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Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury, well known for his book Fahrenheit 451 may have had a much different side to many of his book than meets the eye. ... Considered by some to be a writer of Fantasy, Ray Bradbury through his life and his writing style he has a Science Fiction zest to his work.
Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois, on the 22nd of August, in 1920. ... The circus became a key for Bradbury’s earlier writings, and was a foundation for his style and creating mood which would come out in much of his writings. When he was just 15, Bradbury started to submit short stories to local and nationwide newspapers, hoping to one day land a spot in the Saturday Evening Post. ... As the 1940’s rolled around, Bradbury began to produce short stories that would later influence some of his most famous work. ... Finally in 1941, as his style and themes began to strengthen, Bradbury broke into the professional league of short story writing with “Pendulum,” which was published in the Super Science Stories fanzine. With increased pressure to write an entire novel, instead of just short stories, Bradbury created a masterpiece in 1947 in the form of Dark Carnival, which instantly became a collector’s item for fans of Science Fiction.
With all the success of his first novel, Bradbury began to realize his talent and strength for writing novels. Encouraged after winning Best Author in 1949 by the National Fantasy Fan Federation, Bradbury continued to work and published his second novel in 1950, a combined collection of short stories called Martian Chronicles. Inspired by the profound changes and exploration in the late 1940’s, McCarthyism, book censorship, and the thought that man made objects, particularly nuclear weapons, could ultimately destroy the earth, Martian Chronicles was considered one of the first true Science Fiction work by Ray Bradbury (Wolfe 76).
Approximate Word count = 1444
Approximate Pages = 5.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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