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Besides he inventiveness and foresight, he brought literary quality to sci-fi.
Ray Bradbury RIP
Clive Maxfield
6/8/2012 3:53 PM EDT
As you've doubtless heard by now, one of the all-time Science Fiction "Greats" – Ray Bradbury – passed away a couple of days ago on June 5, 2012. Actually, Ray's work was so "different" that many of his books fall under multiple genres, including fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery.
I grew up reading Ray's books, which had a huge influence on my formative years. There's no point in my repeating the information you can find in any of the thousands of articles that are currently bouncing around the Internet, but I would like to do a little something to mark his passing.
To my mind, there were a handful of authors who really influenced the science fiction genre in a HUGe way. These included Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, and Robert Heinlein. So, just for the heck of it, I've created the crossword shown below.
I've not included all of these author's works; also I've not included the more obscure pieces. What I have included is a mix of the best-known novels, short stories, and collections of short stories by Asimov, Bradbury, and Heinlein (plus just four of my favorite offerings from Arthur C. Clark). These are the ones that – if you consider yourself to be an official "Science Fiction Buff" – you should be able to solve without resorting to searching the web for online bibliographies. Apart from anything else, all of these books are on my shelves here in my office…
FYI: A single question mark "?" in a clue indicates one missing word. Multiple question marks separated by spaces or hyphens indicate that number of missing words and spaces/hyphens.
It would be great if you were to post a comment about Ray here, but please don’t post the answers to this crossword here – instead, email them to me at Max@CliveMaxfield.com and in a few days' time I will post the name of the winner (whoever gets the answers to me first – there's no prize but the glory) as a comment here on this blog.
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I grew up reading Ray's books, which had a huge influence on my formative years. There's no point in my repeating the information you can find in any of the thousands of articles that are currently bouncing around the Internet, but I would like to do a little something to mark his passing.
To my mind, there were a handful of authors who really influenced the science fiction genre in a HUGe way. These included Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, and Robert Heinlein. So, just for the heck of it, I've created the crossword shown below.
I've not included all of these author's works; also I've not included the more obscure pieces. What I have included is a mix of the best-known novels, short stories, and collections of short stories by Asimov, Bradbury, and Heinlein (plus just four of my favorite offerings from Arthur C. Clark). These are the ones that – if you consider yourself to be an official "Science Fiction Buff" – you should be able to solve without resorting to searching the web for online bibliographies. Apart from anything else, all of these books are on my shelves here in my office…
Click Here to see a larger, more detailed version.
FYI: A single question mark "?" in a clue indicates one missing word. Multiple question marks separated by spaces or hyphens indicate that number of missing words and spaces/hyphens.
Across
5. The ? of Joy
7. The ? ? of the Sun
8. The ? Trilogy
11. Have ? ? -- Will Travel
16. The Moon ? ? ? ?
17. ? in the Sky
18. The ? Beast
19. Between ?
22. Time Enough for ?
24. ? in the Sky
26. Stranger ? ? ? ?
27. ? of the Galaxy
28. End of ?
30. The ? Sun
32. ? with Rama
33. The ?, Like Dust
34. I ?
Down
1. Something ? ? ? ?
2. Rocket Ship ?
3. Time for the ?
4. The ? Masters
6. Space ? ?
9. The ? ? ? of God
10. The ? Man
11. ? Troopers
12. The ? of Space
13. Starman ?
14. The ? Man
15. ? 451
20. I Sing The ? ?
21. ? of the Sky
23. Space ?
25. The ? Chronicles
27. The ? ? Steel
28. Expedition to ?
29. ? in the Sky
31. ?: A Space Odyssey
It would be great if you were to post a comment about Ray here, but please don’t post the answers to this crossword here – instead, email them to me at Max@CliveMaxfield.com and in a few days' time I will post the name of the winner (whoever gets the answers to me first – there's no prize but the glory) as a comment here on this blog.
If you found this article to be of interest, visit Programmable Logic Designline where – in addition to my Max's Cool Beans blogs – you will find the latest and greatest design, technology, product, and news articles with regard to programmable logic devices of every flavor and size (FPGAs, CPLDs, CSSPs, PSoCs...).
Also, you can obtain a highlights update delivered directly to your inbox by signing up for my weekly newsletter – just Click Here to request this newsletter using the Manage Newsletters tab (if you aren't already a member you'll be asked to register, but it's free and painless so don't let that stop you [grin]).
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elizabethsimon
6/13/2012 11:23 AM EDT
The local used books store sold out of Ray Bradbury's books over the weekend. I was there doing my usual perusal of the SF section and noticed a hole in the wall of books. This in a place where there's so many books that they stack them on the floor when they run out of shelf space.
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Max the Magnificent
6/13/2012 11:30 AM EDT
I must admit that I'm planning on re-reading a lot of my collection in the not-so-distant future ... it's just that I have a bunch of books on the go as we speak...
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MindTech
6/14/2012 4:19 PM EDT
He was one of my favourite authors, and will be dearly missed. One of my all-time-top-5-list short stories is "There will come soft rains" from the Martian Chronicles. And every couple years I have the urge to read "From the Dust Returned" in late October.
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I_B_GREEN
6/15/2012 4:16 PM EDT
Ray could see into the future.
unfortunatly he has turned out to me more right than wrong.
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I_B_GREEN
6/15/2012 4:16 PM EDT
In terms of human morality, not the technology
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Ralph E_#1
6/18/2012 2:37 PM EDT
Hello Max,
One of my favorite collections Ray released is "Twice 22", and my all time favorite book he wrote is "Dandelion Wine". Both books I've read several times, and have started having my middle-schoolers read some of the "Twice 22" short stories. Just to get them started in the right direction. :-)
Cheers,
Ralph
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Max the Magnificent
6/18/2012 3:12 PM EDT
I don't think I ever saw "Twice 22", so I'm hoping that these stories appeared in his other collections.
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cbbear
6/20/2012 8:35 AM EDT
Besides he inventiveness and foresight, he brought literary quality to sci-fi.
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Max the Magnificent
6/21/2012 9:31 AM EDT
FYI I found something called "The Lost Bradbury" in the iPad iTunes Store -- apparently it's a collection of previously unpublished stories -- I've downloaded it but not read it yet so I can;t say how good they are...
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