Awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, recognizing a lifetime of influential literary works, Ray Bradbury wrote from a desire to “live forever”. Through sci fi, fantasy, horror and mystery to ...

Ray Bradbury is perhaps the bridge between the early visionaries of science fiction and our currently catalogue of Marvel and Star Wars. And it all started just north of Chicago, in Waukegan, Illinois ...

The Ray Bradbury Center at Indiana University Indianapolis celebrates the late author as a space-age visionary who championed public libraries, defended First Amendment rights and promoted literacy.

On this day in 1920, the late, great Ray Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois, which is the real-life inspiration for "Green Town," the setting of many of Ray's most beloved works, including ...

The Waukegan Park District will host the 25th annual Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine Arts & Music Festival from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16, at Bowen Park, 1800 N. Sheridan Road, Waukegan. The ...

Tales of body-snatching aliens and apocalyptic super-flus by Ray Bradbury, Stephen King and more double as time capsules of American fear. By Michael Koryta As spooky season approaches, the master of ...

The city of Simpsonville, South Carolina, could soon have an official city anthem. The song and music video for "Simpsonville (Simply Home)" by Steve Eager and friends can be watched here or below. A ...

Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, recorded in New York City on August 10, 1983. Isaac Asimov, who died at the age of 72 in 1992, was considered, along with Ray Bradbury ...

Even his multitude of short stories — "A Sound of Thunder," "The Pedestrian," and "The Veldt" all come to mind — introduced and explored matters of society and technology that only seem more relevant ...

The Illinois writer Ray Bradbury grew up in Green Town. So did Ernest Hemingway. For Bradbury, Green Town was Waukegan. For Hemingway, it was Oak Park. I can’t imagine a greener town than Oak Park, ...

In a lighthearted 2004 interview with film critic and historian Leonard Maltin, legendary sci-fi author and futurist Ray Bradbury reflected on his personal friendship with Walt Disney, offering rare ...