Good bye sir. You left the world better than you found it.
"It was a pleasure to burn."
~Will
Wow. Great leaps for sci fi. RIP, MR Bradbury.
When I was about 12 I checked a huge-ass anthology of his short stories out of the library, and the world hasn't looked the same since. He'll be missed.
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Oh, wow. He was one of my first intros into sci-fi. R.I.P.
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I thought he died ages ago. Huh.
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We lost a true wordsmith. In memoriam, a few quotes from the master:
You’re afraid of making mistakes. Don’t be. Mistakes can be profited by. Man, when I was young I shoved my ignorance in people’s faces. They beat me with sticks. By the time I was forty my blunt instrument had been honed to a fine cutting point for me. If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you’ll never learn.
If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it.
If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.
Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.
R.I.P Mr. Bradbury.
"And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is gift and a privilege, not a right.... So while our art cannot, as we wish it could, save us from wars, privation, envy, greed, old age, or death, it can revitalize us amidst it all."
Rest in peace.
Today is a sad day.
:(
The trololo guy's dead too, btw. :(
