I was just talking about this with my girlfriend, and while we both loved Bradbury deeply, what's odd is that our first thought wasn't of this being a tragic loss. The man lived to 91 - which is three times as long as we've lived so far. Ray Bradbury saw so many amazing things come to pass in his lifetime, and thinking about the things we'll see in our next sixty years is kind of inspiring and lends one a sense of awe. I kind of think that's what Ray Bradbury himself might have preferred - that his life and death inspire in us a sense of wonder. What a fantastic soul he was, in the true sense.