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Bradbury Speaks

Ray Bradbury
Bradbury Speaks Book PDF

Author : Ray Bradbury
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780062242112

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Bradbury Speaks by Ray Bradbury Pdf

He is an American treasure; a clear-eyed fantasist without peer; a literary icon who has created wonder for the better part of seven decades. He has a moon crater named after him and a star on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame. He has been showered with accolades and honored with prizes galore, everything from an Emmy Award to the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He has inspired generations of readers to dream, think, invent, believe, and fly. When Ray Bradbury speaks, it pays dividends in gold to everyone who listens. Collected between these covers are memories, ruminations, opinions, prophecies, and philosophies from one of the most influential and admired writers of our time: indelible boyhood experiences that molded the man, as well as his eye-opening, sometimes hilarious true adventures in the realm of the famous and adored; insightful, piquant, often biting, always fascinating reflections on humankind's past and future, and where we stand in the universe today; provocative and deeply affecting musings on the present state of art and the unparalleled glory of creation. As unique, unabashed, and irrepressible as the artist himself, here is an intimate portrait, painted with the master's own words, of the one and only Bradbury -- far more revealing than any mere memoir, for it opens windows not only into his life and work, but into his mind and heart as well. Ray Bradbury has something wonderful to say.

Ray Bradbury

David Seed
Ray Bradbury Book PDF

Author : David Seed
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780252096907

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Ray Bradbury by David Seed Pdf

As much as any individual, Ray Bradbury brought science fiction's ideas into the mainstream. Yet he transcended the genre in both form and popularity, using its trappings to explore timely social concerns and the kaleidoscope of human experience while in the process becoming one of America's most beloved authors. David Seed follows Bradbury's long career from the early short story masterpieces through his work in a wide variety of broadcast and film genres to the influential cultural commentary he spread via essays, speeches, and interviews. Mining Bradbury's classics and hard-to-find archival, literary, and cultural materials, Seed analyzes how the author's views on technology, authoritarianism, and censorship affected his art; how his Midwest of dream and dread brought his work to life; and the ways film and television influenced his creative process and visually-oriented prose style. The result is a passionate statement on Bradbury's status as an essential literary writer deserving of a place in the cultural history of his time.

Ray Bradbury Unbound

Jonathan R. Eller
Ray Bradbury Unbound Book PDF

Author : Jonathan R. Eller
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780252096631

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Ray Bradbury Unbound by Jonathan R. Eller Pdf

In Ray Bradbury Unbound, Jonathan R. Eller continues the story begun in his acclaimed Becoming Ray Bradbury, following the beloved author's evolution from a short story master to a multi-media creative force and outspoken visionary. At the height of his powers as a poetic prose stylist, Bradbury shifted his creative attention to film and television, where new successes gave him an enduring platform as a compelling cultural commentator. His passionate advocacy validated the U.S. space program's mission, extending his pivotal role as a chronicler of human values in an age of technological wonders. Informed by many years of interviews with Bradbury as well as an unprecedented access to personal papers and private collections, Ray Bradbury Unbound provides the definitive portrait of how a legendary American author helped shape his times.

Killer, Come Back To Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury
Killer Come Back To Me The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury Book PDF

Author : Ray Bradbury
Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781789095401

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Killer, Come Back To Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury by Ray Bradbury Pdf

Celebrating Ray Bradbury's centennial, a deluxe illustrated commemorative collection of his finest crime stories -- tales as strange and wonderful as his signature fantasy. Time travelers...dark carnivals...living automata...and detectives? Honoring the 100th birthday of Ray Bradbury, renowned author of Fahrenheit 451, this new, definitive collection of the master's less well-known crime fiction, published in a high-grade premium collectible edition, features classic stories and rare gems, a number of which became episodes of ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS and THE RAY BRADBURY THEATER, including the tale Bradbury called "one of the best stories in any field that I have ever written." Is it murder to destroy a robot if it looks and speaks and thinks and feels like a human being? Can a ventriloquist be incriminated by the testimony of his own dummy? Can a time traveler prevent his younger self from killing the woman they both loved? And can the survivor of a pair of Siamese twins investigate his own brother's murder? No other writer has ever rivaled the imagination and narrative gifts of Ray Bradbury, and the 20 unforgettable stories in this collection demonstrate this singular writer's extraordinary range, influence and emotional power.

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 Book PDF

Author : Ray Bradbury
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Book burning
ISBN : 067187229X

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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Pdf

A fireman in charge of burning books meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read. Depicts a future world in which all printed reading material is burned.

Ray Bradbury Uncensored!

Gene Beley
Ray Bradbury Uncensored Book PDF

Author : Gene Beley
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : 9780595373642

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Ray Bradbury Uncensored! by Gene Beley Pdf

"The Definitive Ray Bradbury Book" "I volunteered for the Moorpark College newsroom assignment. The speech changed my life just listening to Bradbury speak. I thought he was the greatest orator I had ever heard and thought to myself, "If he can write as well as he can talk, I'll read everything he's written and seek out magazines to sell an article about him." Back then (1968), I had started my freelance writing career and was always looking for new ideas. That first Bradbury speech changed my life and his advice gave me my life's philosophy: 'Follow your loves! Don't listen to anyone else-even your own spouse. However, if you have the love of a good spouse and several good friends, you'll be successful. If you don't yet know what you want to do in life, go out and find your loves and you'll have a happy life.'" You'll find this biography may be more of a self-help book and "the definitive Ray Bradbury" revealed like no other book has yet done. Whether you are a science fiction fan, student, attorney, architect, writer, priest, or just a person trying to find your mission on planet Earth, there is a piece of the jigsaw puzzle to your life awaiting you in this book. If you are going on a trip or simply want something to read for a weekend, this book is designed as a quick, entertaining read for all people. And you need not know anything about science fiction to enjoy reading the study of this genius and American icon. Enjoy! -Gene Beley, author

Bradbury Beyond Apollo

Jonathan R. Eller
Bradbury Beyond Apollo Book PDF

Author : Jonathan R. Eller
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780252052293

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Bradbury Beyond Apollo by Jonathan R. Eller Pdf

Celebrated storyteller, cultural commentator, friend of astronauts, prophet of the Space Age—by the end of the 1960s, Ray Bradbury had attained a level of fame and success rarely achieved by authors, let alone authors of science fiction and fantasy. He had also embarked on a phase of his career that found him exploring new creative outlets while reinterpreting his classic tales for generations of new fans. Drawing on numerous interviews with Bradbury and privileged access to personal papers and private collections, Jonathan R. Eller examines the often-overlooked second half of Bradbury's working life. As Bradbury's dreams took him into a wider range of nonfiction writing and public lectures, the diminishing time that remained for creative pursuits went toward Hollywood productions like the award-winning series Ray Bradbury Theater. Bradbury developed the Spaceship Earth narration at Disney's EPCOT Center; appeared everywhere from public television to NASA events to comic conventions; published poetry; and mined past triumphs for stage productions that enjoyed mixed success. Distracted from storytelling as he became more famous, Bradbury nonetheless published innovative experiments in autobiography masked as detective novels, the well-received fantasy The Halloween Tree and the masterful time travel story "The Toynbee Convector." Yet his embrace of celebrity was often at odds with his passion for writing, and the resulting tension continuously pulled at his sense of self. The revelatory conclusion to the acclaimed three-part biography, Bradbury Beyond Apollo tells the story of an inexhaustible creative force seeking new frontiers.

Ray Bradbury

Harold Bloom
Ray Bradbury Book PDF

Author : Harold Bloom
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Criticism
ISBN : 9781438131092

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Ray Bradbury by Harold Bloom Pdf

Presents a collection of critical essays about the works of Ray Bradbury.

Post-Jungian Psychology and the Short Stories of Ray Bradbury and Kurt Vonnegut

Steve Gronert Ellerhoff
Post Jungian Psychology and the Short Stories of Ray Bradbury and Kurt Vonnegut Book PDF

Author : Steve Gronert Ellerhoff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317384922

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Post-Jungian Psychology and the Short Stories of Ray Bradbury and Kurt Vonnegut by Steve Gronert Ellerhoff Pdf

In this book, Steve Gronert Ellerhoff explores short stories by Ray Bradbury and Kurt Vonnegut, written between 1943 and 1968, with a post-Jungian approach. Drawing upon archetypal theories of myth from Joseph Campbell, James Hillman and their forbearer C. G. Jung, Ellerhoff demonstrates how short fiction follows archetypal patterns that can illuminate our understanding of the authors, their times, and their culture. In practice, a post-Jungian ‘mythodology’ is shown to yield great insights for the literary criticism of short fiction. Chapters in this volume carefully contextualise and historicize each story, including Bradbury and Vonnegut’s earliest and most imaginatively fantastic works. The archetypal constellations shaping Vonnegut’s early works are shown to be war and fragmentation, while those in Bradbury’s are family and the wholeness of the sun. Analysis is complemented by the explored significance of illustrations that featured alongside the stories in their first publications. By uncovering the ways these popular writers redressed old myths in new tropes—and coined new narrative elements for hopes and fears born of their era—the book reveals a fresh method which can be applied to all imaginative short stories, increasing understanding and critical engagement. Post-Jungian Psychology and the Short Stories of Ray Bradbury and Kurt Vonnegut is an important text for a number of fields, from Jungian and Post-Jungian studies to short story theoriesand American studies to Bradbury and Vonnegut studies. Scholars and students of literature will come away with a renewed appreciation for an archetypal approach to criticism, while the book will also be of great interest to practising depth psychologists seeking to incorporate short stories into therapy.

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury, New Edition

Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury New Edition Book PDF

Author : Ray Bradbury
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Book burning in literature
ISBN : 9781438113845

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Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury, New Edition by Ray Bradbury Pdf

Presents a collection of critical essays about Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

The Stories of Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury
The Stories of Ray Bradbury Book PDF

Author : Ray Bradbury
Publisher : Knopf Publishing Group
Page : 920 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015012428291

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The Stories of Ray Bradbury by Ray Bradbury Pdf

An imaginative group of stories that often bridge the gap between fantasy and science fiction. One hundred of Bradbury's science fiction, fantasy, horror, and midwestern short stories.

Ray Bradbury: Legendary Fantasy Writer

Charles Piddock
Ray Bradbury Legendary Fantasy Writer Book PDF

Author : Charles Piddock
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1433900599

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Ray Bradbury: Legendary Fantasy Writer by Charles Piddock Pdf

Presents the life and works of the renowned science fiction author and discusses his creative process and the inspiration for such works as "Fahrenheit 451."

The Martian Chronicles

Ray Bradbury
The Martian Chronicles Book PDF

Author : Ray Bradbury
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451678192

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The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury Pdf

The tranquility of Mars is disrupted by humans who want to conquer space, colonize the planet, and escape a doomed Earth.

Exploring the Horror of Supernatural Fiction

Miranda Corcoran,Steve Gronert Ellerhoff
Exploring the Horror of Supernatural Fiction Book PDF

Author : Miranda Corcoran,Steve Gronert Ellerhoff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780429560354

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Exploring the Horror of Supernatural Fiction by Miranda Corcoran,Steve Gronert Ellerhoff Pdf

Detailing the adventures of a supernatural clan of vampires, witches, and assorted monstrosities, Ray Bradbury’s Elliott family stories are a unique component of his extensive literary output. Written between 1946 and 1994, Bradbury eventually quilted the stories together into a novel, From the Dust Returned (2001), making it a creative project that spanned his adult life. Not only do the stories focus on a single familial unit, engaging with overlapping twentieth-century themes of family, identity and belonging, they were also unique in their time, interrogating post-war American ideologies of domestic unity while reinventing and softening gothic horror for the Baby Boomer generation. Centred around diverse interpretations of the Elliott Family stories, this collection of critical essays recovers the Elliotts for academic purposes by exploring how they form a collective gothic mythos while ranging across distinct themes. Essays included discuss the diverse ways in which the Elliott stories pose questions about difference and Otherness in America; engage with issues of gender, sexuality, and adolescence; and interrogate complex discourses surrounding history, identity, community, and the fantasy of family.

Becoming Ray Bradbury

Jonathan R. Eller
Becoming Ray Bradbury Book PDF

Author : Jonathan R. Eller
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780252093357

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Becoming Ray Bradbury by Jonathan R. Eller Pdf

Becoming Ray Bradbury chronicles the making of an iconic American writer by exploring Ray Bradbury's childhood and early years of his long life in fiction, film, television, radio, and theater. Jonathan R. Eller measures the impact of the authors, artists, illustrators, and filmmakers who stimulated Bradbury's imagination throughout his first three decades. Unprecedented access to Bradbury's personal papers and other private collections provides insight into his emerging talent through his unpublished correspondence, his rare but often insightful notes on writing, and his interactions with those who mentored him during those early years. Beginning with his childhood in Waukegan, Illinois, and Los Angeles, this biography follows Bradbury's development from avid reader to maturing author, making a living writing for the genre pulps and mainstream magazines. Eller illuminates the sources of Bradbury's growing interest in the human mind, the human condition, and the ambiguities of life and death--themes that became increasingly apparent in his early fiction. Bradbury's correspondence documents his frustrating encounters with the major trade publishing houses and his earliest unpublished reflections on the nature of authorship. Eller traces the sources of Bradbury's very conscious decisions, following the sudden success of The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man, to voice controversial political statements in his fiction. Eller also elucidates the complex creative motivations that yielded Fahrenheit 451. Becoming Ray Bradbury reveals Bradbury's emotional world as it matured through his explorations of cinema and art, his interactions with agents and editors, his reading discoveries, and the invaluable reading suggestions of older writers. These largely unexplored elements of his life pave the way to a deeper understanding of his more public achievements, providing a biography of the mind, the story of Bradbury's self-education and the emerging sense of authorship at the heart of his boundless creativity.