Ray Bradbury






Ray Bradbury

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born
August 22, 1920

gender
male

place of birth
Waukegan, Illinois, The United States

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genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction


about this author

Ray Douglas Bradbury is an American literary, fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer best known for The Martian Chronicles, a 1950 book which has been described both as a short story collection and a novel, and his 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most popular American writers of fiction during the twentieth century.


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Ray Bradbury. (2007, October 18). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20:34, October 19, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ray_Bradbury&oldid=165353349




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avg rating: 3.93 | 138,571 ratings | 7,264 reviews | 352 distinct works | 502 fans
Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
avg rating 3.89 — 78,833 ratings — published 1953
145 editions
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The Martian Chronicles The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury
avg rating 4.01 — 10,061 ratings — published 1950
78 editions
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Something Wicked This Way Come... Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury
avg rating 3.93 — 7,376 ratings — published 1962
47 editions
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Dandelion Wine Dandelion Wine
by Ray Bradbury
avg rating 3.97 — 4,850 ratings — published 1946
44 editions
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The Illustrated Man The Illustrated Man
by Ray Bradbury
avg rating 4.09 — 4,518 ratings — published 1951
46 editions
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I Sing the Body Electric! And... I Sing the Body Electric! And Other Stories
by Ray Bradbury
avg rating 3.98 — 1,603 ratings — published 1969
24 editions
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The October Country The October Country
by Ray Bradbury
avg rating 4.06 — 1,118 ratings — published 1955
29 editions
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The Halloween Tree The Halloween Tree
by Ray Bradbury
avg rating 3.85 — 1,091 ratings — published 1972
21 editions
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The Golden Apples of the Sun The Golden Apples of the Sun
by Ray Bradbury
avg rating 3.95 — 970 ratings — published 1953
28 editions
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Zen in the Art of Writing Zen in the Art of Writing
by Ray Bradbury
avg rating 3.98 — 751 ratings — published 1989
9 editions
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"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them."
Ray Bradbury
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"You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you."
Ray Bradbury (Zen in the Art of Writing)
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"Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories."
Ray Bradbury
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