Filmmaker Steven Spielberg has joined the tributes to sci-fi author Ray Bradbury, who died on Monday (June 5) at the age of 91.
Spielberg said in a statement issued today: "He was my muse for the better part of my sci-fi career. He lives on through his legion of fans. In the world of science fiction and fantasy and imagination he is immortal."
In 2003, Bradbury said Spielberg's 1977 release Close Encounters of the Third Kind was "the best film of its kind ever made." He later visited the director, who told him the movie had been inspired by 1953 sci-fi classic It Came From Outer Space, which was adapted from a Bradbury story.
Among other tributes, Stephen King said: "The sound I hear today is the thunder of a giant's footsteps fading away. But the novels and stories remain, in all their resonance and strange beauty."
Writer Mark Gatiss described Bradbury as "a dazzling,...
Spielberg said in a statement issued today: "He was my muse for the better part of my sci-fi career. He lives on through his legion of fans. In the world of science fiction and fantasy and imagination he is immortal."
In 2003, Bradbury said Spielberg's 1977 release Close Encounters of the Third Kind was "the best film of its kind ever made." He later visited the director, who told him the movie had been inspired by 1953 sci-fi classic It Came From Outer Space, which was adapted from a Bradbury story.
Among other tributes, Stephen King said: "The sound I hear today is the thunder of a giant's footsteps fading away. But the novels and stories remain, in all their resonance and strange beauty."
Writer Mark Gatiss described Bradbury as "a dazzling,...
- 6/7/2012
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Ray Bradbury -- the science fiction-fantasy writer behind films such as Fahrenheit 451, Moby Dick and TV shows The Twilight Zone and The Ray Bradbury Theater -- died Tuesday night. He was 91.
Bradbury's daughter Alexandra confirmed her father's death on Wednesday, but did not provide additional details. Although the sci-fi master had to slow down in recent years due to a stroke and used a wheelchair, Bradbury remained active into his 90s, turning out new novels, plays, screenplays and a volume of poetry. He was said to have written every day in the basement office of his home in the Cheviot Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles
In addition to his explosive novel Fahrenheit 451 -- about a future American society in which books are outlawed -- Bradbury also scripted John Huston's 1956 film version of Moby Dick and wrote for The Twilight Zone and other television programs, including The Ray Bradbury Theater, which adapted...
Bradbury's daughter Alexandra confirmed her father's death on Wednesday, but did not provide additional details. Although the sci-fi master had to slow down in recent years due to a stroke and used a wheelchair, Bradbury remained active into his 90s, turning out new novels, plays, screenplays and a volume of poetry. He was said to have written every day in the basement office of his home in the Cheviot Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles
In addition to his explosive novel Fahrenheit 451 -- about a future American society in which books are outlawed -- Bradbury also scripted John Huston's 1956 film version of Moby Dick and wrote for The Twilight Zone and other television programs, including The Ray Bradbury Theater, which adapted...
- 6/6/2012
- Entertainment Tonight
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