The Life and Times of

1. The Life and Times of

2. The Author • Over 500 published works • Short stories • Novels • Plays • Screenplays • Television scripts • Poems

3. 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 1934—found talented friends Active in Drama Club Teachers encouraged him to write Joined the Poetry Club Formal Education ended with high school Early Years

4. 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 Young Adult Life

5. The Martian Chronicles in 1950 Fahrenheit 451 in 1953 Many awards for his writing An unusual honor—Dandelion Crater Lifetime love of cinema combined with his writing Movies TV series Radio Dramas The Life of An Author

6. US Pavilion at 1964 NY World’s Fair Disney’s Spaceship Earth at EPCOT Orbitron at Disneyland Parks in Paris and California Created trend-setting shopping and entertainment plazas Idea Consultant

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

8. The Illustrated Man • The Illustrated Man is a 1951 collection of eighteen science fictionshort stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. A recurring theme throughout the eighteen stories is the conflict of the cold mechanics of technology and the psychology of people. It was nominated for the International Fantasy Award in 1952.[1] • The unrelated stories are tied together by the frame device of "the Illustrated Man", a vagrant former member of a carnival freak show with an extensively tattooed body whom the unnamed narrator meets. The man's tattoos, allegedly created by a time-traveling woman, are individually animated and each tell a different tale. All but one of the stories had been published previously elsewhere, although Bradbury revised some of the texts for the book's publication.

9. The Illustrated Man • The book was made into the 1969 film with same name, starring Rod Steiger and Claire Bloom, adapted from the stories "The Veldt", "The Long Rain" and "The Last Night of the World". • A number of the stories, including "The Veldt", "The Fox and the Forest" (as "To the Future"), "Marionettes, Inc.", and "Zero Hour" were dramatized for the 1955-57 radio series X Minus One. "The Veldt", "The Concrete Mixer", "The Long Rain", "Zero Hour", and "Marionettes Inc." were adapted for the TV series The Ray Bradbury Theater.