Editing Ray Bradbury (section)

===Legacy===
On June 6, 2012, in an official public statement from the [[White House Press Office]], President [[Barack Obama]] said:

{{cquote|For many Americans, the news of Ray Bradbury's death immediately brought to mind images from his work, imprinted in our minds, often from a young age. His gift for storytelling reshaped our culture and expanded our world. But Ray also understood that our imaginations could be used as a tool for better understanding, a vehicle for change, and an expression of our most cherished values. There is no doubt that Ray will continue to inspire many more generations with his writing, and our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/06/06/statement-president-passing-ray-bradbury|title=Statement by the President on the Passing of Ray Bradbury|access-date=June 8, 2012|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|publisher=[[White House]]|date=2012-06-06}}</ref>}}

Several authors and filmmakers paid tribute to Bradbury, noting the influence of his works on their own.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18346773|title=Tributes paid to sci-fi author Ray Bradbury |work=BBC News|date=June 6, 2012|access-date=June 6, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="ap quotes">{{cite news| url=http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2012/06/06/writers_filmmakers_react_to_ray_bradburys_death/| title=Writers, filmmakers react to Ray Bradbury's death|work=[[Boston Globe]]|agency=Associated Press|date=June 6, 2012| access-date=June 6, 2012}}</ref> [[Steven Spielberg]] said that Bradbury was "my muse for the better part of my sci-fi career&nbsp;.... On the world of science fiction and fantasy and imagination he is immortal."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/06/ray-bradbury-died-obituary-books-movies.html|title=Ray Bradbury was a huge influence on the film world too|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=June 6, 2012|access-date=June 6, 2012|first=Steven|last=Zeitchik}}</ref> [[Neil Gaiman]] said that "the landscape of the world we live in would have been diminished if we had not had him in our world".<ref name="ap quotes"/> [[Joanne Harris]] called him "a bright, burning spark."<ref>{{cite news| last=Harris| first=Joanne| date=June 6, 2012| title=Ray Bradbury Was a Bright, Burning Spark| work=BBC News| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18345685}}</ref> [[Stephen King]] released a statement on his website saying:

{{cquote|Ray Bradbury wrote three great novels and three hundred great stories. One of the latter was called "[[A Sound of Thunder]]". The sound I hear today is the thunder of a giant's footsteps fading away. But the novels and stories remain, in all their resonance and strange beauty.<ref>[http://www.stephenking.com/index.html?i=312 Stephen Comments on the Death of Ray Bradbury]. Stephen King. Retrieved June 7, 2012. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630003904/http://www.stephenking.com/index.html |date=June 30, 2012 }}</ref>}}

[[Margaret Atwood]] said she was "warped early by Ray Bradbury." She wrote that Bradbury was:

{{cquote|So much a part of my own early reading, especially the delicious, clandestine reading done avidly in lieu of homework, and the compulsive reading done at night with a flashlight when I ought to have been sleeping. Stories read with such enthusiasm at such a young age are not so much read as inhaled. They sink all the way in and all the way down, and they stay with you... His imagination had a dark side, and he used that dark twin and its nightmares in his work; but to the waking world he presented a combination of eager, wonder-filled boy and kindly uncle, and that was just as real. In an age of writing classes, he was self-taught; in an age of spin, his was an authentic voice, straight from the heartland; in an age of groomed images, he was a natural.<ref>{{cite news| last=Atwood| first=Margaret| date=June 8, 2012| title=Margaret Atwood on Ray Bradbury: the tale-teller who tapped into the gothic core of America| work=The Guardian| url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jun/08/margaret-atwood-on-ray-bradbury}}</ref>}}

The [[Ray Bradbury Center]] was established in 2007 as the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies and received many of Bradbury's papers and artifacts following his death. It continues the work of documenting, preserving, and providing public access to Bradbury's material legacy.