The Life and Times of

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The Life and Times of
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The Author

• Over 500 published works
• Short stories
• Novels
• Plays
• Screenplays
• Television scripts
• Poems

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Early Years

• Ray Douglas Bradbury was born in Waukegan,
  Illinois, on August 22, 1920
• Loving family in a small town
• Began writing in 1931
• Moved to Los Angeles in 1934found talented
  friends

• Active in Drama Club
• Teachers encouraged him to write
• Joined the Poetry Club
• Formal Education ended with high school

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Young Adult Life

• First published story in 1938 called
  "Hollerbochen's Dilemma"
• 1939 wrote four issues of his own magazine called
  Futuria Fantasia
• First paid publication Pendulum in 1941

• 1943 gave up selling newspapers to write full
  time
• 1945 sold the short story The Big Black and
  White Game
• 1946 met his future wife, Maggie--married in 1947
  later
• Four daughters born between 1949 and 1958

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The Life of An Author

• The Martian Chronicles in 1950
• Fahrenheit 451 in 1953
• Many awards for his writing
• An unusual honorDandelion Crater

• Lifetime love of cinema combined with his writing
• Movies
• TV series
• Radio Dramas

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Idea Consultant

• US Pavilion at 1964 NY Worlds Fair
• Disneys Spaceship Earth at EPCOT
• Orbitron at Disneyland Parks in Paris and
  California

• Created trend-setting shopping and entertainment
  plazas

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Bradbury Today

• In his mid-80s
• Continues to write and lecture
• Lives in Los Angeles
• Has 8 grandchildren and four cats
• Hollywood has plans to remake F451 due out 2007

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The Times

• Anti-communist movement led by Senator Joseph
  McCarthyblack listed Hollywood actors, book
  burning, banned booksin the 1940s-1950s
  (McCarthy Era).
• Silent Generation
• Cold War Era
• Korean War
• Meteoric rise of TV
• Increase of technology

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Sources

• www.raybradbury.com
• www.spaceagecity.com/bradbury/bio.htm