Ray Bradbury, R is for Rest In Peace

A force in modern American literature has passed from the Earth at age 91.

In my opinion Bradbury had a sensibility that was unmatched in his peers. The Martian Chronicles are amazing, as was Something Wicked This Way Comes, but his singular work was definitely Fahrenheit 451. I believe it to be the most important work of literature in the twentieth century. 

Good rest to you Grandmaster. 

“If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go into business, because we’d be cynical. Well, that’s nonsense. You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.”