r/RayBradbury

Thought I would share this story because it still gives me a laugh. I loved Bradbury growing up, I did read some rudimentary type sci-fi in very early life but I think it was late elementary school that I hit my stride with he and Asimov, and that just continued. Completely visionary and I could still go back and read every one of them. My aunt was a schoolteacher, and in the late 1990s, Bradbury spoke at the Texas State Teachers Convention in Austin and I was very excited that she invited me to go with her to hear him speak. Fantastic speech, and then he got on importance of libraries, of which I wholeheartedly agree. He was talking about whether or not books could ever be replaced, and during this segment, paused, and then said: "The internet is crap!". Wild applause afterwards. You know, looking back, I can't say I disagree.