Bradbury: Illustrated Life, a Journey to Far Metaphor

by Weist, Jerry; Albright, Donn; Bradbury, Ray

• ISBN13: 9780060011826
• ISBN10: 0060011823
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-09-12
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

In this lavishly illustrated labor of love, Jerry Weist -- Sotheby's fantasy and science fiction collectibles expert and longtime Ray Bradbury friend and collector -- gives us a unique "visual biography," a one-of-a-kind celebration of the life, career, and genius of one of America's most beloved literary giants. The works of Ray Bradbury have been read and revered for more than half a century. The winner of countless awards and accolades, including a Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation, he has left a deeper, more enduring imprint on our times than most writers of his or any generation. The source of The Martian Chronicles, father of The Illustrated Man, and master brewer of Dandelion Wine, Bradbury has penned stories, novels, stage plays, and screenplays that have long demonstrated the limitlessness of the human imagination and pure power of the word. Bradbury: An Illustrated Life features magazine illustrations, movie stills and posters, comic book art, letters, scripts, book jackets, and paintings -- all expertly selected and insightfully explained -- that trace an incomparable artist's journey through the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. Here also are rare and illuminating gems from some of his renowned compatriots and collaborators, including excerpts from the journal of legendary director Fran ois Truffaut, written during the making of the motion picture version of Bradbury's classic Fahrenheit 451. From his groundbreaking involvement with EC Comics -- which would ultimately inspire generations of comic book creators and graphic novel artists -- through his many decades of literary success, as well as his award-winning work in films, theater, and television, to the present day, the world of the incomparable Ray Bradbury comes vibrantly alive in words and pictures, in photo and ink, in conceptual art and bold living color. Bradbury: An Illustrated Life belongs in the collection of anyone who has ever been moved, astounded, elated, terrified, or inspired by the tales, ideas, dreams, and magnificent visions of America's preeminent storyteller.

Author Biography

Jerry Weist is an artist, consultant, and designer, and the author

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction: Journey to Far Metaphor by Ray Bradbury	p. xix
Early Life, Early Fandom	p. 1
From Pulps to Slicks	p. 21
To Hardcovers and Paperbacks	p. 49
EC Comics and Ray Bradbury: The Untold Story	p. 89
The Modern Renaissance Man: Bradbury on Radio and Television, and in the Movies	p. 115
The Theater and Ray Bradbury: From Private Passions to Public Performances	p. 145
Drawing Metaphors: The Art of Ray Bradbury	p. 167
Bradbury at the Millennium: Poetry, Later Books, and Marginalia	p. 177
Index	p. 193
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