Ray Bradbury

1. Ray Bradbury

RAY BRADBURY
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2. Ray Bradbury’s contribution to the literary landscape and our collective imagination made him one of the best-known writers of

R AY B R A D B U RY ’ S C O N T R I B U T I O N TO T H E
L I T E R A RY L A N D S C A P E A N D O U R C O L L E C T I V E
I M AG I N AT I O N M A D E H I M O N E O F T H E B E S TK N OW N W R I T E R S O F O U R T I M E . A S A M A S T E R
S TO RY T E L L E R , C H A M P I O N O F C R E AT I V E
F R E E D O M , S PAC E - AG E V I S I O N A RY, A N D
G UA R D I A N O F T H E H U M A N H E A RT, H E H A S B E E N
E M B R AC E D B Y M I L L I O N S AC RO S S M A N Y
G E N E R AT I O N S A N D A L L WA L K S O F L I F E .

3. To dive into Ray Bradbury’s work is to experience the complex, wondrous, and often troubling layers of human existence, as well

TO D I V E I N TO R AY B R A D B U RY ’ S WO R K I S TO E X P E R I E N C E T H E
C O M P L E X , WO N D RO U S , A N D O F T E N T RO U B L I N G L AY E R S O F
H U M A N E X I S T E N C E , A S W E L L A S T H E P O S S I B I L I T I E S B E YO N D T H E
L I M I T S O F A S M A L L RO C K Y P L A N E T C A L L E D E A RT H . I N FAC T, H I S
WO R K H A S L I T E R A L LY T R AV E L E D O U T O F T H I S WO R L D — A
D I G I T I Z E D C O P Y O F T H E M A RT I A N C H RO N I C L E S R E AC H E D T H E R E D
P L A N E T I N 2 0 0 8 , A B OA R D N A S A ’ S P H O E N I X M A R S L A N D E R .

4. “The thing that makes me happy is that I know that on Mars, two hundred years from now, my books are going to be read. They’ll

“THE THING THAT MAKES ME HAPPY IS
THAT I KNOW THAT ON MARS, TWO
HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW, MY
BOOKS ARE GOING TO BE READ.
THEY’LL BE UP ON DEAD MARS WITH
NO ATMOSPHERE. AND LATE AT NIGHT,
WITH A FLASHLIGHT, SOME LITTLE BOY
IS GOING TO PEEK UNDER THE COVERS
AND READ THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES
ON MARS.”

5. I was warped early by Ray Bradbury... As a young teenager, I devoured Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451." Margaret Atwood

I WAS WARPED EARLY BY RAY
BRADBURY... AS A YOUNG TEENAGER, I
DEVOURED RAY BRADBURY’S
FAHRENHEIT 451."
MARGARET ATWOOD

6. Ray Bradbury inspired generations of readers and viewers to dream, think, and create. His childhood was spent in the Midwestern

RAY BRADBURY INSPIRED
GENERATIONS OF READERS AND
VIEWERS TO DREAM, THINK, AND
CREATE. HIS CHILDHOOD WAS
SPENT IN THE MIDWESTERN
SMALL TOWN OF WAUKEGAN,
ILLINOIS, AND HE MASTERED HIS
CRAFT IN LOS ANGELES, WHERE
HE FORGED A SPECIAL CREATIVE
BOND WITH THE CITY AND ITS
MANY CULTURES, RAISED HIS
FAMILY, AND DREW AS
FEVERISHLY AS HE WROTE.

7. During a career that spanned seventy-plus years, he wrote more than 400 short stories and nearly fifty books across a variety

DURING A C AREER THAT
SPANNED SEVENTY-PLUS YEARS,
HE WROTE MORE THAN 400
SHORT STORIES AND NEARLY
FIFTY BOOKS ACROSS A VARIETY
OF GENRES. HE ALSO PENNED
NUMEROUS POEMS, ESSAYS,
PLAYS, OPERAS, TELEPLAYS, AND
SCREENPLAYS, MAKING HIM ONE
OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE AND
ADMIRED WRITERS OF OUR TIME,
AS WELL AS ONE OF THE MOST
WIDELY TRANSLATED IN THE
WORLD.

8. His enduring novels, novelized story cycles, and story collections include The Martian Chronicles (1950), The Illustrated

HIS ENDURING NOVELS,
NOVELIZED STORY CYCLES,
AND STORY COLLECTIONS
INCLUDE THE MARTIAN
CHRONICLES (1950), THE
ILLUSTRATED
MAN (1951), THE GOLDEN
APPLES OF THE
SUN (1953), FAHRENHEIT
451 (1953), THE OCTOBER
COUNTRY (1955), DANDELI
ON WINE (1957), A
MEDICINE FOR
MELANCHOLY (1959),
AND SOMETHING WICKED
THIS WAY COMES (1962).

9. Bradbury’s many subsequent books include the children’s fantasy The Halloween Tree (1972); the detective novel trilogy Death Is

BRADBURY’S MANY SUBSEQUENT BOOKS
INCLUDE THE CHILDREN’S FANTASY THE
HALLOWEEN TREE (1972); THE DETECTIVE
NOVEL TRILOGY DEATH IS A LONELY
BUSINESS (1985), A GRAVEYARD FOR
LUNATICS (1990), AND LET’S ALL KILL
CONSTANCE! (2003); AN ESSAY
COLLECTION ON CREATIVITY, ZEN IN THE
ART OF WRITING (1989); A ROMAN-À-CLEF
BASED ON HIS WORK IN IRELAND WITH
JOHN HUSTON, ENTITLED GREEN
SHADOWS, WHITE WHALE (1992); THE
SUPERNATURAL NOVEL FROM THE DUST
RETURNED (2001)

10. Further, his stories earned individual honors in two O. Henry Prize anthologies and four Best American Short Stories volumes,

FURTHER, HIS STORIES
EARNED INDIVIDUAL
HONORS IN TWO O. HENRY
PRIZE ANTHOLOGIES AND
FOUR BEST AMERIC AN
SHORT STORIES VOLUMES,
AND CONTINUE TO APPEAR
IN HUNDREDS OF
TEXTBOOKS FOR NEW
GENERATIONS OF
READERS.

11.

• "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."
– R.B.

12. During the Space Age, Bradbury emerged as a leading futurist through his stories, books, articles, and lectures. His ideas

DURING THE SPACE AGE,
BRADBURY EMERGED AS A
LEADING FUTURIST
THROUGH HIS STORIES,
BOOKS, ARTICLES, AND
LECTURES. HIS IDEAS
TRANSCENDED THE
BOUNDARIES OF FICTION
AND BECAME THE REAL-LIFE
DREAMS OF ASTRONOMERS,
ASTRONAUTS, PLANETARY
SCIENTISTS, AND
MAINSTREAM READERS OF
ALL AGES.

13. Ray Bradbury had a deep concern for the welfare and destiny of his fellow humans. Through his stories and in his life, he

R AY B R A D B U RY H A D A D E E P C O N C E R N F O R T H E W E L FA R E A N D D E S T I N Y O F H I S F E L L OW
H U M A N S . T H RO U G H H I S S TO R I E S A N D I N H I S L I F E , H E I M AG I N E D WAY S TO C R E AT E A B E T T E R
WO R L D A N D O F F E R E D C A U T I O N S D E S I G N E D TO S U S TA I N T H E O N E W E H AV E . H E H A D N O
S C I E N T I F I C O R T E C H N I C A L T R A I N I N G , B U T H E H A D A N I N N AT E S E N S E O F W H AT M I G H T
C O M E I N T H E F U T U R E — M I R AC U L O U S D E V I C E S T H AT, AT T H E T I M E , W E R E J U S T S C I E N C E
FICTION.

14. Bradbury’s worlds of tomorrow

BRADBURY’S WORLDS
OF TOMORROW
• Fahrenheit 451, 1953
• “And in her ears the little Seashells, the thimble radios
tamped tight, and an electronic ocean of sound, of
music and talk and music and talk coming in, coming in
on the shore of her unsleeping mind.”
“. . . he had visited the bank, which was open all night
every night with robot tellers in attendance.”
• “The Murderer,” was included in The Golden Apples of
the Sun, 1953
• “When it wasn’t music, it was interoffice
communications, and my horror chamber of a radio
wristwatch on which my friends and my wife phoned
every five minutes. What is there about such
‘conveniences’ that makes them so temptingly
convenient? The average man thinks, Here I am, time on
my hands, and there on my wrist is a wrist telephone . .
.”

15. Bradbury’s interplanetary influence The writer’s ability to see the future, especially beyond Earth’s thin and fragile layer of

B R A D B U RY ’ S I N T E R P L A N E TA RY I N F L U E N C E
T H E W R I T E R ’ S A B I L I T Y TO S E E T H E F U T U R E ,
E S P E C I A L LY B E YO N D E A RT H ’ S T H I N A N D
F R AG I L E L AY E R O F AT M O S P H E R E , AT T R AC T E D
T H E AT T E N T I O N O F A S T RO N AU T S A N D
SCIENTISTS, WHO BECAME SOME OF HIS
M O S T D E D I C AT E D FA N S D U R I N G H I S
L I F E T I M E — FA N S W H O S H A R E D H I S D R E A M S
A N D TO O K B R A D B U RY ’ S I N F L U E N C E TO
P L AC E S T H AT R E AC H E D B E YO N D E V E N H I S
V I B R A N T I M AG I N AT I O N .
DURING THE 1960S, HE BECAME A FREQUENT
S P E A K E R AT T H E C A L I F O R N I A I N S T I T U T E O F
T E C H N O L O G Y ( C A LT E C H ) A N D N A S A ’ S J E T
P RO P U L S I O N L A B O R ATO RY ( J P L ) I N
PA S A D E N A , C A L I F O R N I A , A N D H I S AWA R D W I N N I N G A RT I C L E S O N T H E G E M I N I A N D
A P O L L O M I S S I O N S F O R L I F E M AG A Z I N E W E R E
READ BY MILLIONS.

16. "I was not predicting the future, I was trying to prevent it." – R.B.

"I WAS NOT
PREDICTING
THE FUTURE, I
WAS TRYING TO
PREVENT IT."
– R.B.

17. Thank you for attention!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!!!!!!!!