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			Indeed.  "He was a genre on his own, and on his own terms."
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			"He gave people so many reasons to love him. And we did." 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Fahrenheit 451 will probably be remembered as his most seminal work though Martian chronicles is probably my favorite.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			I read a few of his books from my mid-teens to early twenties and stopped because it occurred to me I'd use them up. That was over twenty years ago and I haven't read anything by him since, but they're there if I need them.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			He also wrote the screenplay for Moby Dick with Gregory Peck and Richard Basehart. He was a man of great talent, and will be missed by many. I never met him in life but he was a friend to me through his writing, something I think many can say about him.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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