The Bradbury Chronicles (44 page)

ARTICLES, PAMPHLETS, UNPUBLISHED INTERVIEWS, UNPUBLISHED SPEECHES, AND OTHER MATERIALS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 “How I Wrote My Book,” unpublished essay, 1950.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 “My Demon, Not Afraid of Happiness,” unpublished essay, 2002.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 Unpublished interview transcripts with Ray Bradbury, 1971.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.

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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

death 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