Ray Bradbury Summary

Bradbury, Ray (1920—) Although well-known to and beloved by many as a leading writer of science fiction, Ray Bradbury is a far more complicated subject than most may realize. In the world of sc... Read more

Biography EssayAlthough Ray Bradbury remains perhaps the best known of all science-fiction writers, and although his stories and themes have permeated all areas of American culture as have those of no... Read more

Ray Bradbury is an interesting writer who has unjustly suffered from critical neglect. In a sense he has been the victim of a genre. To consider his work as "science fiction" or "fantasy"--no matter h... Read more

Critical Essay by Kingsley Amis [Despite Bradbury's] regrettable tendency to dime-a-dozen sensitivity, he is a good writer, wider in range than any of his colleagues, capable of seeing life on ... Read more

Critical Essay by John B. Rosenman Faulkner's "That Evening Sun" (1931) and Bradbury's Dandelion Wine (1957) share an archetypal pattern that Maud Bodkin described in 1934.... Read more

Critical Essay by Ray Bradbury [The difference between the genres of science fiction and fantasy is that science] fiction is the art of the possible. There's never anything fantastic about scie... Read more

In his review of Bradbury's collected Stories, Card briefly discusses the author's subject matter, noting that his short fiction exceeds the boundaries of the science fiction genre. Fift... Read more

In the excerpt below, King places Bradbury's fantasy fiction in the tradition of American naturalism, adding that the early collection Dark Carnival contains the author's best horror sto... Read more

In this essay, Bradbury explains how he wrote many of his short stories, claiming that they evolved out of personal experiences and fears. Run fast, stand still. This, the lesson from lizards. For all... Read more

In the following essay, Knight presents a brief overview of Bradbury's early short fiction, noting that his principal subject is childhood. Ray Bradbury began writing professionally at the floo... Read more

In the essay below, Dimeo uncovers moralism in Bradbury's short fiction. Although religious thinking in the space age has been largely dominated by Nietzschean apostasy, science fiction itself ... Read more

In the excerpt that follows, Stupple explores the relationship between the past and the future in Bradbury's short stories. Anyone who has ever watched those classic "Flash Gordon"... Read more

The following review offers a favorable assessment of the collection One More for the Road. “You do not build a Time Machine unless you know where you are going.… But I built my Time Mac... Read more

In the following essay, Dimeo maintains that religious concerns play a significant role in Bradbury's short fiction. Although religious thinking in the space age has been largely dominated by N... Read more

In the following essay, Bradbury discusses the role of memory in his work. When I began to write Dandelion Wine (1975), first I rummaged through my mind for words that could describe my personal night... Read more

Ray Bradbury is one of the greatest fictional writers of all time, but he is so much more than that. He is one of the few authors who has the ability to make readers laugh out loud or burst into tear... Read more