Yeah, he can only be who he is.(Not that we can't change...argh.) But he can only be blamed a little for what he wrote at a less-sensitive time.
Tara: 'Your One-Stop Spot to Shop for Lots of New-Age and Occult Items.' Catchy. Giles: Think so? Tara: Uh huh. In a... hard to say sorta way.
'Sleeper'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
erikaj - Jan 25, 2012 9:38:06 am PST #17597 of 28332
Always Anti-fascist!
Connie Neil - Jan 25, 2012 9:42:57 am PST #17598 of 28332
brillig
I guess I think it's weird that it's disappointing.
Wrod. "How dare you not be as enlightened and forward-thinking as a 21st-Century man should be, you born in the 19th century person, you."
erikaj - Jan 25, 2012 9:48:43 am PST #17599 of 28332
Always Anti-fascist!
Sometimes, when I was a kid, I'd get disappointed when an old children's book was sexist or something like that. Because I was eight, or whatever, approval-seeking, and not expecting it. I don't get lost in the story like I used to, but the upside is, that doesn't feel like a kick in the gut anymore.
Atropa - Jan 25, 2012 10:18:42 am PST #17600 of 28332
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Scola, thank you for posting that! I had never seen that essay of his.
I suppose Ray Bradbury would not want to have a religion started around him. But he is one of my patron saints. Him, and the Emperor Norton.
Toddson - Jan 25, 2012 10:32:55 am PST #17601 of 28332
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
You know, Ray Bradbury should visit Disneyland with Jilli.
Atropa - Jan 25, 2012 10:40:58 am PST #17602 of 28332
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
You know, Ray Bradbury should visit Disneyland with Jilli.
head explodes with glee
I still count myself incredibly lucky that I was able to meet him at DragonCon one year, get my childhood copy of Something Wicked This Way Comes signed, and get a photo of him holding Clovis.
Connie Neil - Jan 25, 2012 10:57:15 am PST #17603 of 28332
brillig
We are blessed to have Ray Bradbury.
sumi - Jan 25, 2012 11:13:50 am PST #17604 of 28332
Art Crawl!!!
Patricia C. Wrede is bringing her Lyra books out in eformat.
Order the books and take a little tour of Patricia C. Wrede's closets here.
Toddson - Jan 25, 2012 11:43:59 am PST #17605 of 28332
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Gully Jimson, eat your heart out.
Volans - Jan 25, 2012 4:47:09 pm PST #17606 of 28332
move out and draw fire
But he is one of my patron saints. Him, and the Emperor Norton.
And Emperor Norton, while not having a religion built around him per se, is a saint or something in Discordianism.