewriter.  The UCLA library rented typewriters for 10 cents per half hour.  He said he brought a sack of dimes to the library and wrote "Fahrenheit 451" in 9 days, spending $9.80.  In honor of the start of summer, it's time for me to read "Dandelion Wine" for about the sixth time.

> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 10:42:07 -0700
> From: lfalen at turbonet.com
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] Ray Bradbury
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> Ray Bradbury is dead at 91. He was one of the great Science Fiction writers. He ws the author of "The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451 and Something Wicked this Way Comes" among many others.
> Roger
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