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Ray Bradbury – great writer

Ray Bradbury – great writer

Ray Bradbury – great writer


Ray Bradbury is a great science fiction writer known for the dystopia Fahrenheit 451, the cycle of short stories Martian Chronicles and partly autobiographical novel Dandelion Wine. He created lasting images of a futuristic world. Over the course of a long career he had written over 500 works, including short stories, poems, novels, and plays for theater and television. Bradbury described himself as a fantasist rather than a science fiction writer.
Raymond Douglas Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois. Then his family moved to Los Angeles, where he graduated from high school in 1938. He was the third son of Spaulding Bradbury and Esther Marie Moberg Bradbury. It is interesting that the boy received his second name Douglas in honor of the famous actor Douglas Fairbanks.

Ray had two older twin brothers born in 1916: Leonard and Sam, but Sam died at the age of two. Sister Elizabeth, born in 1926, also died in childhood from pneumonia. Such an early acquaintance with death was reflected in many future literary works.
In 1938, Bradbury published his short story Hollerbochen’s Dilemma and in 1941, he broke into the professional market with the short story Pendulum.
A Sound of Thunder, my favorite story, was first published in Collier’s magazine in 1952. In the story time travelers hunt the biggest game of all, dinosaurs, with unexpected consequences.
In his novel Dandelion Wine (1946), he told of a human time-machine, Colonel Freeleigh, who could transport other people back in time by his ability to tell stories.
Bradbury in his childhood

Bradbury in his childhood


Probably Bradbury’s best-known science fiction story is The Pedestrian, set in a distant future in which no one walks and everyone travels around in motorized chairs.
Bradbury was selected by the National Fantasy Fan Federation as best author in 1949. His major breakthrough came in 1950 with The Martian Chronicles.
Many of Bradbury’s short stories have achieved classic status within the field.
In 1947 he married Marguerite McClure, by whom he had four daughters.
Ray Bradbury died on June 5, 2012 at the age of 91.
Bradbury is often called the master of fiction, one of the best science fiction writers and the founder of many traditions of the genre.
On the Hollywood Walk of Fame there is a Ray Bradbury’s star.

Ray Bradbury – great writer

Bill Warren and Ray Bradbury. 1967

Bill Warren and Ray Bradbury. 1967

Director Terence Schenk and playwright Ray Bradbury are working on a set of scenery for the play Fahrenheit 451

Director Terence Schenk and playwright Ray Bradbury are working on a set of scenery for the play Fahrenheit 451

Fifteen-year-old Ray Bradbury and Marlene Dietrich at the film studio

Fifteen-year-old Ray Bradbury and Marlene Dietrich at the film studio

Great Ray Bradbury, 1966. (AP Photo)

Great Ray Bradbury, 1966. (AP Photo)

Popular Ray Bradbury in his youth

Popular Ray Bradbury in his youth

Ray Bradbury at NASA Flight Control Center

Ray Bradbury at NASA Flight Control Center

Ray Bradbury in the time machine

Ray Bradbury in the time machine

Ray Bradbury with family

Ray Bradbury with family

Ray Bradbury with his wife

Ray Bradbury with his wife

Talented Ray Bradbury

Talented Ray Bradbury

Writer at the opening of Ray Bradbury Park in Waukegan. 1992

Writer at the opening of Ray Bradbury Park in Waukegan. 1992

Ray Bradbury in his office in Beverly Hills, surrounded by toys and treasures. January 10, 1986

Ray Bradbury in his office in Beverly Hills, surrounded by toys and treasures. January 10, 1986

Ray Harrihausen, Ray Bradbury and Forrest J. Eckerman are three legends of the fantasy world. 2008

Ray Harrihausen, Ray Bradbury and Forrest J. Eckerman are three legends of the fantasy world. 2008

Ray Bradbury and his biographer Sam Weller

Ray Bradbury and his biographer Sam Weller

Outstanding Ray Bradbury

Outstanding Ray Bradbury

Bradbury with US President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush. 17 November 2004

Bradbury with US President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush. 17 November 2004

Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451

Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451

Covers of Ray Bradbury's novel Dandelion Wine

Covers of Ray Bradbury’s novel Dandelion Wine

Famous Ray Bradbury

Famous Ray Bradbury

Illustration for Ray Bradbury's novel The Martian Chronicles

Illustration for Ray Bradbury’s novel The Martian Chronicles

Prominent Ray Bradbury

Prominent Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood

Ray Bradbury star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood

Famed Ray Bradbury in 1975

Famed Ray Bradbury in 1975