About
Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) was an acclaimed American author known for his pioneering contributions to science fiction and fantasy literature. Born in Waukegan, Illinois, he began writing at an early age, inspired by pulp magazines. Bradbury's breakthrough came with the short story collection "The Martian Chronicles" (1950), which depicted the colonization and transformation of Mars by humans. His most famous work, the dystopian novel "Fahrenheit 451" (1953), explored the dangers of censorship and the importance of intellectual freedom. Throughout his career, Bradbury published over 500 short stories, dozens of novels, and several plays. He received numerous awards, including the National Medal of Arts, the Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, and the Bram Stoker Award. Bradbury's works have been translated into over 40 languages and have inspired countless adaptations for film, television, and stage. His visionary imagination and evocative writing style have earned him critical acclaim and solidified his legacy as a master of the speculative fiction genre.
Book Series by Ray Bradbury
Crumley Mysteries Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Death is a Lonely Business | 1985 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Graveyard for Lunatics | 1990 | Buy on Amazon |
| Let's All Kill Constance | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
Green Town Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Dandelion Wine | 1957 | Buy on Amazon |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes | 1962 | Buy on Amazon |
| Farewell Summer | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Summer Morning, Summer Night | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
Ray Bradbury Other Novels
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Fahrenheit 451 | 1953 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Halloween Tree | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| Green Shadows, White Whale | 1992 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ahmed and the Oblivion Machines (Short Story) | 1998 | Buy on Amazon |
| From the Dust Returned | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
Ray Bradbury Short Story Collections
The Ray Bradbury Chronicles 1 ( With: Al Williamson, Kent Williams, John Van Fleet, P. Craig Russell, Ralp Reese, Ray Zone, Chuck Roblin, Vicente Segrelles)
1992
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Dark Carnival | 1947 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Martian Chronicles | 1950 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Illustrated Man ( With: P. Craig Russell) | 1951 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories | 1952 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Golden Apples of the Sun | 1953 | Buy on Amazon |
| The October Country | 1955 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Day It Rained Forever | 1959 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Medicine for Melancholy | 1959 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Small Assassin | 1962 | Buy on Amazon |
| R Is for Rocket | 1962 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Machineries of Joy | 1964 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Vintage Bradbury | 1965 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Autumn People | 1965 | Buy on Amazon |
| Twice 22 | 1966 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tomorrow Midnight | 1966 | Buy on Amazon |
| S is for Space | 1966 | Buy on Amazon |
| Fever Dream And Other Fantasies | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| I Sing the Body Electric | 1969 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ray Bradbury | 1975 | Buy on Amazon |
| Long After Midnight | 1976 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ray Bradbury Collected Short Stories | 1979 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Stories of Ray Bradbury | 1980 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Last Circus and the Electrocution (Short Story) | 1980 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dinosaur Tales (Short Story) | 1984 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Memory of Murder | 1984 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Toynbee Convector | 1988 | Buy on Amazon |
| Selected from Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed | 1990 | Buy on Amazon |
| Classic Stories 2 | 1990 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Ray Bradbury Chronicles 1 ( With: Al Williamson, Kent Williams, John Van Fleet, P. Craig Russell, Ralp Reese, Ray Zone, Chuck Roblin, Vicente Segrelles) | 1992 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ray Bradbury Chronicles, Vol 4 (Short Story) | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| Quicker Than the Eye | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
| Driving Blind | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| One More for the Road | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Stories Volume 2 | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Cat's Pajamas | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Now and Forever | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| We'll Always Have Paris | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Pleasure to Burn | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: Critical Edition Vol 1 | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: Critical Edition Vol 2 | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: Critical Edition Vol 3 | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Killer, Come Back To Me | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Venus Remembered (Short Story) | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Across the Sullen Void (Short Story) | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
Ray Bradbury Short Stories/Novellas
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Poems (Short Story) | 1945 | Buy on Amazon |
| Skeletons (Short Story) | 1945 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Homecoming (Short Story) | 1946 | Buy on Amazon |
| Zero Hour (Short Story) | 1947 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Black Ferris (Short Story) | 1948 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Blue Bottle / Death-Wish (Short Story) | 1950 | Buy on Amazon |
| There Will Come Soft Rains (Short Story) | 1950 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Veldt (Short Story) | 1950 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Sound of Thunder (Short Story) | 1951 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Fog Horn | 1951 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Playground (Short Story) | 1953 | Buy on Amazon |
| All Summer in a Day (Short Story) | 1954 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Mummies of Guanajuato | 1978 | Buy on Amazon |
| One Timeless Spring | 1980 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Love Affair (Short Story) | 1982 | Buy on Amazon |
| Death Has Lost Its Charm For Me (Short Story) | 1987 | Buy on Amazon |
| Fever Dream (Short Story) | 1987 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Thing at the Top of the Stairs | 1988 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Chapbook for Burnt-Out Priests, Rabbis, and Ministers (Short Story) | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Dragon Who Ate His Tail (Short Story) | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Marionettes, Inc. (Short Story) | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Defense Mech (Short Story) | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
Ray Bradbury Non-Fiction Books
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Why Man Explores ( With: Norman Cousins, Jacques-Yves Cousteau) | 1977 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Art of Playboy | 1985 | Buy on Amazon |
| Zen in the Art of Writing | 1987 | Buy on Amazon |
| Folon's Folons (Short Story) | 1990 | Buy on Amazon |
| Yestermorrow | 1991 | Buy on Amazon |
| Rod Steiger: Memoirs of a Friendship | 1998 | Buy on Amazon |
| Imagining Space: Achievements, Predictions, Possibilities 1950-2050 | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
| Conversations with Ray Bradbury | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bradbury Speaks | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Match to Flame | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Listen to the Echoes ( With: Sam Weller) | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
Ray Bradbury Poetry Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| When Elephants Last In The Dooryard Bloomed | 1973 | Buy on Amazon |
| Where Robot Mice & Robot Men Run Round in Robot Towns (Short Story) | 1977 | Buy on Amazon |
| This Attic Where the Meadow Greens (Short Story) | 1979 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Haunted Computer and the Android Pope (Short Story) | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Complete Poems of Ray Bradbury | 1982 | Buy on Amazon |
Screenplays/Plays Series
Pillar of Fire and Other Plays for Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond Tomorrow (Short Story)
1975
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Kaleidoscope | 1940 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Anthem Sprinters and Other Antics | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pillar of Fire and Other Plays for Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond Tomorrow (Short Story) | 1975 | Buy on Amazon |
| Nemo! (Short Story) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
Weird Tales Series
Weird Tales 3 ( By: Robert Bloch, Tanith Lee, Robert E. Howard, Evangeline Walton)
1981
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Weird Tales 1 ( By: Lin Carter) | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| Weird Tales 2 ( By: Robert Bloch, Tanith Lee, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard) | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| Weird Tales 3 ( By: Robert Bloch, Tanith Lee, Robert E. Howard, Evangeline Walton) | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| Weird Tales 4 ( With: Robert E. Howard) | 1983 | Buy on Amazon |
Ray Bradbury Graphic Novels Series with Tim Hamilton, Ron Wimberly
Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles: The Authorized Adaptation ( With: Howard Zimmerman, Dennis Calero)
2011
Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles: The Authorized Adaptation ( By: Dennis Calero)
2011
Something Wicked This Way Comes: The Authorized Adaptation (Short Story) ( With: Ron Wimberly)
2011
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation ( With: Tim Hamilton) | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles: The Authorized Adaptation ( With: Howard Zimmerman, Dennis Calero) | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles: The Authorized Adaptation ( By: Dennis Calero) | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes: The Authorized Adaptation (Short Story) ( With: Ron Wimberly) | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
The Last Interview Series
Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Roberto Bolaño)
2009
Hannah Arendt: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Hannah Arendt)
2013
James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: James Baldwin, Quincy Troupe)
2014
Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Martin Luther King Jr.)
2017
Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations ( By: Ursula K. Le Guin)
2019
Billie Holiday: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Billie Holiday, Khanya Mtshali)
2019
Frida Kahlo: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Frida Kahlo)
2020
Shirley Chisholm: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Shirley Chisholm)
2021
Fred Rogers: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Fred Rogers)
2021
Johnny Cash: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Johnny Cash)
2021
Janet Malcolm: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Melville House)
2022
bell hooks: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: bell hooks)
2023
Octavia E. Butler: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations ( By: Melville House)
2023
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Learning to Live Finally (Short Story) ( By: Jacques Derrida) | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Roberto Bolaño) | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kurt Vonnegut ( By: Kurt Vonnegut) | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Jorge Luis Borges ( By: Jorge Luis Borges) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hannah Arendt: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Hannah Arendt) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: James Baldwin, Quincy Troupe) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview (Short Story) ( With: Sam Weller) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Gabriel García Márquez (Short Story) ( By: Gabriel García Márquez) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lou Reed (Short Story) ( By: Lou Reed) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ernest Hemingway (Short Story) ( By: Ernest Hemingway) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Nora Ephron: The Last Interview ( By: Nora Ephron) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Philip K. Dick ( By: Philip K. Dick) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| J. D. Salinger ( By: J.D. Salinger) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Oliver Sacks (Short Story) ( By: Oliver Sacks) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Jane Jacobs (Short Story) ( By: Jane Jacobs) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| David Bowie ( By: David Bowie) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Martin Luther King Jr.) | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Christopher Hitchens ( By: Christopher Hitchens) | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hunter S. Thompson ( By: Hunter S. Thompson) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kathy Acker: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations ( By: Kathy Acker) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Julia Child: The Last Interview and Other Conversations ( By: Julia Child) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations ( By: Ursula K. Le Guin) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Billie Holiday: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Billie Holiday, Khanya Mtshali) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Graham Greene: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations ( By: Graham Greene) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Toni Morrison: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations ( By: Toni Morrison) | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Frida Kahlo: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Frida Kahlo) | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Shirley Chisholm: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Shirley Chisholm) | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| Fred Rogers: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Fred Rogers) | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| Johnny Cash: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Johnny Cash) | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| John Lewis: The Last Interview and Other Conversations ( By: Melville House) | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| Janet Malcolm: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: Melville House) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kurt Cobain: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations ( By: Melville House) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| bell hooks: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (Short Story) ( By: bell hooks) | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
| Octavia E. Butler: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations ( By: Melville House) | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
Ray Bradbury Anthologies
Alfred Hitchcock's Monster Museum: Twelve Shuddery Stories for Daring Young Readers
1965
They Came from Outer Space: 12 Classic Science Fiction Tales That Became Major Motion Pictures
1979
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century
1980
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Invasion From Mars:Interplanetary Stories | 1949 | Buy on Amazon |
| Star Science Fiction Stories 3 | 1955 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories | 1956 | Buy on Amazon |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents 13 More Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | 1957 | Buy on Amazon |
| Stories for the Dead of Night | 1957 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Ghoul Keepers | 1961 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Bedside Playboy | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| Alfred Hitchcock's Monster Museum: Twelve Shuddery Stories for Daring Young Readers | 1965 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Microcosmic God | 1965 | Buy on Amazon |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Scared Even Me | 1967 | Buy on Amazon |
| Worlds to Come: New Science Fiction Adventures | 1967 | Buy on Amazon |
| Time Untamed | 1967 | Buy on Amazon |
| 21 Great Stories | 1969 | Buy on Amazon |
| Nova 1 | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| Young Demons | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| Space Suits & Gumshoes | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Devil's Generation | 1973 | Buy on Amazon |
| Galaxy Science Fiction - October 1973 | 1973 | Buy on Amazon |
| Gooseflesh | 1974 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... | 1974 | Buy on Amazon |
| Beyond Midnight | 1976 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22nd Series | 1976 | Buy on Amazon |
| Extraterrestrial Intelligence | 1976 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Late Great Future | 1976 | Buy on Amazon |
| The 10th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories | 1977 | Buy on Amazon |
| Weird Legacies | 1977 | Buy on Amazon |
| Rod Serling's Other Worlds | 1978 | Buy on Amazon |
| They Came from Outer Space: 12 Classic Science Fiction Tales That Became Major Motion Pictures | 1979 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ghosts That Haunt You | 1980 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century | 1980 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror | 1980 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dark Forces | 1980 | Buy on Amazon |
| Weekend Book of Science Fiction | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| Scaremongers | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| Perspectives in Literature: A Book of Short Stories, Vol. 1 | 1983 | Buy on Amazon |
| 13 Horrors of Halloween | 1983 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories | 1984 | Buy on Amazon |
| Fourth Planet from the Sun | 1984 | Buy on Amazon |
| Crime SuspenStories | 1986 | Buy on Amazon |
| Cutting Edge | 1986 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ready or Not: Here Come Fourteen Frightening Stories! | 1987 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mysterious Sea Stories | 1987 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Monster Book of Monsters | 1988 | Buy on Amazon |
| Science Fiction Stories | 1988 | Buy on Amazon |
| Weird Science | 1989 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tales of the Occult | 1989 | Buy on Amazon |
| Great Baseball Stories | 1990 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Horror Hall of Fame | 1991 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces | 1992 | Buy on Amazon |
| Monsters in Our Midst | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Ultimate Witch | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| Sea-Cursed | 1994 | Buy on Amazon |
| Space Movies | 1995 | Buy on Amazon |
| Night Screams | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dark Terrors 3 | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| Time Machines | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings | 1998 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic | 1998 | Buy on Amazon |
| Eleventh Annual Collection | 1998 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
| October Dreams | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Writer's Guide to Fantasy Literature | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Writing Los Angeles | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Murder On The Railways | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dark Delicacies | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Tangled Web | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Nightmares on Congress Street, Part V | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Masques V | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Selected Shorts | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best of Cemetery Dance II | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Zombies: Encounters with the Hungry Dead | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Wally Wood’s EC Stories: Artist's Edition | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Like Water for Quarks | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Carnivàle of Horror | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Psychos | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Other Worlds | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Guys Read: Other Worlds | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Time Traveler's Almanac | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Fantastic Stories Presents | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Parallàxis: A twist in the mind | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Field of Fantasies | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Science Fiction Gems, Volume Ten, Robert Sheckley and Others | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Darker Terrors 7 | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| The 12th Science Fiction MEGAPACK® | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Grave Predictions | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lost Mars | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Science Fiction Collection # 1 | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Flight or Fright | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Science Fiction Gems, Volume 15, Milton Lessor and Others | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| 99 Classic Science-Fiction Short Stories | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Science Fiction Collection | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| One Hundred | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Planet Stories Super Pack # 2 | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Ultimate Short Story Bundle | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
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