Ray Bradbury Biography Nov 20, 2009
Brief biography and books of Ray Bradbury, one of the founders of modern science fiction, best known for Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and other sci-fi novels. Ray Bradbury is one of the founders of modern science fiction ... Early Life of Ray Bradbury. (Suite101.com)
Don Punchatz; drew science-fiction classics Nov 3, 2009
Mr. Punchatz s ability to touch men with acrylic and melt them into beasts, or touch beasts with oil and ink - and, voila, they are senators or brokers - is endlessly stunning, Ray Bradbury, one of the authors Mr. Punchatz illustrated, said on. Mr. Punchatz also made accurate animal illustrations for National Geographic magazine. (Boston Globe)
Books serve up bloody good reads Nov 1, 2009
- "American Fantastic Tales: From the 1940s to Now," edited by Peter Straub (Library of America, $35, 750 pages): Horror writer Straub has chosen 42 short stories by top-name writers, including Anthony Boucher, Truman Capote, Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison and Stephen King. - "Zombies: Encounters With the Hungry Dead," edited by John Skipp (Black Dog, $19. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Donate food, enjoy band, symphony Oct 31, 2009
7:30 p.m., Stage III Community Theatre and the Casper Planetarium present "Leviathan 99," by Ray Bradbury, a science fiction adaptation of "Moby Dick;" also Sunday at 2 p.m. Admission is $6 per person. The show is about 90 minutes long and is suitable for all ages. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Pumpkins, parties, treats Oct 27, 2009
Stage III Community Theatre and the Casper Planetarium present "Leviathan 99," by Ray Bradbury, a science fiction adaptation of "Moby Dick," Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. The show is about 90 minutes long and is suitable for all ages. All shows are held at the Planetarium, 904 N. Poplar, which is also the outlet for advance tickets. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Library opens doors to discussion Oct 26, 2009
Howard Hendrix, "Ray Bradbury: The Next Big Read". Paul Kaser, "Literary Voices of the Civil War". (Fresno Bee)
'Twilight Zone' fans celebrate show's 50th anniversary Oct 11, 2009
There were 156 episodes filmed for the original series; Serling wrote 92 of them and other contributors included Richard Matheson and Ray Bradbury, two of the deans of science fiction writing. In a time on television when suburbia was idealized in popular shows such as "Ozzie and Harriet" and "Make Room for Daddy," Serling offered a mixture of fantasy, science fiction, suspense, horror. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Novelist Leonard To Receive PEN USA Award Oct 2, 2009
Past recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award include Ray Bradbury, Woody Allen, Betty Friedan and Gore Vidal. PEN USA is a Los Angeles-based professional writers organization. (CBS News -- Entertainment)
50 years later, 'Twilight Zone' bridges time Sep 30, 2009
There were 156 episodes filmed for the original series; Serling wrote 92 of them and other contributors included Richard Matheson and Ray Bradbury, two of the deans of science fiction writing. Mix of fantasy, suspenseIn a time on television when suburbia was idealized in popular shows such as "Ozzie and Harriet" and "Make Room for Daddy," Serling offered a mixture of fantasy, science fiction, suspense, horror and the show's trademark macabre or unexpected twist. (MSNBC -- Television)
Guilty pleasures Sep 20, 2009
And you may also discover that some of them were pretty good writers, and also that pretty good writers by any measure of the phrase, from Fritz Leiber to Ray Bradbury, saw nothing wrong in doing the pulp thing. It was all sufficient for me to ensure another quarter in the black for Jeff Bezos baby as I went and ordered more goodies from Amazon. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Inspiring Quotes by Writers for Wri... Sep 13, 2009
"You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you." ~Ray Bradbury. "Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." ~E.L. Doctorow. (Suite101.com)
Book Roundup: Graphic titles Sep 10, 2009
Just knowing that Ray Bradbury approved this graphic interpretation of his most famous work allows the reader to enter its pages with excitement and fascination. Tim Hamilton uses muted blues, yellows, greens and inky black in his darkly atmospheric drawings to tell this morose story of a society where books are banned. (USA Today -- Life)
Graphic ‘Fahrenheit 451’ burns with relevance Sep 7, 2009
Ray Bradbury penned that stunning line more than a half-century ago, the opening salvo of Fahrenheit 451, his dystopian masterpiece in which books are burned, dissent is stifled, and society is pacified with hedonistic pursuits ... RAY BRADBURY S FAHRENHEIT 451: The Authorized Adaptation. (Boston Globe)
* Hardcover: US: Who are these people? Well, that depends Aug 23, 2009
His list includes not only the usual suspects (Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, J.R.R. Tolkien, Shirley Jackson) but also relatively overlooked popular authors like Ira Levin and Thomas Tryon. Flash back to The Other, by Tryon, for a classic tale of scary twins. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for August 22 Aug 22, 2009
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22: RAY BRADBURY ... One of the nation's outstanding authors will be 89 today -- Ray Bradbury ... Ray Bradbury has received dozens of awards, among them the National Medal of Arts. (PR Newswire)
No need for books about vampires Aug 18, 2009
pril wrote on Aug 15, 2009 12:32 AM:" You're about old enough to read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Aquire it ASAP. ". Submit a Comment. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 16-22 Aug 13, 2009
Aug. 22: Author Ray Bradbury is 89. Newsman Morton Dean is 74. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Top 10: Classic Novels Turned Into Games Aug 13, 2009
Social networking services like Twitter and Facebook are all the rage these days, a trend which writer Ray Bradbury would likely decry as yet another example of the decay of human discourse into non-contextual "factoids." But he'll surely change his mind when he hears about our proposal for Fahrenheit 451: The Facebook Game. You play as either Guy or Gal Montag, and you begin by building and recruiting a network of friends. (IGN PS2)
Q&A With Kendra Weeks Aug 5, 2009
Author - Ray Bradbury. Dream car - one that gets 200 mpg. (Gobulldogs.com)
Graphic novel of 'Fahrenheit 451' sparks approval Aug 3, 2009
Ray Bradbury says he hopes that kids who read the new graphic novel of Fahrenheit 451 will then want to read the original novel. By Bob Minzesheimer, USA TODAY Fifty-six years after wrote the first draft of in nine days it came like an "explosion" of words, he says his science-fiction classic is being reissued today as a graphic novel. (USA Today)
Literary ghost stories Aug 2, 2009
The second volume, "American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now" (Library of America, $35) begins in 1940 and showcases contemporary writers -- Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, Michael Chabon, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, Steven Millhauser -- who have explored new styles and subjects, pushing the genre's envelope till it began to seep into the mainstream. The early days are represented by Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville and Washington Irving. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Nissan cube(R) Featured in NBC's Heroes Booth at Comic-Con Jul 29, 2009
Confirmed special guests include: Kevin J. Anderson, co-author Dune novels and Saga of Seven Suns; Ray Bradbury, author, screenwriter Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles; Steve Epting, artist Avengers and Captain America; and Gail Simone, writer, Wonder Woman and Secret Six. Over 125,000 people are expected to attend this year's convention, with all 4-Day and One-Day memberships already sold out at press time, and no on-site registration allowed. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
SAN DIEGO: Thousands attend preview night in anticipation of Comic-Con weekend Jul 23, 2009
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Founder recalls Comic-Con's humble start Jul 22, 2009
Kirby was one of our guest speakers, along with sci-fi authors Ray Bradbury and A.E. Van Vogt. By that time, the Comic-Con committee had grown to include such key members as Scott Shaw and John Pound, who both went on to noteworthy comic art careers. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
FALLBROOK: Guitar-maker donates third guitar for literacy (30) Jul 22, 2009
Writers and artists, including science-fiction author Ray Bradbury, actor Alan Alda, For Better or For Worse comic strip author Lynn Johnston and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles creator Kevin Eastman signed the first guitar. The second guitar includes signatures from early Batman artist Jerry Robinson, comic book artist Carmine Infantino, and voice actress June Foray, who provided the voice for Rocky the Flying Squirrel. (North County Times)
Why ARE Southerners so fat? Jul 15, 2009
The only one they ever really took a likin to was that Ray Bradbury book. They was ready to torch all the libraries for a while there until someone reminded them that there just might be another Good Book in there on an obscure and dusty shelf and they wouldn t want to go and burn it up. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
OLD IS NEW: Saturday Evening Post looks to its past in shaping future Jul 12, 2009
Post officials also hope that by mixing the magazine's popular art and health features with such content as commentary by former CBS News "Sunday Morning" host Charles Osgood, poetry by Ray Bradbury and fiction by John Hemingway, grandson of Ernest Hemingway, the magazine could boost circulation to 500,000 in the coming years. Mercho said some people are surprised the Post still exists. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Technology Live Jul 5, 2009
Author Ray Bradbury calls Internet. Finally, a for the iPhone. (USA Today -- Tech)
Why art is vital to freedom Jul 4, 2009
Take, for example, the sci-fi classic, "Fahrenheit 451," in which Ray Bradbury described a future where art and books are banned and burned by a totalitarian government. Artists in that future responded by memorizing books, literally preserving them in their minds. (Christian Science Monitor)
A bummer to remember Jun 24, 2009
IN HIS short story All Summer in a Day, science-fiction writer Ray Bradbury describes a gloomy world where it rains all the time, and where the inhabitants see the sun for an hour every seven years. Apart from not living on Venus, we in New England have reason to feel just like them. (Boston Globe)
From Illinois to Mars and Back Jun 23, 2009
Every summer solstice my daughter Gretel and I sit on the front porch and read the opening chapters of Ray Bradbury s Dandelion Wine (1957), the finest evocation of a boyhood summer I have read. If ever a science fiction writer has deserved the honorable tag of regionalist, it is Ray Bradbury of Waukegan, Illinois. (The American Conservative)
"Moon'' stars Sam Rockwell as an astronaut sadly finishing three years in space Jun 19, 2009
Moon' movie review - 'Moon' showtimes - The Boston Globe - The Boston Globe. Local Search Site Search. (Boston Globe)
Forrest J. Ackerman and Famous Mons... May 7, 2009
He was an important figure in the development of many greats, including his good friends Ray Bradbury and Ray Harryhausen, two of the absolute most important figures of the horror and sci-fi community. Of the many articles and pieces that appeared in each fun filled issue of FM, I remember the mainstay tributes to Lon Chaney and Boris Karloff as being particularly noteworthy. (Suite101.com)
Speculative Poetry May 6, 2009
As of yet, the well known speculative poets seem to be composed mostly of an intersection between genre writers better known for their fiction, such as Ray Bradbury, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Brian Aldiss, and poets who are better known for their mainstream poetry, such as Ted Hughes and Archibald Macleish. There are writers who are science fiction poets first, though the relative fluidity of genre in poetry arguably means writers are usually known for other things. (Suite101.com)
Price, Boyle inducted into exclusive academy Apr 15, 2009
No science fiction, crime or horror authors have been voted in, not Elmore Leonard or James Ellroy, not even Ray Bradbury or Stephen King, both of whom have received honorary National Book Award medals. "There's probably an element of snobbism," McClatchy said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Letter: Censorship is frightening Apr 15, 2009
Ray Bradbury showed in his great novel, "Fahrenheit 451," how far censorship could go. It was scary. (Montana Standard, MT)
This week's calendar: April 13 - 19 Apr 13, 2009
weaves film, live music and storytelling; presented with live band, video manipulation and two narrators; show explores several themes inspired by Ray Bradbury s classic sci-fi novel Fahrenheit 451 : freedom of speech, the all-consuming power of the media, technology versus nature and the idea of an endless war. Ashes of American Flags 11 p.m.; film presenting the Chicago band WILCO live in concert during their 2008 tour; $8; $5 for students. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Author, movie script consultant to speak at Dordt April 13 Apr 12, 2009
Her clients have included TriStar Pictures, Ray Bradbury, William Kelley, Linda Lavin, Suzanne de Passe, Tony Bill, as well as production companies and writers from six continents. Director Ron Howard wrote an endorsement for Seger's book, Making a Good Script Great, stating he's used the book's concepts on all his films starting with APOLLO 13. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Top 10: Gaming Dystopias Apr 10, 2009
Creative minds like George Orwell, Ayn Rand, Ray Bradbury and Aldous Huxley have explored that idea extensively in fiction, shaping our modern understanding of the dystopia -- or anti-utopia -- along the way. Videogames have proven especially adept at presenting dystopian visions over the years, building on the work of novelists, filmmakers and other artists to bring a new level of experience to the topic: immersion. (IGN PS2)
The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Kicks Off Its 14(th) Storied Year April 25th - 26th at UCLA Apr 2, 2009
Live Music, Food, Author Panels, Kid-Friendly Entertainment and Appearances by Ray Bradbury, Michael J. Fox, Arianna Huffington, Gore Vidal and Yo Gabba Gabba. Among Others. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Five Sci-Fi Ideas That Became Reality Mar 27, 2009
Televisions were still black-and-white behemoths in 1953 when Ray Bradbury wrote "Fahrenheit 451." But his world, in which books are banned and people watch "parlor walls," presaged a society in which television dominated. The big-screened sci-fi entertainment systems of his dystopian novel have found their way into real-life homes across America, with digital home theater systems, media servers and video game systems played on giant plasma and LCD screens. (Fox News)
UCLA students not wild about James Franco Mar 20, 2009
Asked who might be a better candidate, she noted that members of the Facebook group had made a number of suggestions, including Ray Bradbury, self-help guru Deepak Chopra, Ron Paul and Rush Limbaugh. Theyve done something to change the world, she said. (MSNBC -- News)
Kindle e-reader: A Trojan horse for free thought Mar 19, 2009
"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture," Ray Bradbury once said. "Just get people to stop reading them.". (Yahoo News)
Teacher with far-reaching aspirations has date in space Mar 9, 2009
His favorite authors include Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov and Kim Stanley Robinson. Related articles. (Florida Today)
The warp and woof of murder Feb 22, 2009
Fans of George Orwell, Ray Bradbury, and Jasper Fforde, take notice. Hallie Ephron is author of "Never Tell a Lie" (Morrow). (Boston Globe)
Tattoos embraced by Tokay students, staff (53) Feb 8, 2009
They are, in fact, included in the California Department of Education's Recommended Literature List: The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury. " Giovanina wrote on Jun 26, 2008 9:42 AM:" Leonard wrote on Jun 23, 2008 2:13 PM. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
