Becoming Ray Bradbury.
Title:
Becoming Ray Bradbury.
Author:
Eller, Jonathan R.
ISBN:
9780252093357
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (361 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1 From the Nursery to the Library -- 2 L.A. High and the Science Fiction League -- 3 Hannes Bok and the Lorelei -- 4 NYCon 1939 -- 5 Futuria Fantasia -- 6 From the Fanzines to the Prozines -- 7 Early Disappointments: The Science Fiction Pulps -- Part II -- 8 Living in Two Worlds -- 9 Reading about Writing -- 10 Early Mentors: Hamilton, Williamson, and Brackett -- 11 "Chrysalis": Bradbury and Henry Kuttner -- 12 A New World of Reading -- 13 An Emerging Sense of Critical Judgment -- 14 On the Shoulders of Giants -- 15 The Road to Autumn's House -- Part III -- 16 Exploring the Human Mind -- 17 Exploring the Human Condition -- 18 With the Blessings of His Mentors -- 19 New Stories and New Opportunities -- 20 Life and Death in Mexico -- 21 Transitions: Bradbury and Don Congdon -- 22 The Power of Love -- 23 From Arkham to New York -- 24 Obsessed with Perfection -- 25 Dark Carnival -- Part IV -- 26 Lifetime Partnerships -- 27 The Illinois Novel -- 28 Bradbury and Modernity -- 29 Modernist Alternatives -- 30 Finding His Own Way -- 31 The Anthology Game -- 32 Paradise Postponed -- 33 Broadening Horizons -- 34 The Miracle Year: Winter and Spring -- 35 The Miracle Year: Summer and Fall -- Part V -- 36 Critical Praise, Private Worries -- 37 New York, 1951 -- 38 Controversial Fictions -- 39 New Worlds: Graphic and Television Adaptations -- 40 The Wheel of Fortune -- 41 Joe Mugnaini and The Golden Apples of the Sun -- 42 Bantam and Ballantine -- 43 Hollywood at Last -- 44 Political Controversy -- 45 Fahrenheit 451 -- 46 The Last Night of the World -- Notes -- Index -- Illustrations follow pages 96 and 210 -- Illustrations follow pages 96 and 210.
Abstract:
Becoming Ray Bradbury chronicles the making of an iconic American writer. Jonathan R. Eller measures the impact of the authors, artists, illustrators, and filmmakers who stimulated Ray Bradbury's imagination. Unprecedented access to Bradbury's personal papers and other private collections provides insight into his emerging talent through his unpublished correspondence, his rare but often insightful notes on writing, and his interactions with those who mentored him during his early years. _x000B_This biography follows Bradbury's development from avid reader to maturing author, making a living writing for pulp magazines. Bradbury's correspondence documents his frustrating encounters with the major trade publishing houses and his reflections on the nature of authorship. Eller traces the sources of Bradbury's very conscious decisions, following the sudden success of The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man, to voice controversial political statements in his fiction._x000B_.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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