One his best known works was "The Martian Chronicles", a collection of interrelated stories concerning colonization of the planet Mars, those attracted readers of both young and old. ... His science fiction and fantasy short story collections included "The Martian Chronicles", "The Illustrated Man", and "Dinosaur Tales". ... Fahrenheit 451 was made into a movie in 1966, and The Martian Chronicles later appeared both as a movie and a television miniseries. ...

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Ray Bradbury was born on August 22, 1990 in the town of Waukegan, Illinois to parents Leonard Spaulding & Esther Marie Moburg Bradbury. When he was born there was no, or little if any type of Science fiction work in the world around him. And the work that was out there was for the most part ignored ...

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Science Fiction: The Second Love of Ray Bradbury's Life Ray Bradbury is an author consumed by science fiction. In fact, his name is likely the first mentioned when anyone speaks of science fiction writing in this century. This may be because of the many highly entertaining works he has authored....

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Facets of Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury, also known as Raymond Douglas Spaulding, has not only published works of science fiction, but also numerous writings in drama, poetry, screenplays, detective fiction, and even musical compositions. Many of his stories have been made into movies and televis...

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