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Ray Douglas Bradbury (US: / ˈ b r æ d b ɛr i / 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.
From the Dust Returned is a fix-up fantasy novel by Ray Bradbury published in 2001. The novel is largely created from a series of short stories Bradbury wrote decades earlier, centering on a family of Illinois-based monsters and ghosts named the Elliotts.
The Nazi book burnings horrified Ray Bradbury and inspired him to write Fahrenheit 451. The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), formed in 1938 to investigate American citizens and organizations suspected of having communist ties, held hearings in 1947 to investigate alleged communist influence in Hollywood movie-making. [17]
(2011) The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: A Critical Edition – Volume 1, 1938–1943 (2014) The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: A Critical Edition – Volume 2, 1943–1944 (2017) The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: A Critical Edition – Volume 3, 1944–1945 (2020) Killer, Come Back to Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury (2020)
"The Man Upstairs", a 1943 short story by Ray Bradbury from The October Country The Man Upstairs , a 1953 play by Patrick Hamilton " The babysitter and the man upstairs ", a 1960s urban legend
"I, Rocket" is a science fiction short story by U.S. writer Ray Bradbury, first published in the May 1944 issue of the science fiction magazine Amazing Stories. It focuses on the war experiences of a rocket ship built for combat, as told from the ship's point of view.
A comprehensive overview of Ray Bradbury's written works by Cochran, David (2000), "'I'm Being Ironic': Imperialism, Mass Culture, and the Fantastic World of Ray Bradbury", in Krstovic, Jelena (ed.), America Noir: Underground Writers and Filmmakers of the Postwar Era, Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 55–72, ISBN ...
A science fiction story in which a family travels to an unsullied Mars to escape a ravaged Earth. Previously adapted as the final chapter of The Martian Chronicles (1950). "The Screaming Woman" A mystery/suspense story, describing a young girl who tries to procure help in digging up a woman buried in an empty lot. "The Smile"