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+-   Ray Bradbury Loves Libraries, Hates the Internet on Saturday June 20 2009, @08:42AM Hugh Pickens

Submitted by Hugh Pickens on Saturday June 20 2009, @08:42AM
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Hugh Pickens writes "When you are pushing 90, have written scores of famous novels, short stories and screenplays like Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, and have fulfilled your goal of taking a simulated ride to Mars, you're allowed to pursue your passions and to hold a grouchy attitude or two. The NY Times reports that among Ray Bradbury's passions, none burn quite as hot as his lifelong enthusiasm for halls of books. "Libraries raised me," Bradbury says. "I don't believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don't have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn't go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years." That's why Bradbury is helping raise $280,000 to keep libraries in Ventura County open. As for the Internet? Don't get him started. "The Internet is a big distraction," Bradbury says. "Yahoo called me eight weeks ago," he said, voice rising. "They wanted to put a book of mine on Yahoo! You know what I told them? 'To hell with you. To hell with you and to hell with the Internet.' Not to be equivocal Bradbury added that, "It's distracting. It's meaningless; it's not real. It's in the air somewhere.""
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