ray bradbury

Recently I read The Illustrated Man by Bradbury for the first time and was surprised by how saturated it was with fear of the Bomb and of technology. The collection was published in 1951, only six year after the end of World War 2: The Soviets had only had the bomb for ~4 years, and wouldn't...

...Or was it pulled from folklore? Does anybody know why Bradbury chose the term if it originated with him? "The April Witch," written by Bradbury in 1952, is a short story that tells of a girl from a magical family who is called by the same term, and can basically astrally project and possess...

Some good stories, some ok ones. The second story, The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse, just doesn't make sense at all. Drivel There's very little 'Octoberness' in this book, you get a hint of it here and there (The Dwarf, The Jar) but on the whole the cover image does not match the contents...

Bradbury shares some of his story writing technique in this 30 minute documentary from 1963:

starring Christopher Lee Leviathan '99

Recently, I saw Mr. Bradbury's name pop up on one of the other threads and it activated an old old annoyance in me. Many many many moons ago when I was new to sf I would see books by Bradbury with the blurb on the covers reading: Ray Bradbury World's Greatest Science Fiction Author. This would...

I found this dystopian novel to be somewhat disturbing - for the wrong reasons. The basic premise is that Montag is a "fireman" who goes around burning books - and any homes in which they are found. However, through the story we see him question his role in this, and face the moral problem of...

Go here October's Obdurate Observations Of Outstanding Ouevres to find an otherwise buried series of comments on stories suitable for October reading. The discussion dates to 2011.

Forbidden Planets Edited by Peter Crowther Daw, Nov 2006, $7.99 ISBN: 0756403308 Paying homage to the landmark science fiction movie Forbidden Planet on the fiftieth anniversary of its release, these twelve tales focus on humans visiting other worlds or dimensions where they are unwelcome and...

Now and Forever Ray Bradbury Morrow, $24.95, 224 pp. ISBN 9780061131563 “Somewhere A Band Is Playing”. A suitcase is tossed off a moving train followed by James Cardiff jumping off next. He sees a perfect little town with buildings painted fresh, lawns mowed properly and everything seemingly...

We’ll Always Have Paris: Stories Ray Bradbury Morrow, Feb 3 2009, $24.95 ISBN 9780061670138 This twenty-one short story and one poem (“America”) anthology showcases the width and depth of the great science fiction novelist Ray Bradbury. As the author explains in his Introduction, his skin...

Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury Edited by Sam Weller and Mort Castle Morrow, Jul 10 2012, $15.99 ISBN 9780062122681 Paying homage to the late Ray Bradbury, twenty-six authors provide strong short entries honoring the recently deceased superstar whose career spanned...

Start here https://www.sffchronicles.com/threads/533603/page-5#post-1538690 I posted comments on the stories in this classic of macabre fiction. Here is a thread for further commentary from anyone.

Here's a thread intended to be devoted to discussion of the stories that make up this classic volume. There's another thread on the book that discusses it in terms of a graphic novel adaptation. Probably the movie has been discussed at Chrons. It's my intention that this thread sticks to the...

Here begins a thread for the discussion -- possibly in-depth -- of a book that, once upon a time at least, was one of the first volumes that many people read when they were discovering science fiction. It's my intention that this thread be used for the discussion of the stories that make up...

I'm an italian classic science fiction lover: Farmer,Dick,Matheson,Sturgeon and most of all ....Ray Bradbury ( and his "son" Neil Gaiman). I have almost everything Bradbury wrote,bat I could't find Summer Morning,Summer Night! And what about Martian Cronicles Complete Ediction? I wish to have...

Come on! Where is my favorite SF writer???

Hey, how come I can't see any Ray Bradbury discussions. I am new to the site so maybe he is in some hallowed hall of fame I am not aware of but I thought I would see him listed here. Has anyone else recently re-read his work and noticed how dated it is now. Obviously the science has changed...

Hope nobody will eat his or her heart out over these. http://io9.com/some-of-the-brilliant-art-you-could-own-from-ray-bradbu-1639228884

The middle one has appeared: http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/review-ray-bradbury-unbound-by-jonathan-r-eller/2014/09/24/e30f5ed4-3dde-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html?wprss=rss_books For me, this level of detail would probably be too much for Bradbury. I guess the only...