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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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    former KCRW broadcaster

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