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 (brăd′bĕr′ē, -bə-rē), Ray Douglas 1920-2012.
American writer of science fiction mingled with social commentary. His works include The Martian Chronicles (1950) and Fahrenheit 451 (1953).
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Bradbury

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1. (Biography) Sir Malcolm (Stanley). 1932–2000, British novelist and critic. His novels include The History Man (1975), Rates of Exchange (1983), Cuts (1988), and Doctor Criminale (1992)
2. (Biography) Ray. 1920–2012, US science-fiction writer. His novels include Fahrenheit 451 (1953), Death is a Lonely Business (1986), and A Graveyard for Lunatics (1990)
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Lewis and Clarke, Bradbury, Breckenridge, Long, Franchere, and Ross Cox, and make a general acknowledgment of aid received from these quarters.
In a concluding chapter, the authors summarize their critical viewpoint while briefly discussing several later works--The Halloween Tree (1972), Green Shadows, White Whale (1992), and From the Dust Returned (2001)--that feature some of the aspects of carnival and Bradbury's lifelong concerns with metaphors, myths, and masks.
Weller's portrait of Ray Bradbury captures the contradictions of the writer who envisioned rocket travel to outer space but never learned to drive a car or operate a computer.
(International sales: Frontline Films, Wilson's Creek, New South Wales.) Produced by David Bradbury, Peter Scott.
BRADBURY STAR, winner of 18 of his 58 races including two Mackeson Gold Cups, has died at the age of 19, writes Andrew Scutts.
Mark Bradbury was found dead in his Warrington home, on Station Road, in Poultonwith-Fearnhead, on August 4.
The group behind the yearslong effort to open a museum honoring Ray Bradbury in the late author's childhood hometown of Waukegan will launch a fundraising campaign next week.
Former invoice clerk Lesley Bradbury, 50, knifed Gary Moore in a 'pathological' rage when she discovered he had unloaded several items she had packed in their car.
Bradbury argues that the circuit court erred by deciding to consolidate the two malpractice actions for purposes of the statute of limitations trial and in using certain language for the special verdict form, which was based on a pattern instruction.
Julian Bradbury left West Highland Terriers Ted and Poppy inside for nearly an hour and 20 minutes in 26C temperatures on the day of England's World Cup semi-final on July 11.
Dr Myles Bradbury is currently serving a 16-year sentence for sex attacks against young boys at Addenbrooke's Hospital, in Cambridge, between 2009 and 2013.