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Originally Posted by Riocaz
So from twaddle you descend into condesending twaddle.
I can understand where he's coming from. Nostalgia for things past is common to us all. I wish my nephews could experience some of the things I had as a kid. But things move on, some for the better, some less so.
As for him being a product of his age, take the example of my father who is of a similar age to him. He bought a ZX81, upgraded to a BBC Model B and was online by 1987. He still has a laptop (though I admit I bought it for him) and until recently had a DSL dervice to keep upw ith his email. He only gave this up because the exchange rate from £ to euro dropped so much it became a luxury he could no longer afford.
So yes, you are damn right I don't understand him. Why would anyone with a grip on reality want to understand him?
People still interact with one another. The medium has just changed somewhat. Just because I can't see your face doesn't make you "faceless".
No I'm not kidding. What do you think the result of preventing new access to his work and alienating his longterm fans will be. It's not a poison pill it's a slow strangulation.
How can they become familiar if they can't read his works. Why would they bother searching out paper copies, when the only words they have access too are idiotic, irational, ranting.
Frankly the best one can hope is that eventually his rights pass to someone who retains their faculties.
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I don't think you understand where he is coming from at all.
I think you are too busy insisting he conform to your opinion of a modern "with it" kind of guy, like your father.
Ray Bradbury has made his mark in literature, he has paid his dues, and needs no one to tell him what he needs to think, or do.
Interacting on the 'net is nothing like doing it face to face. You do not know who you are speaking with, you only know who they tell you they are.
The idea that his works will languish and fade away unless they are available to all online is ludicrous.
As for his words being "idiotic, irrational and ranting", well, I'd have to know the entire conversation first. All we got was one reporters version.
There are many many books and authors not available as ebooks right now. Eventually, all, even Ray Bradbury's, will be.
Ranting and demonizing because he chooses to take a different view only shows the typical "I want it and I want it NOW", outlook of many today.