NPR stories about Ray Bradbury
You Must Read This
Bradbury's Tale: A 'Wicked' Read, A Haunted Book
April 26, 2012 It wasn't just the creepy carnival that drew Seth Grahame-Smith to Something Wicked This Way Comes. It was also the book's frank portrayal of parents who don't behave like grown-ups. Do you remember when you realized your parents weren't perfect? Tell us about it in the comments.
Summer Books 2011
Your Picks: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
August 11, 2011 More than 5,000 of you nominated. More than 60,000 of you voted. And now the results are in. Explore the winners of NPR's Top 100 Science-Fiction and Fantasy survey — an intriguing mix of classic and contemporary titles.
Book Reviews
Bradbury Classic In Vivid, 'Necessary' Graphic Form
July 30, 2009 Ray Bradbury's novel about a futuristic America where books are not merely banned but burned remains one of science fiction's most popular works. And now it's one of the best graphic novels of 2009.
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Bradbury's Fiction Reignites An Author's Faith
July 30, 2009 Author Alice Hoffman says the world rendered in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 "is a place of great heart and wisdom, a universe of huge imagination where nothing is off-limits."
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Reimagining 'Fahrenheit 451' As A Graphic Novel
July 30, 2009 Ray Bradbury's 1953 classic has been adapted for a new medium. Graphic novelist Tim Hamilton reimagines the book in a classic comic book visual style.
Critics' Lists: Summer '07
Savor the Season with a Picnic of Good Books
June 4, 2007 Summer is the season we can finally tackle the books that have been piling up on our desks and forming small mountains on the floor. Book critic Alan Cheuse offers a selection of some of the best books of late spring and early summer, and some classics that are always present in his literary landscape.
Summer Books 2007: Excerpts
Excerpt: 'Farewell Summer: A Novel'
June 4, 2007 Ray Bradbury writes of summertime: "There are those days which seem a taking in of breath, which, held, suspends the whole earth in its waiting. Some summers refuse to end." Recommended by Alan Cheuse, Farewell Summer is the sequel to Bradbury's much-beloved Dandelion Wine.
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Author Interviews
A Quest For Roots Uncovers Ordinary People
Lawrence Jackson went on a quest to find his late grandfather's home in Virginia.






