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    Author Ray Bradbury Dies at 91

    Ray Bradbury wrote 27 novels and more than 600 short stories. His science fiction, including Fahrenheit 451 , The Martian Chronicles and Something Wicked This Way Comes was regarded as serious literature. Bradbury died last night in Los Angeles at the age of 91.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Ray Bradbury wrote 27 novels and more than 600 short stories. His science fiction, including

    Fahrenheit 451,

    The Martian Chronicles

    and

    Something Wicked This Way Comes was regarded as serious literature. Bradbury died last night in Los Angeles at the age of 91. His official biographer is

    Sam Weller, author of

    The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury

    and

    Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Sam Weller

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