Author: Ray Bradbury

 

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

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A Sound of Thunder (2005)

When a scientist sent back to the prehistoric era strays off the path he causes a chain of events that alters history in disastrous ways.

Disappointingly below-average sci-fi yarn has a silly, logic-defying plot, poor performances and risible special effects to match; it does show some imagination with its array of mutant creatures.

Maltin*1/2: "Misguided expansion of Ray Bradbury short story with mediocre effects and a confusing script. It's easy to see why this remained on the shelf so long."

First Lines: Ray Bradbury - The Martian Chronicles

One minute it was Ohio winter, with doors closed, windows locked, the panes blind with frost, icicles fringing every roof, children skiing on slopes, housewives lumbering like great black bears in their furs along the icy streets.

From my vaults: Ray Bradbury

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First Lines: Ray Bradbury - Something Wicked This Way Comes

First of all it was October, a rare month for boys.

First Lines Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451

It was a pleasure to burn.

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He had written books a lifetime, on the airs of vast rooms in vast buildings, and had it all fly out the vents.

Ray Bradbury - Something Wicked This Way Comes

New Stuff: Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury is one of those authors I got acquainted with in my youth, when I was into science fiction. I very much appreciated his Martian Chronicles and considered them better than the usual pulp sci-fi that you usually get. I never read Fahrenheit 451, since I really don't like its premise, but I did always want to read this novel.