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R. Bradbury -- stroke????

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johnm10

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Apr 13, 2000, 3:00:00 AM4/13/00
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Is he okay?

Does anyone know?


MJ10.

Jimvanhise

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Apr 13, 2000, 3:00:00 AM4/13/00
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Bradbury had a stroke several months ago which he was supposedly recovering
from, unless he just had another, but I'm unaware of that at the moment.
Bradbury was born in 1920 and even though Forry Ackerman is 4 years older,
Bradbury is not aging as gracefully as Forry is. I saw Bradbury at a convention
a year ago and he didn't look good at all. I also understand his memory is very
good any more.

Dorman Shindler

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Apr 13, 2000, 3:00:00 AM4/13/00
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He's fine, now. Completing a new mystery novel (I've forgotten the title).
-- DTS

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Fastbulb

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Apr 16, 2000, 3:00:00 AM4/16/00
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Actually, I saw Ray Bradbury speak a few weeks ago (along with Douglas Adams)
at Clowes Hall at Butler University in Indianapolis, IN. March 29, to be
exact.

Ray was in a wheelchair, and we were told that due to his stroke, he would not
be autographing anything (damn - and I'd brought along my copy of the second
issue - 1950 - of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, with a Bradbury
story, for him to sign, just in case).

On the up-side, Ray seemed in quite excellent spirits, and his voice was only
slightly slurred - not exactly an embarrassment, considering he's 80, and all.
He was definitely aiming his talk at the "student-writer" crowd, and did his
damnedest to be inspiring. Mostly, he succeeded, telling stories of his early
days writing, and of working with John Huston (sp?) on the screenplay for Moby
Dick, etc. He DID run down a (staggering) list of his current projects,
including the mystery novel, an opera, poetry, maybe another screenplay or two,
. . . he's certainly not taking it easy!

Adams read some excerpts from the various Hitchhiker's Guide books, told a few
anecdotes of his own, and came across quite well, all in all.

cheers,
da9ve

Franklin Harris

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Apr 16, 2000, 3:00:00 AM4/16/00
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"Fastbulb" <fast...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Actually, I saw Ray Bradbury speak a few weeks ago (along with Douglas
Adams)
> at Clowes Hall at Butler University in Indianapolis, IN. March 29, to be
> exact.
>
> Ray was in a wheelchair, and we were told that due to his stroke, he would
not
> be autographing anything (damn - and I'd brought along my copy of the
second
> issue - 1950 - of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, with a
Bradbury
> story, for him to sign, just in case).

Bradbury is also scheduled to be at the University of North Alabama (in
Florence, Ala.) last next month for a reading and a performance of his new
stage work, "The Worlds of Ray Bradbury." Full details are at
http://www.timesdaily.com/news/stories/000326n4.html.


--
Franklin Harris
Pulp Culture Online
www.pulpculture.net

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