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Ray Bradbury not Amused by the Internet

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You kids and your fancy Internet can keep it and stick it where the sun doesn't shine. Or at least that's how Ray Bradbury, the 88-year-old sci-fi author who penned such classics as Fahrenheit 451, The Illustrated Man, and The Martian Chronicles, probably feels. Speaking to The New York Times, Bradbury had some interesting things to say about the cyber space.

"The Internet is a big distraction," Bradbury said as he was just warming up. "Yahoo called me eight weeks ago. They wanted to put a book of mine on Yahoo! You what I told them? 'To hell with you. To hell with you and to hell with the Internet.' It's distracting. It's meaningless; it's not real. It's in the air somewhere."

Yahoo had no comment on the issue, saying they weren't sure of Bradbury's account was accurate.

On a related note, online literature has become a hot topic as of late, particularly with the controversy surrounding Google's Book service. Google is trying to push through its Book Search initiative, which would give it exclusive access to digital editions of some out-of-print books, much to the chagrin of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and others who oppose the move.

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avatarhey you kids!

GET OFF MY LAWN!!

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avatarirony

"It's distracting. It's meaningless; it's not real. It's in the air somewhere."

anybody else find this ironic coming from sci-fi author?

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avatarlol

lol

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avatarTo hell with you, ray

To hell with you, ray bradbury.

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avatarIrony is the spice of life

 I find it ironic that the man who wrote about the banning and burning of books would give the finger to the greatest innovation to free speach and journalism that the world has ever seen.  So, the future is not quite what he envisioned back in the 60's and 70's.  What a shame.

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avatarOld Man

Think he's about to kick the bucket? Sure seems like it. lol

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avatarHe's right...

I agree with Bradbury...

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avataruuhhhh, riiiiight...

 And yet you are reading, and participating via the world wide web.  On a PC entusaists' site, no less.  Do I detect a bit of sarcasm, or what?

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avatar you sure he's a sci-fi

 you sure he's a sci-fi author not fantasy?

 

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avatarBradbury isn't hard Science

Bradbury isn't hard Science Fiction, he's more of the Speculitive Fiction camp, with a leaning toward Fantasy or Fable.  More likely to show up in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction than Analog.  More Social/Psychological than Hard Science.

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