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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:24 PM Original message |
Ray Bradbury chooses Faux news... |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. so he had a later-life conversion. it happens. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Eh I watch Fox News from time to time too this writer just chose to mention it |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. *shrugs* |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. that's nice to hear! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Ray Bradbury died several years ago. |
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teriyaki jones (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Not according to deadoraliveinfo.com |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I think someone was trying to make a joke |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. And a lame one, too. n/t |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. He's not dead yet, he doesn't want to go on the cart |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. I think we can consider him mostly dead. nt |
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shain from kane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. Back in 1953, everyone was really concerned about Milton Berle's influential TV programs, |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. If I recall correctly, it was 1984 which had where you couldn't turn the TV off |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Many Confuse The Two... |
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shain from kane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. In addition, the book was based on the short story, "The Fireman", published in Galaxy magazine, |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. 1950 was the year television began to take off |
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shain from kane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Thanks for the information. I may have to revise my remarks, although burning books to promote |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. I always saw it as a condemnation of conformity, not a diatriba |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
14. Isn't this the same guy in his book "The Martian Chronicles"... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. You do understand the concept of "fiction," don't you? |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Frankly, I'm not a fan of Bradbury, but... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I'm not suggesting you should be a fan of his.... |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Sure, Mars can be anything he wants in fiction. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. Uh, what's the problem here again? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. contrast to what he was saying about TV "factoids" |
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