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<\/p>\nAs I read the notice about Ray Bradbury’s death I couldn’t help but reflect on the impact his stories had on me growing up.<\/p>\n
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The Martian Chronicles<\/em> first acquainted me with the fact that “Alien” was truly a matter of perspective. I’ve wondered how often earthly conflicts might have been avoided if more people had read The Martian Chronicles<\/p>\n Several of his short stories have stuck with me throughout my life. Of those, There Will Come Soft Rains<\/em> and The Veldt<\/em>\u00a0 are my favorites.<\/p>\n I appreciated his writing style. When It came to book reports in school, Bradbury & Verne were my go to authors. I suspect that I would not be the person I am without their tales. I developed a joy in reading because of them. That joy lead me to Clarke, Heinlein, Vonnegut, Herbert, & Michener.<\/p>\n By the 3rd or 4th grade I had confidence in my reading ability and was fearless in any library because of an early acquaintance with Mr Bradburys’ writing.<\/p>\n Not so much because of information contained in Bradburys writing, but because I COULD READ his stories without stumbling too often on the words.<\/p>\n Bradbury painted such vivid word pictures I could see the plains of Mars, or the silhouettes\u00a0 of a family playing burned forever into a wall.<\/p>\n It’s not just the entertaining stories writers such as I’ve mentioned give us, it’s collateral effects such as joy in reading, new ways of looking at the world & ourselves, and sparking the imagination of a ten year old on a Summer day.<\/p>\n There will be many people writing many words about Mr. Bradbury. I doubt none will be truer than these;<\/p>\n Thank you sir, for a lifetime of joy, inspiration, \u00a0and new ideas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As I read the notice about Ray Bradbury’s death I couldn’t help but reflect on the impact his stories had on me growing up. The Martian Chronicles first acquainted me with the fact that “Alien” was truly a matter of perspective. I’ve wondered how often earthly conflicts might have been avoided if more people had … <\/p>\n