Ray Bradbury is one of the most famous science-fiction writers of the 20th century. Sadly, he passed away today (May the 6th 2012) at the age of 91 in California. He is the author of one of the crucial science-fiction novels, Farenheit 451, in 1953, which has become a literary classic together with novels like Orwell's 1984 or Huxley's Brave New World.

However, Ray Bradbury also cultivated other genres in which he became a prominent writer. He was also a mystery writer and cultivated humour as well although he admitted he was in love with theater, screenplays, poems, and libraries www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/breaking-news/world-news/scifi-au