by Sam Weller
Credit: Barry Brecheisen
Ray Bradbury at home, February 2010.
Credit: Zen Sekizawa
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
ARTICLES, PAMPHLETS, UNPUBLISHED INTERVIEWS, UNPUBLISHED SPEECHES, AND OTHER MATERIALS
Bradbury, Ray. “The Aesthetics of Lostness,” Designers West, November 1988.
———. “Beautiful Bad Weather,” National Geographic Traveler, May–June 2000.
———. Book review, “Fellini’s Films,” Los Angeles Times Book Review, Nov. 27, 1977.
———. “George, Marlene and Me,” Life, July 1991.
———. “How I Wrote My Book,” unpublished essay, 1950.
———. “Letter to the Republican Party,” Daily Variety, Nov. 10, 1952.
———. “My Demon, Not Afraid of Happiness,” unpublished essay, 2002.
———. “The Renaissance Prince and the Baptist Martian,” Horizon, July 1979.
———. Speech for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Award at the National Book Awards, Nov. 15, 2000.
———. Speech at the Sons of the Desert annual banquet, Oct. 6, 2001.
Bradley, Matthew. “An Interview with SF Legend Ray Bradbury,” Outré, vol. 1, no. 4, 1995.
“Breaking Open the Mall,” Newsweek, Apr. 18, 1988.
Congdon, Don. Unpublished interview transcripts with Ray Bradbury, 1971.
Conlin, Christopher. “The Many Fathers of Martin Sloan,” Filmfax, December 2000–January 2001.
Cunningham, Craig. UCLA Oral History Program Transcript, 1961.
“Dies After Being Sick Long While,” Waukegan News-Sun, June 5, 1926.
“Father of Author Bradbury Is Dead,” Waukegan News-Sun, Oct. 21, 1957.
Graham, Craig. “Ray Bradbury on the Waterfront: Interview,” H2O: The Magazine of Waterfront Culture, quarterly, 2000.
Kunert, Arnold. “Ray Bradbury on Hitchcock and Other Magic of the Screen,” Take One, May–June 1972.
“Moberg Dies from Bandit Shot,” Waukegan News-Sun, Oct. 24, 1932.
“North Chicago Bandit Victim Dies of Wounds,” Independent Recorder, Oct. 27, 1932.
Prescott, Orville, book review, Fahrenheit 451, New York Times, Oct. 21, 1953.
“Program of 4-Day Event Announced,” Waukegan News-Sun, Aug. 31, 1932.
Siskel, Gene. Film review, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Chicago Tribune, May 3, 1983.
State of Illinois Birth Certificate, Ray Douglas Bradbury, Lake County Clerk’s Record #4750.
State of Illinois Certificate of Birth Record, “Bradbury,” “Female.”
State of Illinois Death Certificate of Betty Jane Bradbury.
State of Illinois Death Certificate of Lester Thomas Moberg.
State of Illinois Death Certificate of Samuel Hinkston Bradbury.
State of Illinois Death Certificate of Samuel Hinkston Bradbury III.
“Thief Fires Upon Victim of Robbery,” Oct. 18, 1932, edition of the Waukegan News-Sun.
Tibetts, John C. “The Third Elephant,” Outré, no. 19, 2000.
Transcripts for Nevada Marian Bradbury, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
United States Department of Justice, Freedom of Information/Privacy Act No. 0966766-001.
“Up Close: Architect Jon Jerde,” Planning, December 2000.
U.S. Individual Income Tax Return for Ray and Marguerite Bradbury.
“WAR DECLARED BY U.S.,” Los Angeles Evening Herald Express, Dec. 8, 1941.
“Waukegan History on View,” Waukegan News-Sun, Nov. 5, 1984.
Weller, Sam. “Semper Sci-Fi,” Chicago Tribune Magazine, Aug. 13, 2000.
Wetzel, Eric. “The Firebrand,” Book, September–October 2003.
“Yard Scrapbook,” special collection of the Waukegan Historical Society.
BOOKS
Asimov, Isaac. Asimov on Science Fiction. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1981.
Baecque, Antoine de, and Serge Toubiana. Truffaut: A Biography. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.
Blackstone, Harry, Jr. The Blackstone Book of Magic & Illusion. New York: Newmarket Press, 1985.
Bower, Paul, and Stephen Nissenbaum, eds. The Salem Witchcraft Papers. New York: Da Capo Press, 1977.
Clute, John, and Peter Nicholls, eds., Brian Stableford, cont. ed., and John Grant, tech ed., The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 1995.
Cunningham, Jesse G., ed., and Laura K. Egendorf, asst. ed. The McCarthy Hearings. New York: Greenhaven Press, 2003.
Dunaway, David King. Huxley in Hollywood. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1989.
Eller, Jonathan R., and William F. Touponce. Ray Bradbury: The Life of Fiction. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2004.
Fishgall, Gary. Gregory Peck: A Biography. New York: Scribner, 2002.
Grobel, Lawrence. The Hustons. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1989.
Hillman, James. The Soul’s Code. New York: Random House, 1996.
Huston, John. An Open Book. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980.
Jacob, Gilles, and Claude de Givray. François Truffaut: Correspondence 1945–1984. New York: Cooper Square Press, 2000.
Johnson, Wayne L. Ray Bradbury. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Company, 1980.
Katz, Ephraim. The Film Encyclopedia. New York: HarperPerennial, 2001.
King, Stephen. Danse Macabre. New York: Everest House, 1981.
Kunitz, Stanley, and Howard Haycraft, eds. 20th Century Authors. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1955.
Lapham, William Berry. The Bradbury Memorial: Records of Some of the Descendents of Thomas Bradbury, with a Brief Sketch of the Bradburys of England. Portland, ME: Brown Thurston & Company, 1890.
Madsen, Axel. John Huston. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978.
Mogen, David. Ray Bradbury. Boston, MA: Twayne Publishers, 1986.
Navasky, Victor. Naming Names. New York: Viking Press, 1980.
Nolan, William F. The Ray Bradbury Companion. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1975.
Osling, Louise, and Julia Osling. Historical Highlights of the Waukegan Area. Waukegan, IL: The Waukegan Historical Society and The City of Waukegan, Bicentennial Commission, 1976.
Pohl, Frederik. The Way the Future Was. New York: Ballantine Publishing Group, 1978.
Porges, Irwin. Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Man Who Created Tarzan. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1975.
Presnell, Don, and Marty McGee. A Critical History of Television’s The Twilight Zone, 1959–1964. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1998.
Samuels, Ernest, with the collaboration of Jayne Newcomer Samuels. Bernard Berenson: The Making of a Legend. Cambridge, MA, and London, England: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1987.
Sander, Gordon F. Rod Serling: The Rise and Twilight of Television’s Last Angry Man. New York: Dutton, 1992.
Schwartz, Julius, with Brian M. Thomsen. Man of Two Worlds: My Life in Science Fiction and Comics. New York: Harper Entertainment, 2000.
Van der Vat, Dan. Pearl Harbor: The Day of Infamy—An Illustrated History. New York: Basic Books, 2001.
Viertel, Peter. Dangerous Friends: At Large with Huston and Hemingway in the Fifties. New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 1992.
Walker, Paul, ed. Speaking of Science Fiction: The Paul Walker Interviews. Oradell, NJ: Luna Publications, 1978.
Waukegan Historical Society. Waukegan Illinois. Chicago: Arcadia, 2000.
Weist, Jerry. Bradbury: An Illustrated Life. New York: William Morrow, 2002.
Williams, Lorraine D., ed. Buck Rogers: The First 60 Years in the 25th Century. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR Incorporated, 1988.
Williamson, Jack. Wonder’s Child: My Life in Science Fiction. Chappaqua, NY: BlueJay Books, 1985.
INDEX
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Academy Awards, 266,
284
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 40, 93, 284
Ackerman, Forrest J, 85, 86–87, 90, 93, 95, 96, 104, 311, 328–29
Addams, Charles, 20, 136, 142, 153–54, 322
“Aesthetics of Lostness, The” (Bradbury), 292–93
African Americans, 53–54, 117, 123–24, 168, 181–82, 302–3
African Queen, The (film), 178, 211, 244, 316
Ahmed and the Oblivion Machines (Bradbury), 319
Albright, Donn, 52, 314, 319
Aldrin, Edwin (Buzz), 29, 46, 276, 282
Alfred A. Knopf, 283, 285, 287–88, 298, 313, 319
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV show), 237–38
Allen, Gracie, 72, 76–77, 83
“All Summer in a Day” (Bradbury), 251–52
Amazing Stories Quarterly, 43, 95, 102
American Journey, The (Bradbury), 264
American Mercury, 121, 124, 133
Amet, Edward H., 15
Anderson, John, 215
Anderson, Mary, 186
Anderson, Sherwood, 103, 154
“—and the Moon Be Still as Bright” (Bradbury), 73, 158
“And the Rock Cried Out” (Bradbury story), 208, 246
animated films, 264–66, 271, 285–87, 316
“Anthem Sprinters, The” (Bradbury), 270
Anthony, Anne, 128, 326
Apollo program, 276–79, 282–83, 284, 300, 327
“April Witch, The” (Bradbury), 188
architecture, 7, 67–68, 262–63, 269, 272, 290–93
“Ardent Blasphemers, The” (Bradbury), 264
Arizona, University of, 36–37
Arkham House, 101, 116, 120, 122, 143, 153, 258
Armstrong, Neil, 282
Aronica, Lou, 319
art, 3, 184–86, 188–89, 233, 259
cover, 2, 3, 4, 20, 30, 131, 132, 237, 316, 322
Asimov, Isaac, 85, 96, 115, 159
Asimov on Science Fiction (Asimov), 96
Astounding Science Fiction, 98, 104, 107
Atlantis Films, 312
atomic war, 155, 168, 202, 203, 253
“Austin and Jaustin” (Bradbury), 65
autographs, 69–71, 74, 76, 95, 162, 238
Avon Books, 319
Bakhtin, Mikhail, 57
Ballantine, Ian, 203, 204, 214, 228–29, 255
Ballantine Books, 203–5, 207–8, 260
“Banshee” (Bradbury), 312–13
Bantam Books, 176–77, 187, 203, 284
Barrera, Eddie, 72, 74, 75, 80
Barrows, George, 132
Barrymore, John, 89
Bates, Katharine Lee, 30
Baum, L. Frank, 30, 88, 317
Beach, Grant, 100, 111–12, 120, 121, 124–30, 132–33, 185
Beach, Mr., 111, 112
Beach, Mrs., 111–12, 132, 185
Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, The (film), 217–18
Beat the Devil (film), 217, 218, 306
“Beautiful Bad Weather” (Bradbury), 216
Becoming a Writer (Brande), 92
Benjamin, Ben, 177, 196–97
Benny, Jack, 84, 91
Berendo Junior High School, 70, 73, 74
Berenson, Bernard, 206–7, 231–33, 242, 245–47, 261
Best American One-Act Plays of 1947–48, The, 151
Best American Short Stories (1946), 133, 137, 141, 142, 146, 151, 177
Best American Short Stories (1948), 151–52, 177
Best American Short Stories (1952), 182
Best American Short Stories (1958), 251
“Big Black and White Game, The” (Bradbury), 53–54, 123–24, 133, 151, 188
Big Sleep, The (film), 109
Billingsley, Barbara, 267
“Birds, The” (Du Maurier), 238
Birds, The (film), 238
Black, Frank, 69
“Black Ferris, The” (Bradbury), 135, 147, 185, 258, 259, 260
Blackstone, Harry, 41–42, 49, 50, 84, 234, 267–68
Blackstone (Waldron), 41
“Bless Me, Father, For I Have Sinned” (Bradbury), 2
Bok, Hans (Hannes), 93, 97, 101, 103, 104
“Bonfire, The” (Bradbury), 199, 200
Boucher, Anthony, 12, 101
Bourguignon, Serge, 281–82
Brackett, Leigh, 101, 107–9, 119, 134
Bradbury, Alexandra Allison (Zana), 6, 7, 31, 266–69, 285, 286, 288, 309, 323, 331
birth of, 249, 288
European travel and, 282, 299
as RB’s assistant, 321, 322, 326–27
Bradbury, Bettina Francion, 6, 31, 235, 245, 250, 266–69, 285, 286, 303, 309, 323, 331
European travels and, 246, 282
marriage of, 315
Bradbury, Bion Edward, Jr., 48
Bradbury, Bion Edward, Sr., 21, 22, 24, 25, 32–33, 48
Bradbury, Edna Hutchinson, 25–26, 48
Bradbury, Elizabeth Jane, 37, 40–41, 71, 107
Bradbury, Esther Marie Moberg, 12, 23–25, 31, 37, 49–54, 57, 60–64, 66, 68, 98, 239, 248, 263, 320, 332
family deaths and, 24, 40, 44, 60
in Los Angeles, 70, 91, 92, 106
RB’s European travel and, 212–13
RB’s relationship with, 25, 27, 29, 31, 36, 44, 50, 102, 125, 140, 157
on road trip, 60–63, 198
Bradbury, Leonard Spaulding, Jr. (Skip), 66, 70–73, 111, 120, 239, 248
in CCC, 72, 73, 88, 110
childhood of, 24, 25, 30, 31, 34–35, 44, 47, 49, 258, 266
death of, 329
Labor Day weekend (1932) and, 55–56, 58–59, 60
at Lake Delavan, 51, 53, 54
in Los Angeles, 70, 72, 88, 89, 91, 106
RB’s arrest and, 117, 118
RB’s relationship with, 34–35, 44, 47, 53, 148, 329
on road trip, 60–63, 198
in Tucson, 63, 65
World War Two and, 106
Bradbury, Leonard Spaulding, Sr. (Leo), 12, 18, 21–25, 27, 30, 31, 33–40, 44, 49–54, 57, 60–66, 155–56, 239, 263
children’s deaths and, 24, 40, 71
death of, 248
jobs of, 22–23, 39, 46, 49, 55, 65, 66, 68, 71, 73, 110, 124
in Los Angeles, 70–74, 88, 89, 91, 92, 106
political views of, 192–93
RB’s European travel and, 212–13, 248
RB’s relationship with, 36, 49–50, 192–93, 213, 245
wanderlust of, 22, 35–37, 39, 60–63, 68, 198
Bradbury, Marguerite McClure (Maggie), 137–41, 147–53, 167, 173, 206, 210–20, 245–52, 257, 259–61, 266–68, 278, 280, 284, 306, 309, 311, 327, 331
art purchases and, 184, 185
death of, 288–89, 327–29
early marital poverty of, 148–52, 328
engagement of, 140, 144, 145
European travel and, 8, 207, 212–20, 222, 224–25, 227, 228, 231–33, 245–47, 282, 299, 304, 315
family background of, 138, 139
as intellectual and book lover, 6, 137, 138, 232
jobs of, 137, 149, 150, 152, 315
marital problems of, 247–49, 288–89, 295–96
marriage of, 54, 141, 147–48, 329
as mother, 166, 234, 247, 268
pregnancies and childbirths of, 152, 157, 159–60, 161, 172, 180, 235, 249, 288
RB’s career helped by, 6, 150, 159, 161, 169, 328
RB’s relationship with, 6, 125, 137–41, 147–53, 247–49, 328, 329
on RB’s work, 8, 137, 145, 197, 208, 319
reclusiveness of, 315–16, 323
Bradbury, Mary Perkins, 16–18, 199
Bradbury, Mary Spaulding, 18–19
Bradbury, Minnie Alice Davis, 21–23, 29, 42–43, 79
death of, 92
husband’s death and, 33–34
in Los Angeles, 88, 91, 92
Bradbury, Nevada Marion (Neva), 21–24, 34, 42, 188, 239, 271
artistic nature of, 7, 29, 30, 31, 39–40, 67
d
eath of, 128, 326
as lesbian, 128
in Los Angeles, 81, 88, 91
RB’s correspondence with, 64, 165
RB’s relationship with, 7, 29–32, 35, 38, 39, 44, 63, 64, 66, 67, 91, 197, 266
Bradbury, Ramona Anne, 6, 31, 180, 202, 203, 234, 239, 245, 250, 266–69, 285, 286, 289, 309, 320, 323
European travel and, 212–20, 225, 227, 228, 231, 246, 282
marriage of, 315
Bradbury, Ray Douglas:
acting of, 64, 83, 99–100, 110, 269
admiration and appreciation valued by, 5, 26, 64, 68, 225, 234, 295, 324
appearance of, 63, 77, 94, 100, 107, 108, 137, 324
arrest of, 116–18
author’s visits with, 3–8
awards and honors of, 4, 20, 133, 144, 151, 163, 236, 251, 278–79, 313, 316, 322–24, 331–32
as belonging to all generations, 1–2
birth memory of, 11–12, 140
boisterousness of, 9, 85, 102, 281, 288
book reviewing of, 298–99
bottle-feeding of, 25, 36, 140
childhood of, 7, 11–14, 21, 25–28, 25–52, 135, 143, 144, 153, 160, 184, 198, 229, 240–41, 258, 266
collaborative work of, 104, 106–7, 109, 142, 153–54, 244–45
coming of age of, 52–53, 55–56
confidence of, 83, 107, 116, 270, 281, 293
cross-country and road trips of, 60–63, 63–66, 93–95, 124–31, 141–42, 157, 162, 198, 302–4
cultural influence of, 9, 11, 144, 168, 180–81, 252, 256, 264, 276–77, 284, 330–32
dark side and fears of, 25, 31, 34–35, 40–41, 43, 75, 78, 97, 100, 106, 114, 116–18, 126–27, 160, 183, 226, 263
depression of, 222, 239
drive and determination of, 29, 65, 76, 77, 81, 82, 102, 108, 234, 322
drug use rejected by, 175–76
eating habits of, 8, 25, 36, 91, 94, 108, 125, 126, 130, 150, 157, 199–200, 208, 320–21, 326
ego of, 47, 83, 130, 234, 265
energy of, 4, 44, 85, 89, 137, 169, 266, 324
enthusiasm of, 6, 51, 84, 85, 89, 96, 144, 146, 169, 240, 245, 247
European travel and, 8, 46–47, 127–28, 207, 210, 212–33, 245–47, 282–83, 299, 304, 315
extramarital affairs of, 289, 294–96, 300
eyesight problem of, 44, 114, 125, 323
family background of, 16–28, 138
as father, 160, 202, 204, 219, 234, 247, 266–69
flying of, 180, 279, 304
frustration of, 96, 120, 203, 254–57, 319