As you likely heard, on June 5, we lost Ray Bradbury — a giant of speculative fiction who wrote continuously for more than seventy years. In this short film made for the National Endowment for the Arts a few years ago, Ray discusses his life, literary loves, and some of his major works.
From Ray’s website, here’s the chronology of just the books he wrote (so, doesn’t count his short stories, poems, etc.):
| 1. | 1947 | DARK CARNIVAL |
| 2. | 1950 | THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES |
| 3. | 1951 | THE ILLUSTRATED MAN |
| 4. | 1953 | THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN |
| 5. | 1953 | FAHRENHEIT 451 |
| 6. | 1955 | SWITCH ON THE NIGHT |
| 7. | 1955 | THE OCTOBER COUNTRY |
| 8. | 1957 | DANDELION WINE |
| 9. | 1959 | A MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY (published in the UK as THE DAY IT RAINED FOREVER) |
| 10. | 1962 | SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES |
| 11. | 1962 | R IS FOR ROCKET |
| 12. | 1963 | THE ANTHEM SPRINTERS AND OTHER ANTICS |
| 13. | 1964 | THE MACHINERIES OF JOY |
| 14. | 1965 | THE VINTAGE BRADBURY |
| 15. | 1966 | TWICE 22 |
| 16. | 1966 | S IS FOR SPACE |
| 17. | 1969 | I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC! |
| 18. | 1972 | THE WONDERFUL ICE CREAM SUIT AND OTHER PLAYS |
| 19. | 1972 | THE HALLOWEEN TREE |
| 20. | 1973 | WHEN ELEPHANTS LAST IN THE DOORYARD BLOOMED |
| 21. | 1975 | PILLAR OF FIRE AND OTHER PLAYS |
| 22. | 1976 | LONG AFTER MIDNIGHT |
| 23. | 1977 | WHERE ROBOT MICE AND ROBOT MEN RUN ROUND IN ROBOT TOWNS |
| 24. | 1978 | THE MUMMIES OF GUANAJUATO |
| 25. | 1979 | THIS ATTIC WHERE THE MEADOW GREENS |
| 26. | 1980 | THE LAST CIRCUS & THE ELECTROCUTION |
| 27. | 1980 | THE STORIES OF RAY BRADBURY |
| 28. | 1981 | THE GHOSTS OF FOREVER (first published in 1980 in Argentina) |
| 29. | 1981 | THE HAUNTED COMPUTER AND THE ANDROID POPE |
| 30. | 1982 | THE COMPLETE POEMS OF RAY BRADBURY |
| 31. | 1982 | THE LOVE AFFAIR |
| 32. | 1983 | DINOSAUR TALES |
| 33. | 1984 | A MEMORY OF MURDER |
| 34. | 1984 | DEATH IS A LONELY BUSINESS |
| 35. | 1987 | DEATH HAS LOST ITS CHARM FOR ME |
| 36. | 1987 | RAY BRADBURY |
| 37. | 1987 | FEVER DREAM |
| 38. | 1988 | THE TOYNBEE CONVECTOR |
| 39. | 1989 | THE CLIMATE OF PALETTES |
| 40. | 1989 | ZEN IN THE ART OF WRITING |
| 41. | 1990 | A GRAVEYARD FOR LUNATICS |
| 42. | 1991 | RAY BRADBURY ON STAGE |
| 43. | 1991 | YESTERMORROW |
| 44. | 1992 | GREEN SHADOWS, WHITE WHALE |
| 45. | 1996 | QUICKER THAN THE EYE |
| 46. | 1997 | DRIVING BLIND |
| 47. | 1997 | WITH CAT FOR COMFORTER |
| 48. | 1997 | DOGS THINK THAT EVERY DAY IS CHRISTMAS |
| 49. | 1998 | AHMED AND THE OBLIVION MACHINES |
| 50. | 2001 | A CHAPBOOK FOR BURNT-OUT PRIESTS, RABBIS AND MINISTERS |
| 51. | 2001 | FROM THE DUST RETURNED |
| 52. | 2002 | ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD |
| 53. | 2003 | BRADBURY STORIES |
| 54. | 2004 | LET’S ALL KILL CONSTANCE |
| 55. | 2004 | THE CAT’S PAJAMAS |
| 56. | 2005 | BRADBURY SPEAKS |
| 57. | 2006 | THE HOMECOMING |
| 58. | 2006 | FAREWELL SUMMER |
| 59. | 2007 | NOW AND FOREVER |
Possibly related posts (auto-generated list):
- Casual Friday — Werner von Braun designs a rocket
- Casual Friday — robot vs. puppy
- The scientific tourist #168 — the Robot Maria
- Casual Friday — Lasers
- Casual Friday — Kibo & DEXTRE in space
