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Ray Bradbury


Born
in Waukegan, Illinois, The United States
August 22, 1920

Died
June 05, 2012

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Genre
Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror

Influences
Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Steinbeck, Jules Verne, Stanley G. Weinbaum ...more


Ray Douglas Bradbury 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.
Bradbury is best known for his novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and his short-story collections The Martian Chronicles (1950), The Illustrated Man (1951), and The October Country (1955). Other notable works include the coming of age novel Dandelion Wine (1957), the dark fantasy Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962) and the fictionalized memoir Green Shadows, White Whale (1992). He also wrote and consulted on screenplays and television scripts, including Moby Dick and It Came from Outer Space. Many of his works were adap ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 3,608,009 ratings · 155,800 reviews · 1,280 distinct works • Similar authors
Fahrenheit 451
3.97 avg rating — 2,646,707 ratings — published 1953 — 1040 editions
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The Martian Chronicles
4.16 avg rating — 275,910 ratings — published 1950 — 577 editions
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Something Wicked This Way C...
3.90 avg rating — 143,831 ratings — published 1962 — 3 editions
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The Illustrated Man
4.13 avg rating — 103,944 ratings — published 1951 — 5 editions
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Dandelion Wine
4.09 avg rating — 74,950 ratings — published 1957 — 234 editions
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The Halloween Tree
3.77 avg rating — 35,902 ratings — published 1972 — 136 editions
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Zen in the Art of Writing: ...
4.08 avg rating — 20,729 ratings — published 1973 — 62 editions
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The October Country
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I Sing the Body Electric! &...
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“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
― Ray Bradbury
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“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
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“I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
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