The Story of Ray Bradbury
Seldom does a visionary come along with the foresight and imagination to take people to the future; Ray Bradbury is one of those visionaries. Ray Bradbury has had such an impact on the world that the full magnitude of his contribution may never be truly known. Generations have been inspired by his works, his dreams for a utopian society. About the only thing that critics cannot agree upon is whether Bradbury writes Science Fiction or Fantasy. The rift between the two genres is not easily bridged. A second rift exists between the two genres and what society views as true art. Society's view of literary art does not often include Science Fiction.Ray Douglas Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois on August 22, 1920 to Leonard Spalding Bradbury and Ester Marie Bradbury. Bradbury's twin brothers Leonard and Samuel were born in 1916; Samuel died in 1918, and Bradbury's sister Elizabeth was born six years later in 1926. Bradbury attended public school in Waukegan, Tucson, and Los Angeles. He discovered science fiction in Amazing Stories, a popular magazine of its day, in 1928. Bradbury wrote his first stories on butcher paper at a young age. In 1932, Bradbury performed as an amateur magician at Oddfellows Hall and America
He wrote under the pseudonyms Edward Banks, William Elliot, D.R. Banat, Leonard Douglas, and Leonard Spalding (Fletcher 108). Bradbury wrote primarily short stories, but he also wrote two novels (Something Wicked This Way Comes and Fahrenheit 451), novellas, poetry, and plays (Cassiday 87). He dealt with topics ranging from space travel, the colonization of Mars, rockets, robots, time machines and the Earth of the future. Settings for his works include small towns of Middle America and Mars. Many of his works are also set in the future but have roots in mythology. His key works are considered to be Dark Carnival, The Martian Chronicles, and Fahrenheit 451. The Martial Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451 both deal with metamorphosis and reality as determined by point of view (Cassiday 86). Metamorphosis is genetic in The Martian Chronicles and the evolution of an individual in Fahrenheit 451. His first published work was a short story entitled "Hollerbocken's Dilemma;" the short story was published in Imagination! magazine (Bloom 142). Bradbury also wrote screen plays, including Moby Dick (Clute 140) and the drama Leviathan '99. He also wrote television scripts for "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" and "The Twilight Zone." Bradbury's youthful fascination with magic influenced works like "The Illustrated Man" and Something Wicked This Way Comes (Fletcher
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