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Ray Bradbury: Literary Influences - Research Paper

Ray Bradbury: Literary Influences



Ray Bradbury, one of the most revered science-fiction authors, has
had many things occur in his life which directly influenced his style of
writing. In addition to influencing his style, these events also affected
the content and theme of his individual works. Putting all of this aside,
however, if these specific events did not occur in Bradbury's life, he
would not have become a science-fiction writer.
Throughout his childhood, Bradbury was exposed to many types of
literature. While living in Waukegan, Illinois at the age of six,
Bradbury's Aunt read him the Oz books. Also at this early age, Bradbury
was encouraged to read the classic Norse, Roman, and Greek myths (Johnson
1). ...

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to the kiddies and being paid in free movie tickets, to local cinema,
where I saw ‘The Mummy,' ‘The Murders in the Wax Museum,' ‘Dracula' ...and ‘
King Kong.'” (Johnson 2). In reference to his one year in Tucson Arizona,
Bradbury recalls “‘It was one of the greatest years of my life because I
was acting and singing in operettas and writing, beginning to write my
first short stories.'” (Johnson 2). After graduating from high school,
Bradbury bought a typewriter and rented an office with the money saved from
selling newspapers. While in his early twenties, Bradbury sold one
science-fiction short stories every month for four years. He was paid $20
for each story. “Bradbury sold some of his first stories in 1945 to
magazines such as Collier's, Charm, and Mademoiselle.” (Kunitz and
Haycraft 111,112).
Ray Bradbury had a number of literary influences. “At its best,
Bradbury's prose combines influences from a wide variety of writers, as
well as other media-films, radio, and ...

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