June 5, 2012 at the age of 91: A true talent in the field of (not) science-fiction, a term he didn't use for his books. But definitely almost everyone of my generation grew up reading at one time or another. Fahrenheit 451 (which I believe was my first, probably in the edition below), Something Wicked This Way Comes, and of course The Martian Chronicles. And there were many more that I can't even remember.
But 100 years, perhaps 200 years, Ray will be among a handful of 20th century SF writers(Isaac Asimov, Arthur C Clarke, Harlan Ellison) that will still be available in however they read books in the future (neural implants, perhaps?).
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