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Stephen Hawking Heralded as the New Ray Bradbury
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Stephen Hawking Heralded as the New Ray Bradbury

Following the passing of beloved sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury, the genius behind such great works as Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, many feared there would remain a great void in the fictional universe impossible to fill. But with the release of his latest book, The Grand Design, it seems eminent physicist Stephen Hawking is doing his best to fill those inimitable, red-dusted shoes. Like his predecessor before him, Hawking does a brilliant job of creating worlds with infinite possibilities—free from the restrictive laws of physics—born out of pure imagination. "Mr. Hawking is quite the enigma," reported the New York Times. "We all knew he was a great scientist, but who knew he could create such great science fiction?" Departing from conclusions and insights built on s...