Ray Bradbury: 1920-2012
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Ray Bradbury Dies at Age 91
John Hockenberry remembers his first Bradbury novel, The Illustrated Man, and speaks with sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson, (The Takeaway, WNYC/PRI, 6/6/2012)
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Ray Bradbury, Still Looking to New Worlds
Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury, one of the giants of the genre, takes an optimistic perspective on NASA's current Mars mission and President Bush's vision for future space exploration. The author of classics such as The Martian Chronicles speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep. (All Things Considered, NPR, 1/17/2004)
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Ray Bradbury on Fresh Air
Ray Bradbury has been awarded the 2000 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters by the National Book Foundation. He is the author of over 23 books, including I Sing the Body Electric, The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451, all classics of science fiction. (Fresh Air, NPR, 11/17/2000)
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Ray Bradbury: A Remembrance
Ray Bradbury, author of The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451, died Tuesday. He was 91. Bradbury was known for his futuristic tales — but he never used a computer, or even drove a car. (Morning Edition, 6/6/2012)
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Author Ray Bradbury Leaves a Literary Legacy in his Wake
Sci-Fi author Ray Bradbury has passed away at the age of 91. Libros Schmibros founder David Kipen remembers his career. (Madeleine Brand Show, KPCC, 6/6/2012)
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Ray Bradbury's Musical: Wisdom 2116
Ray Bradbury wrote the musical “Wisdom 2116” for an old couple he’d befriended as a young man. And it’s taken Bradbury more than 50-years to see the musical performed on stage. “Wisdom 2116” is a love story about the secret to staying young! (CyberFrequencies, SCPR, 2/14/2012)
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Ray Bradbury on the Leonard Lopate Show
WNYC radio host Leonard Lopate interviews Ray Bradbury. (The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC, 7/16/1990)
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Ray Bradbury on Moby Dick
Herman Melville's white whale survived his battle with Captain Ahab only to surface in the works of contemporary filmmakers, painters, playwrights and musicians. Kurt Andersen explores the influence of this American Icon with the help of Ray Bradbury. (Studio 360, PRI, 12/4/2004)
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Bradbury's Tale: A 'Wicked' Read, A Haunted Book
A review of Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes by author Seth Grahame-Smith. (All Things Considered, NPR, 4/26/2012)
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Bradbury Classic In Vivid, 'Necessary' Graphic Form
Bradbury's novel, Fahrenheit 451, imagines a future where firemen don't put out fires but, rather, set them in order to destroy books. First published in 1953, it is now being released in an entirely new form: as a graphic novel. (All Things Considered, NPR, 7/30/2009)
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Author Ray Bradbury died on Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at the age of 91.He was often cited as the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream, with his books The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Fahrenheit 451 and Something Wicked This Way Comes. We remember his life with a collection of interviews, stories, and remembrances.
