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    Posted June 6, 2012 by
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    Ray Bradbury's legacy

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    By LFalcetti  |  Posted June 6, 2012  
     

    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     LFalcetti says of Ray Bradbury, 'He wrote with an uncynical voice, a difficult feat for sci-fi writers. He knew people, knew the good and the bad and was able to craft tales exploring those aspects. He brought space down to Earth and gave the world visions of what it could be, should be and can't be.'
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    I saw Ray Bradbury speak at the San Diego Comic Con in 2010. Even though he was wheelchair bound and did most of his speaking through his biographer, he still was there to talk to his fans and share his wisdom. He was funny, sweet, open and honest. For someone at his age then, to go through the insanity circus that is Comic Con, shows just how deep his commitment and love to his fans was.

    My father read to me every night as a child, classics from Tolkein, C.S. Lewis, Kipling and of course Bradbury. That's of course the company he belongs in, with the greatest writers of the 20th century (I know Kipling is 19th century, forgive). The Martian Chronicles, the first Bradbury book (of many) he read to me was not only my introduction to science fiction (a love I've carried and celebrated to this day) but my introduction to seeing beyond the world around me.
    His characters didn't have to be royalty or wealthy, they were real people from real places with real dreams, fears and hopes. When they triumphed, I triumphed, when they fell, I fell. He could make the mundane fantastical and the horrifying instantly believable. His contributions can't be counted, nor can the people he inspired.
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