Ray Bradbury Biography

Biography

Type: Fantasy, Science fiction, Horror and mystery fiction author

Born: August 22, 1920, Waukegan, Illinois, U.S.

Died: June 5, 2012 (aged 91),Los Angeles, Cali

Widely known for his dystopian novel "Fahrenheit 451" (1953) as well as his science fiction and horror story collections "The Martian Chronicles" (1950) "The Illustrated Man" (1951), and "There Will Come Soft Rains" (1950). Bradbury was one of the most celebrated 20th- and 21st-century American genre writers. Recipient of numerous awards, including a 2007 Pulitzer Citation, Bradbury also wrote and consulted on screenplays and television scripts, including "Moby Dick" and "It Came from Outer Space". Many of his works were adapted to comic book, television and film formats. On his death in 2012, The New York Times called Bradbury "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream. Selected works: Novels: 1950) The Martian Chronicles (1953) Fahrenheit 451 (1957) Dandelion Wine (1962) Something Wicked This Way Comes (1972) The Halloween Tree (1985) Death Is a Lonely Business 1990) A Graveyard for Lunatics 1992) Green Shadows, White Whale – Fictionalized autobiographical reminiscences, portions of which had been previously published as individual stories. (2001) From the Dust Returned – Fix-up novel of previously published, loosely connected stories. (2002) Let's All Kill Constance (2006) Farewell Summer

Ray Bradbury Quotes

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.. Ray Bradbury
You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

A good night sleep, or a ten minute bawl, or a pint of chocolate ice cream,
A good night sleep, or a ten minute bawl, or a pint of chocolate ice cream, or all three together, is good medicine.

But you can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering
But you can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. It can't last.

Digression is the soul of wit. Take the philosophic asides away from Dante, Milton or Hamlet's
Digression is the soul of wit. Take the philosophic asides away from Dante, Milton or Hamlet's father's ghost and what stays is dry bones.

You must write every single day of your life... You must lurk in libraries and climb
You must write every single day of your life... You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads... may you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And out of that love, remake a world.

The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The
The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies.

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