The Bradbury Chronicles (45 page)

ego of, 47, 83, 130, 234, 265

energy of, 4, 44, 85, 89, 137, 169, 266, 324

enthusiasm of, 6, 51, 84, 85, 89, 96, 144, 146, 169, 240, 245, 247

European travel and, 8, 46–47, 127–28, 207, 210, 212–33, 245–47, 282–83, 299, 304, 315

extramarital affairs of, 289, 294–96, 300

eyesight problem of, 44, 114, 125, 323

family background of, 16–28, 138

as father, 160, 202, 204, 219, 234, 247, 266–69

flying of, 180, 279, 304

frustration of, 96, 120, 203, 254–57, 319

girls as interest of, 53, 56, 72, 80, 91, 137–41

health problems of, 3, 44, 49, 311–12, 320–27

as icon, 1–2, 263, 284, 317, 319

imagination of, 20, 23, 27, 28, 29, 34, 38–39, 42, 44, 64, 95–96, 159, 168, 241, 272

Bradbury, Ray Douglas (
continued
)

income of, 89, 104, 107, 120, 124, 125, 144, 156–57, 160, 187, 202, 204, 212, 237, 259

inner calling of, 38, 77, 162, 177

inner child of, 4, 46, 204

insecurity of, 172–73, 206–7, 231–32, 288, 296

as lecturer, 7, 9, 92, 163–64, 194–95, 256, 289, 302, 317, 326

literary breakthroughs of, 119, 121, 124–25, 127, 134, 136, 146, 187, 298

mass-media and popular-culture influences on, 9, 27–30, 34–35, 43, 66, 70, 261–62, 330, 332

mentors of, 99, 102, 103, 107–10

metaphors of, 2, 3–4, 27–28, 31, 33, 49, 52, 84, 135, 158, 209, 215, 242, 277, 286

multitasking of, 4, 153–54, 183–84, 266

name change considered by, 119

naming of, 12

newspaper selling job of, 88–90, 98, 110, 116, 120, 125, 144

as non-driver, 8, 89, 125, 130, 174, 180

as non-flyer, 180, 212, 226, 277, 279

nostalgia and sentimentality of, 3, 9, 94, 159, 239–40, 250, 254, 291, 293, 314

as optimal behaviorist, 4–5

as outcast and outsider, 28, 34–35, 40, 86, 135, 159

pacifism of, 106, 115

painting of, 286

photos of, 74, 76, 149–50, 295, 304

as “Poet of the Pulps,” 43, 121, 134, 146

political views of, 169, 192–97, 200, 207, 234–35, 252–53, 289, 331

profanity used by, 9, 227–28

pseudonyms of, 93, 101, 104, 124, 125, 129, 282

pushy charm of, 65, 71, 76, 100

reading of, 30, 42–43, 44, 47–49, 81, 91–92, 98, 108–9, 120–21, 157–58, 174, 176–77, 229

religious experience and views of, 8, 68, 118, 147, 329

roller-skating of, 69, 70, 72, 74, 77, 82, 89, 91

school education of, 9, 12, 25, 35, 44, 63, 70, 72, 73, 74, 76, 80–84, 87, 91, 173, 261

self-education of, 9, 91–92, 108–9, 138

sense of humor of, 8–9, 85, 87, 146, 324

sensitivity of, 25, 92, 107, 135, 225, 245

shyness with girls of, 80, 81, 137, 139

as teenager, 7, 25, 68–100, 174, 238

therapy of, 120

“to-do” list of, 290–91

U.S. investigation of, 197, 252–53

virginity lost by, 80, 82

as visionary, 3, 8, 209, 303, 329

as wimp, 44, 74

as World's Fair consultant, 262–64, 284, 296, 298

World War Two and, 106, 110, 114–18

writing advice of, 92, 104, 163–64, 165, 183

Bradbury, Ray Douglas, writings of:

early, 64, 76, 78–79, 81, 82–84, 87, 91, 93–94, 96, 99, 102–3

habits in, 92, 106, 110, 149, 150, 157, 204, 205, 320, 325, 326–27

poetry, 78–79, 82, 83, 87, 93, 101, 146, 293–94

as “purple” and imitative, 81, 93–94, 99, 103, 109, 174

rejections of, 82–83, 96, 135, 144, 151, 152, 320

themes in, 112, 113, 129–30, 155, 168, 182, 203, 239, 254

see also
specific works

Bradbury, Rose M., 21–22

Bradbury, Samuel, 24, 25

Bradbury, Samuel Hinkston, Jr., 21, 24–25, 42, 78

Bradbury, Samuel Hinkston, Sr., 19–26, 29, 52, 155–56, 213

death of, 32–35, 41, 107

library of, 42–43

mining dreams of, 22, 23, 32, 35

Bradbury, Samuel Irving, 18–19, 18–21

Bradbury, Sonnie, 239

Bradbury, Susan Marguerite, 6, 31, 162, 202, 204, 234, 239, 245, 250, 266–69, 285, 286, 289, 309, 323, 331

birth of, 160, 180

European travel and, 212–20, 225, 227, 228, 231, 246, 282

marriages of, 284, 315

Bradbury, Thomas, 16, 17, 18

Bradbury, Walter, 166, 184, 187, 189, 202, 203, 256

Dandelion Wine
and, 241, 242, 244, 255

Martian Chronicles
and, 155–56, 159, 161, 162, 166, 182, 255, 256

RB's correspondence with, 171–72, 182, 240

RB's meetings with, 154–56, 162

Bradbury and Sons, 20–24

Bradbury Stories
(Bradbury), 312, 326

Bradford, Mary Spaulding, 18–19

Bradley, Ray, 118

Brande, Dorthea, 92

Brave New World, A
(Huxley), 174, 209

Brehl, Jennifer, 322, 323

“Bright Phoenix” (Bradbury), 199, 200

Brynner, Yul, 281

Buck Rogers,
64, 318, 326

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,
45–47

Burns, George, 72, 74, 76–77, 83

Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 48, 64, 86, 88, 107, 154, 198, 317

Bush, George W., 330–32

 

Calkins, Dick, 45

Campbell, Bruce, 281

Campbell, John W., 96, 107, 115, 158

Canada, 312, 313

“Candle, The” (Bradbury), 109–10

Capote, Truman, 136, 151, 218

Captain Future,
106

“Carnival” (Bradbury), 258

Carroll, Lucy, 59

Cather, Willa, 103

Cat's Pajamas, The
(Bradbury), 132, 298, 326

Cavett, Morgan, 284

censorship, 17–18, 155, 182, 195, 198, 200, 209, 219, 229, 330, 331

Central School, 35, 39, 41

Century of Progress World's Fair (1933), 66–68, 93, 262–63, 291

Chabon, Michael, 60

Chaffee, Roger, 278

Chandler, Raymond, 108, 109

Chandu the Magician
(radio program), 64, 65

Chaney, Lon, 27, 28, 34, 49, 259, 332

Charm,
124–25, 151, 240

Chase, Borden, 234–35

Chester, Hal, 189–90

Chicago, Ill., 49, 66–67, 93, 157, 162, 214, 262–63

Chicago Tribune Magazine,
3

children's books, RB's writing of, 160, 236, 319

Christie, Julie, 273, 274

“Cistern” (Bradbury), 144

Citizen Kane
(film), 151

civil rights, 123, 168, 182

Clark, Tom, 193

Clarke, Arthur C., 88, 159

Classic Stories 1
(Bradbury), 241

Clayton, Jack, 227, 306–9

Cobean, Sam, 142

Collier, John, 103, 251

Collier's,
124–25, 129, 134, 142, 151

Collins, Michael, 282

comics, 7, 13–14, 30, 45–47, 64, 65–66, 70, 81, 138, 147, 229, 305, 329

Communism, 193–97, 199, 203, 234–35, 252–53

Congdon, Don, 32, 142–43, 241

as RB's agent, 146–47, 152, 154–56, 161, 162, 166, 168–69, 176, 179, 184, 197, 200, 202, 203–4, 209, 214, 228–29, 255, 257, 259, 260, 319, 323, 325

RB's correspondence with, 129–30, 131, 146–47

Conlon, Christopher, 254

Conrad, Pete, 276

Coolidge, Calvin, 40

Cooper, Gary, 75

Copy,
173–74

Corwin, Norman, 131, 145–46, 152, 157, 160, 161–62, 177, 192, 251, 284, 328

Cosby, Bill, 281, 282

Crane, Stephen, 177

Creatures That Time Forgot, The
(Bradbury), 156–57, 165

“Creatures That Time Forgot, The” (Bradbury), 156, 165, 166

Critical History of Television's The Twilight Zone, 1959–1964, A
(Presnell and McGee), 250–51, 255

“Crowd, The” (Bradbury), 75, 116, 134, 141

Crowther, Bosley, 275

“Cry the Cosmos” (Bradbury), 264

Daily Variety,
195–97, 252

Dandelion Wine
(Bradbury), 1, 8, 122, 135, 233, 241–45, 254, 276, 284, 292, 297

autobiographical elements in, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 26, 33, 42, 81, 130, 248, 314

introduction to, 33, 52

Danse Macabre
(King), 180

Darabont, Frank, 317, 330

Dark Carnival
(Bradbury), 34, 35, 100, 129, 131–36, 141, 143–46, 151, 153, 158, 166, 168, 314

assembly of, 133–36, 139, 141, 153, 258

dust jacket of, 131, 132

groundwork for, 122–23

publication of, 101, 103, 144, 164, 177

reissue of, 114

repackaging of,
see
October Country, The Dark Carnival
(Bradbury screenplay), 260

Darrow, Jack, 96

Davis, George, 136, 142

Day, Laraine, 99–100, 110, 162, 269

“Day After Tomorrow” (Bradbury), 206

“Day It Rained Forever, The” (Bradbury), 251

DC Comics, 95, 147

death, 183, 325

Mexico and, 126–27

RB's experience with, 32–34, 40–41, 55–59, 74–75, 79, 107, 126–27

“Death and the Maiden” (Bradbury), 265, 268

Death Is a Lonely Business
(Bradbury), 112, 148–49, 314, 315

“Death's Voice” (Bradbury), 83

de Havilland, Olivia, 177

Delavan, Wis., 51–54

Democrats, 169, 192–96, 229, 289