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Riocaz · 07-02-2009, 08:53 AM

Do you actually bother to read what was posted?

One: I said that it's enevitable that his fanbase will shrink if he actively prevents access to his works AND alienates his current fanbase.

Two: This is not the first time he has made idiotic, irrational, rants about technology. After all according to him the "internet is a scam" and "Computers are just typewriters" and ATMs are "inefficient".

It was your assertion that I didn't understand him because I was not of his age. I merely gave my father as an example of the opposite extreme.

Finally you appear to have missed the point. You are right that Ray Bradbury has paid his dues and left a mark in literature... However even the greatest of authors can have their works lost to time because they were no longer available...

Just look at the lost plays of Shakespeare. Or closer to the present, the infamous suitcase of Hemmingway's writings his wife lost on a train.

Thankfully this is less likely, if not impossible in the case of Ray Bradbury... Because of the systems he denigrates.

07-02-2009, 08:53 AM	#27
Riocaz Fulfilled but not by iRex Posts: 932 Karma: 286846 Join Date: May 2006 Location: London Device: Far too many	Do you actually bother to read what was posted? One: I said that it's enevitable that his fanbase will shrink if he actively prevents access to his works AND alienates his current fanbase. Two: This is not the first time he has made idiotic, irrational, rants about technology. After all according to him the "internet is a scam" and "Computers are just typewriters" and ATMs are "inefficient". It was your assertion that I didn't understand him because I was not of his age. I merely gave my father as an example of the opposite extreme. Finally you appear to have missed the point. You are right that Ray Bradbury has paid his dues and left a mark in literature... However even the greatest of authors can have their works lost to time because they were no longer available... Just look at the lost plays of Shakespeare. Or closer to the present, the infamous suitcase of Hemmingway's writings his wife lost on a train. Thankfully this is less likely, if not impossible in the case of Ray Bradbury... Because of the systems he denigrates. Last edited by Riocaz; 07-02-2009 at 08:56 AM.