Sci-Fi Shocker: Ray Bradbury Wrong On Future Of Electronic Books

Submitted by Blake on June 6, 2008 - 8:12am
Topic: 
Electronic Publications

Alexander Wolfe Says Science-fiction icon Ray Bradbury, who was quoted the other day as saying that e-books will never succeed because they're "not books," is wrong.They're succeeding already, and they are -- pretty much -- books.

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Submitted by Jon Gorman (not verified) on June 6, 2008 - 10:48am.

A long time self-declared luddite who is well-known for stories that aren't really science-fiction but often labelled as such and typically have warnings about the evil of technology doesn't think ebooks will take off. Shocker.

I love Ray Bradbury and he is one of my favorite writers, but seriously, it always irks me a bit when people call him a science fiction writer and confuse that with a futurist. I'll grant he's used science-fiction themes and concepts. That is probably enough to call him a science-fiction writer, but his writings don't seem to fall in the same grouping as many of the stories by writers like Clarke, Heinlen, or Asimov.

Submitted by Bibliofuture on June 6, 2008 - 10:50am.

Here is Ray Bradbury giving a talk at a library:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGeu8dLnUYY

Submitted by JJR (not verified) on June 6, 2008 - 1:42pm.

I find Mr. Wolf's assertions interesting, but unproved. He doesn't really cite any meaningful evidence, so his statement just stands as a bald assertion.

Bradbury is still worth listening to.