If Ray Bradbury had had his way, this biography would still be unwritten. Not that “The Bradbury Chronicles” is some unauthorized, Kitty-Kelley-esque scandal-fest. Author Sam Weller was given full ...

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 - June 5, 2012) was an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and for the science ...

It’s hard to pinpoint my first exposure to Ray Bradbury. I was going to say it was when my mother was teaching Something Wicked This Way Comes or Martian Chronicles – two of her favorite books – to ...

Ray Bradbury's biographer, Sam Weller, says he was shocked by the FBI's incompetence and perfidy. First, they got Bradbury's name wrong in their documents, consistently calling him "Raymond," when his ...

On Saturday, one of the most legendary science fiction cautionary tales of all time — Fahrenheit 451 — will hit HBO. This adaptation of the 1953 Ray Bradbury novel stars Michael B. Jordan in the role ...

Sixty years ago, in Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury predicted a future with remarkable technological advances, including wall-size flat-panel televisions and iPod-style earbuds. His dystopian tale about ...

Bradbury was a Martian. Though he did root a few short stories in the wet, wan, jungly loam of Venus, his heart belonged to that fourth planet from the sun, the diminutive, rose-tinged one. He planted ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook On Tuesday, the world-renowned science fiction writer, Ray Bradbury, died at the age of 91. I ...

On the 5th of June, in this Our Year of Predicted Apocalypse 2012, the planet Venus — guiding light of ancient mariners, namesake of love goddesses from all cultures, her bright twinkle making her the ...

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