Ray Bradbury Research Paper

Ray Bradbury, an American fantasy and horror author wrote many novels, short stories, articles, screenplays, and television series. At the young age of 12 or 13, Bradbury decided to become a writer, though it took him many years to become a recognized author. To emulate his heroes and “to live forever,” Bradbury continued to strive for success. Unable to pay to attend college, Bradbury spend three days a week for ten years at the local library learning as much as he could from other authors works; while also selling newspapers. A year after graduating from college, Bradbury published his own fan magazine, Futuria Fantasia, with nearly every piece being his own. Using multiple pseudonyms, Bradbury attempted to disguise his one-man show. “I was still years away from writing my first good short story,” he later said, “but I could see my future.. I know where I wanted to go”’(Biography.com Editors 1).

Unable to enter the war due to poor vision, Ray Bradbury developed into a full time writer in 1943 and published Dark Carnival, a collection of short stories, in 1947. Maturing in his writing abilities, Bradbury published a detailed account between humans and native Martians on a red planet titled The Martian Chronicles in 1950. His best-know work Fahrenheit 451, published in 1953, instantly became a classic due to its themes of censorship and conformity. Even though opposed to television, Bradbury wrote various screenplays and an HBO tv series featuring adaptations of short stories. “Famously prolific, Bradbury wrote for several hours every day throughout his entire life, allowing him to publish more than 30 books, close to 600 short stories, and numerous poems, essays, screenplays and plays” (Biography.com Editors