Ray Bradbury
Writing
1920-08-22
2012-06-05 (92 years old)
Waukegan, Illinois, U.S.
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 fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles (1950) and The Illustrated Man (1951), Bradbury is one of the most celebrated among 20th and 21st century American writers of speculative fiction. Many of Bradbury's works have been adapted into television shows or films.
In an oppressive future, a 'fireman' whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question...
In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature ...
In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, ...
The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur ...
Author and amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormo...
There’s only one person who so accurately personifies movie magic in the history of film...
A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with...