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Ray Douglas Bradbury ( US: / ˈbrædbɛri / BRAD-berr-ee; August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction. [3]
Jun 1, 2024 · Ray Bradbury, American author known for his highly imaginative short stories and novels that blend a poetic style, nostalgia for childhood, social criticism, and an awareness of the hazards of runaway technology. Perhaps his best-known book is Fahrenheit 451.
Apr 2, 2014 · American fantasy and horror author Ray Bradbury is best known for his novels 'Fahrenheit 451,' 'The Illustrated Man' and 'The Martian Chronicles.'
Learn about the life and times of one of America’s most celebrated writers. Discover Bradbury’s novels, short stories, children’s literature, poetry, essays, and plays. Explore Bradbury the visionary, who predicted future inventions and technologies that would one day alter our everyday lives.
Jul 22, 2020 · Our guide to the essential Ray Bradbury books, starting with the book-burning dystopia that made him a household name — 'Fahrenheit 451'.
Ray Bradbury was an American science fiction writer whose works were translated in more than 40 languages and sold millions of copies around the world. Although he created a world of new technical and intellectual ideas, he never obtained a driver's license and had never driven an automobile.
Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) is widely recognised as one of the greatest – and most lyrical – science-fiction writers of the twentieth century, although he preferred to describe himself as a ‘fantasy writer’ or simply as a ‘writer’.
Jun 5, 2012 · Ray Douglas Bradbury was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction. Bradbury is best known for his novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and his short-story collections The Martian Chronicles ...
‘Ray Bradbury is one of those rare individuals whose writing has changed the way people think. His more than five hundred published works—short stories, novels, plays, screenplays, television scripts, and verse—exemplify the American imagination at its most creative.
Through nine exuberant essays (the last including poems), Bradbury explains the rewards of his craft, while sharing his writing wisdom, authors he read and revered in his youth, the treats and tricks of word association, and even how he started his best-selling novel Fahrenheit 451.
