Tag Archives: Ray Bradbury

Fantastical Traveler

Posted on September 2, 2019 by

On August 22nd the Waukegan Public Library in Waukegan, Illinois, unveiled a 12-foot statue of Ray Bradbury on what would have been the late author’s 99th birthday. The stainless steel sculpture, titled “Fantastical Traveler,” features Bradbury riding a rocket ship … Continue reading →

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Still Alarming

Posted on January 29, 2019 by

I first discovered the science fiction novels by Ray Bradbury when I was 10 or 11 years old. In retrospect I’m certain that many of the themes of his books went way over my head. But when I read Fahrenheit 451 I … Continue reading →

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First of all, it was October

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Something Wicked this Way Comes, Ray Bradbury  

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Are We There Yet ?

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So we don’t die of truth

Posted on May 19, 2016 by

“We have our arts so we don’t die of truth” Ray Bradbury        

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Friendship is an island that you retreat to…

Posted on May 7, 2015 by

Blank on Blank is a project from Brooklyn-based Quoted Studios, which aims to preserve American interviews through animation. The wonderful video below features a long-lost interview between the iconic author Ray Bradbury and a young journalist named Chad Coates from … Continue reading →

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Just In time for Halloween

Posted on October 15, 2013 by

I was browsing in the remodeled store of a local book chain and ran across some amazing new editions from Penguin that sport covers curated by Academy Award-winning filmmaker and sci fi/horror writer Guillermo del Torro. The series, which includes … Continue reading →

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Ray Bradbury Saw It Coming

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

Over his long and illustrious career, Ray Bradbury demonstrated an uncanny ability to predict technological innovations and sociocultural change. Many concepts and devices in his short stories and novels eventually became commonplace. Bradbury predicted everything from automatic banking machines to omnipresent electronic surveillance. … Continue reading →

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