Author, screenwriter and mentee of the iconic Ray Bradbury, Marc Zicree, talks the late author below.

Zicree, who penned THE TWILIGHT ZONE COMPANION, as well as provides commentaries on Image Entertainment's recent release THE TWILIGHT ZONE: THE COMPLETE SERIES took to his website to mourn the titan author of FAHRENHEIT 451, THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, THE VELDT, THE TWILIGHT ZONE's "I Sing The Body Electric" and much, much more.

Just learned of my dear friend Ray Bradbury’s death. I’m heartbroken. But he was and will always be a great man, a great inspiration and a great friend.

I wish you all a mentor with the heart, soul, vision and brilliance of this irreplaceable man..

I’ve been doing radio interviews reminiscing about this great man, KPCC just now, COAST TO COAST tonight, BBC Friday and more. I’m writing a long piece about our fifteen-year friendship, which I’ll post soon.

But for now I wanted to share two pieces I wrote about Ray — “What I’ve Learned from Ray Bradbury” and the introduction I wrote in 2009 for THE COMPLETE MARTIAN CHRONICLES (what an honor…).Feel free to pass this along.

He was a dear soul and a terrific writer, a huge inspiration, mentor and friend.

When Abraham Lincoln died, his Secretary of State said, “Now he belongs to the Ages.”

Now Ray belongs to the future… because the future always belonged to him.

All good thoughts your way, Marc

Head to his official site, for the aforementioned pieces, and head here for Fango's own tribute to the wonderful Bradbury.

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