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I am not a science fiction writer. I am a fantasy writer. But the label got put on me and stuck.

Ray Bradbury

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Ray Bradbury
Age: 91 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 22
Died: 2012
Died: June 6
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Ray Douglas Bradbury
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