A Visionary's Spirit Remembered In Ink

Author Ray Bradbury, the man many consider responsible for bringing the genre of science fiction to bookshelves all over the world and sparking a provocative conversation of the future, died late Tuesday evening, according to his agent.

Aside from Fahrenheit 451—a seemingly timeless premonition—which is arguably Bradbury's most recognized work and will be celebrating its sixtieth anniversary next year, the writer has over three dozen books and over 600 short stories to his name.

In fact, one of Bradbury's stories appears in this week's The New Yorker (the science fiction double issue). The piece is titled, "Take Me Home" and chronicles the reminiscence of Bradbury's summers as a seven and eight year-old. The story focuses specifically on the nights he spent outdoors with his grandfather and "the time of the fire balloons."

While it is a sad day for the literary community and the science fiction enthusiasts who have followed Bradbury's diverse collection of works, it's comforting to remember that he was and always will be an artist.

He is an artist whose legacy will forever live in ink—or e-ink.