Ray Bradbury

...the idea of a convention to a local comics fan club. He persuaded the comic-book artist Jack Kirby and science-fiction writer Ray Bradbury to appear and even to waive speakers' fees. The first gathering was a huge success, attended by...

In this article: Milton Caniff, Jack Kirby, San Diego, Dick Tracy, Steve Canyon, Ohio State University, Chester Gould, and Mister Miracle

...and have supported his Writers of the Future contest for more years than I can remember. I'll also want to say hello to my good friend Ray Bradbury if we are there at the same time." While legions of shoppers are off at the malls on Black...

In this article: Karen Black, Hollywood, Los Angeles, L. Ron Hubbard, Ice cream, Academy Award, Writers of the Future, Pirates of the Caribbean, Tim Powers, and Lucifer's Hammer

...came Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward, out of which came We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, then George Orwell's 1984 and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Ray Bradbury's Fahreneheit 451 was speculative fiction, while The Martian Chronicles was not.

In this article: Margaret Atwood, Wired.com, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Militarism, Recession, Climate change, God, Arthur C. Clarke Award, H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds, and Jules Verne

...Department Executive Director Olga Garay, musician Poncho Sanchez and bands Los Lobos and Ozomatli. Literary figures include authors Ray Bradbury, Richard Rodriguez, and David Ulin. Librarians embrace FIL FIL, now in its 23rd year, is...

In this article: Los Angeles, Guadalajara, Los Lobos, American Library Association, Antonio Villaraigosa, Poncho Sanchez, and Ozomatli

In Ray Bradbury's book, The Illustrated Man, the man of the title is covered with moving, shifting tattoos. If you look at them, they will tell you a story. New LED tattoos from the University of Pennsylvania could make the Illustrated...

In this article: The Illustrated Man and University of Pennsylvania

The 23rd edition of the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) will welcome world-renowned writers including Orhan Pamuk, Ray Bradbury, Carlos Fuentes, and Mario Vargas Llosa for its international literary programs. Beginning this year on...

In this article: Orhan Pamuk, Carlos Fuentes, Mario Vargas Llosa, Los Angeles, Museum of Innocence, Guadalajara, Mexico, and Frankfurt

So, why is hearing 21 authors speak an important reason to go to one of these must-attend events? Well, if you've read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, then you probably share his great love for books. And you probably also share his distain...

In this article: YouTube, Chicago, Fahrenheit 451, Search engine optimization, Search engine marketing, Clarisse McClellan, Twitter, and Berlin

...action and animation, centers on the galactic adventures of eight astronauts on board the O.S.S. Oklahoma. Other TV news: - The legendary Ray Bradbury will be shopping around his six-hour miniseries to the networks. The six-parter will...

In this article: Kari Lizer, Twitter, Farenheit 451, Warner Bros, The New Adventures of Old Christine, and Scare Tactics

The plan, according to producer Todd Klick, is to approach "A-list" directors and have them pick out Bradbury stories they'd like to helm. Bradbury, 89, would then script the episodes chosen. John Philip Dayton, who served as segment...

In this article: Ain't It Cool News, Trademark, and The Ray Bradbury Theater

...formed company White Oak Films. White Oak partner John Dayton has a long association with Bradbury and will executive produce the project with the author. "My partners and I see this series as an homage to a man who has inspired us...

In this article: Something Wicked This Way Comes, Fahrenheit 451, Los Angeles, and Reuters