The idea that one butterfly could eventually have a far-reaching ripple effect on subsequent historic events first appears in " A Sound of Thunder ", a 1952 short story by Ray Bradbury about time travel ( see Literature and print here ).

The popularity and accessibility of strips meant they were often clipped and saved ; authors including John Updike and Ray Bradbury have written about their childhood collections of clipped strips.

Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury.

Category: Novels by Ray Bradbury

In science fiction, a large number of the practitioners and other professionals in the field, not only writers but editors and publishers, traditionally have themselves come from and participate in science fiction fandom, from Ray Bradbury to Harlan Ellison to Patrick Neilsen Hayden to Toni Weisskopf ; and the " fan " vs. " pro " dualism does not exist in the way it does in the media entertainment industry.

Ackerman invited Ray Bradbury to attend the Los Angeles Chapter of the Science Fiction League, then meeting weekly at Clifton's Cafeteria in downtown Los Angeles.

Bradbury often attended meetings with his friend Ray Harryhausen ; the two Rays had been introduced to each other by Ackerman.

Ackerman was credited with nurturing and even inspiring the careers of several early contemporaries like Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen, Charles Beaumont, Marion Zimmer Bradley and L. Ron Hubbard.

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* 1981 — Ray Bradbury ( Science Fiction Writer )

* 2012 – Ray Bradbury, American author ( b. 1920 )

* The Martian Chronicles ( 1950 ) by Ray Bradbury.

* Ray Bradbury published a collection of short stories titled The October Country in 1955.

* 1984 – George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four and Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

Ray Douglas Bradbury ( August 22, 1920June 5, 2012 ) was an American fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery fiction writer.

Ray Bradbury was surrounded by a loving extended family during his early childhood and formative years in Waukegan.

In high school, Ray Bradbury was active in both the Poetry Club and the Drama club, continuing plans to become an actor but becoming serious about his writing as his high school years progressed.

Among the creative and talented people Bradbury met this way were special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen and radio star George Burns.

In 1936, at a secondhand bookstore in Hollywood, Ray Bradbury discovered a handbill promoting meetings of the Los Angeles Science Fiction Society.

In July 1939, Forrest J. Ackerman gave nineteen year old Ray Bradbury the money to head to New York for the First World Science Fiction Convention in New York City, and funded Ray Bradbury's fanzine, titled Futuria Fantasia.

Ray Bradbury was free to start a career in writing when, owing to his bad eyesight, he was rejected admission into the military during World War II.

The term can describe stories focused primarily on character and emotion ; SFWA Grand Master Ray Bradbury was an acknowledged master of this art.

The cable television series The Ray Bradbury Theater adapted some individual short stories from The Martian Chronicles including " Mars is Heaven "," Usher II ", " And the Moon Be Still as Bright " and " The Martian ".

" The Veldt ," " The Concrete Mixer ," " The Long Rain ," " Zero Hour ," and " Marionettes Inc ." were adapted for the TV series The Ray Bradbury Theater.

The Third Man was adapted as a one-hour radio play on two broadcasts of Lux Radio Theater, first on 9 April 1951 with Joseph Cotten, then on 8 February 1954 with Ray Milland.

In 1992, he starred in an episode of 6th season of Ray Bradbury Theater The Handler where he played a mortician who tries to give his clients a little extra treatment that he thinks they should have.

Strangers on a Train was adapted for the radio program Lux Radio Theater on two occasions: on December 3, 1951 with Ruth Roman, Frank Lovejoy, and Ray Milland and on April 12, 1954 with Virginia Mayo, Dana Andrews, and Robert Cummings.

The film was twice adapted for the American Lux Radio Theater, both with the title " Stairway to Heaven ", starring Ray Milland on 27 October 1947 ( episode 587 ) and featuring David Niven on 12 April 1955 ( episode 918 ).

Originally intending to become a musician, Bauer turned to acting while attending Miami-Dade Community College, but then transferred to the University of Miami, where he studied in its Department of Theater Arts and performed at its Jerry Herman Ring Theatre where he became friends with actor Ray Liotta.

He guest starred on the show The Ray Bradbury Theater in 1989 as Willie and on Reading Rainbow and Fun House as himself.

Major acts who have recorded there include Walter Becker, The Kinks, Arctic Monkeys, Aerosmith, Counting Crows, The Clash, Kings of Leon, Marc Anthony, The B-52's, Tony Bennett, Michael Brecker, Devo, Bon Jovi, Dire Straits, Duran Duran, Dream Theater, Bruce Springsteen, John Lennon, Throwing Muses, Serge Gainsbourg, The Strokes, Bryan Adams, Bernadette Peters, Pat Metheny, Keith Jarrett Trio, Neil Young, Harry Connick, Jr., Iggy Pop, Madonna, Journey, Muse, George Michael, Betty Carter, Sum 41, John Mayer, Moby, Vanessa Williams, Blondie, Porcupine Tree, Chic, Joan Jett, David Bowie, The Last Shadow Puppets, The Rumble Strips, Trey Anastasio, Helix, Kathem Al Saher, Gang Starr, Honor Society, Stevie Ray Vaughan and the band Power Station, which was named after the studio itself.

* The Ray Bradbury Theater ( 1990 ) ( episode " Here There Be Tygers ")

The story was made into an episode of The Ray Bradbury Theater starring James Whitmore ( as Stiles ) and Michael Hurst ( as Roger Shumway ).

* The Ray Bradbury Theater ( 3 episodes, 1990 – 1992 )

In Ray Bradbury's novel Dandelion Wine, the story of his death told by an eyewitness who calls him " Ching Ling Soo " and remembers him as having been shot in the face at Boston's Variety Theater in 1910.

* Aldo Ray at Brian's Drive-In Theater

It was later produced as a radio episode of the series Bradbury 13 ( June 18, 1984 ) and the television program Ray Bradbury Theater ( November 30, 1990 ).

In 1982, Wilcox left CHiPs and formed his own production company, Wilcox Productions, which produced The Ray Bradbury Theater for five years.

By placing the facility on what was formerly part of the old Caruth family farm of circa 1850, Ray Nasher began the realization of the Arts District in Dallas, which has since been enhanced by the construction of the Winspear Opera House and the Wiley Theater.

Blake came to the label to accept what he calls " a low-level position " that allowed him to be near the music of inspirations like Chris Connor, Ray Charles, and Harlem's famous Apollo Theater.

He has guest-starred on television series, such as Dallas, The Twilight Zone, The Hitchhiker, Murder, She Wrote, The Young and the Restless, The Ray Bradbury Theater and Highlander: The Series.

* The Ray Bradbury Theater ( TV ) ( 1992 )-Commander Trask — in episode: # 6. 6-" The Long Rain "-19 September 1992

* The Ray Bradbury Theater ( 1989 ) .... Xanadu Young Man in " A Miracle of Rare Device " ( 14 July 1989 )

In the television adaptation of the story for The Ray Bradbury Theater the Huston character was played by Peter O ' Toole and the Bradbury surrogate by Charles Martin Smith.

* The Ray Bradbury Theater

Ray Alder was featured at a show with the band Dream Theater at Los Angeles, California on May 18, 1998.