RIP Ray Bradbury

Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury smiles in his Beverly Hills, Ca., office in Feb. 1982. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)

The Associated Press is reporting the death of author Ray Bradbury, writer of “Fahrenheit 451″ and “The Martian Chronicles” among many others.

From the AP story:

Nightmares that plagued him as a boy also stocked his imagination, as did his youthful delight with the Buck Rogers and Tarzan comic strips, early horror films, Tom Swift adventure books and the works of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells.

“The great thing about my life is that everything I’ve done is a result of what I was when I was 12 or 13,” he said in 1982.

I was and remain a big fan of the author’s work, and am glad I got to see him briefly at Comic-Con International a few years ago.

Director Duncan Jones wrote via his @ManMadeMoon account on twitter:

“Ray Bradbury passed away. Another amazing sci-fi visionary gone. Thank you for the ideas you left us, Mr. Bradbury. We’ll try to take heed.”

- Matt Price