On Tuesday, the world lost pioneering science fiction author Ray Bradbury at age 91, and since then everybody and their mother has (quite correctly, in my view) been making all sorts of bereaved noises about his passing being a tremendous loss not just to our ghettoized little genre of science fiction but to literature and the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ray Bradbury’
Ray Bradbury: What We Really Lost
Posted: June 10, 2012 by Brian in Science FictionTags: Fahrenheit 451, Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
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It’s Alive… ALIVE!!!
Posted: June 9, 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Podcast, Television, UncategorizedTags: Al Lewis, Eddie Izzard, Ernest Borgnine, Feline Quadrocopter, Jerry O'Connell, Peter Falk, Psycho, Ray Bradbury, Red Shirts, Remakes, Robocop, Star Trek, Taxidermy, The Munsters, Total Recall
This week the masters of Wit and Pod are confronted with the shocking terror that is… The Feline Quadrocopter! The Podwits then try to escape the horrors of Herman Munster and film stories that won’t die! Is it Halloween? No, but these frightening tales are not for those with weak hearts! Listen… IF YOU DARE!!! [...]
When Fiction Becomes Reality
Posted: November 29, 2011 by J. Marcus in NewsTags: Books, Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
It can be cliche, but it’s oh so true. It’s becoming more and more commonplace for reality to become fiction. Witness the props of STAR TREK, or the futuristic inventions imagined by H.G. Wells. The latest example comes from none other than Ray Bradbury, arguably one of the finest Science Fiction writers to date. It [...]