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aries raised me. I don’t believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don’t have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn’t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years -
Ray Bradbury
aries raised me. I don’t believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don’t have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn’t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years -Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury died yesterday at the age of 91, after a lengthy illness.
Ray Douglas Bradbury was born August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois. He was 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 was one of the most celebrated among 20th century American writers of speculative fiction. He attributed to two incidents his lifelong habit of writing every day. The first of these, occurring when he was three years old, was his mother's taking him to see Lon Chaney's performance in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The second incident occurred in 1932, when a carnival entertainer, one Mr. Electrico, touched the young man on the nose with an electrified sword, made his hair stand on end, and shouted, "Live forever!" Bradbury remarked, "I felt that something strange and wonderful had happened to me because of my encounter with Mr. Electrico... [he] gave me a future... I began to write, full-time. have written every single day of my life since that day 69 years ago." It was at that age that Bradbury first started to do magic, which was his first great love. If he had not discovered writing, he would have become a magician.
Here is some of the magic he created for the small screen.
1985-1992 The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV series)
1985-1992 The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV series)
– Silent Towns (1992) (screenplay / story)
– Sun and Shadow (1992) (screenplay / story)
– The Dead Man (1992) (screenplay / story)
– The Long Rain (1992) (screenplay / story)
– By the Numbers (1992) (screenplay / story)
1985-1986 The Twilight Zone (TV series)
– The Elevator/To See the Invisible Man/Tooth and Consequences (1986) (segment "The Elevator")
– Act Break/The Burning Man/Dealer's Choice (1985) (short story / segment "The Burning Man")
1982 American Playhouse (TV series)
– Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine (1982) (story)
1980 The Martian Chronicles (TV mini-series)
– The Martians (1980) (novel)
– The Settlers (1980) (novel)
– The Expeditions (1980) (novel)
1979 Racconti di fantascienza (TV series)
– I sosia (1979) (story)
– L'assassino (1979) (story)
– La crisalide (1979) (story)
1966 Historias para no dormir (TV series)
– La sonrisa (1966) (short story)
– El doble (1966) (story)
1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
– The Life Work of Juan Diaz (1964) (story and teleplay)
– The Jar (1964) (short story)
1956-1962 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
– The Faith of Aaron Menefee (1962) (teleplay)
– Special Delivery (1959) (written by)
– Design for Loving (1958) (story / teleplay)
– And So Died Riabouchinska (1956) (story)
– Shopping for Death (1956) (story and teleplay)
– Zero Hour (1951) (story)
1993 The Halloween Tree
1993 The Halloween Tree
My stories run up and bite me on the leg - I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea lets go and runs off.
- Ray Bradbury
Good Night Mr. Bradbury
There Will Come Soft Rains
Stay Tuned
Tony Figueroa
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