{"product_id":"the-bradbury-chronicles-the-life-of-ray-bradbury","title":"The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury","description":"\u003cp\u003eRay Bradbury is an American literary icon  an architect of wonders whose life has been as fascinating  momentous  and inspiring as his fiction  which has enthralled millions of readers the world over for more than six decades. Born Rae Douglas Bradbury on August 22  1920  in Waukegan  Illinois  he displayed an affinity for the fantastic at an early age -- spending hours at the local movie theater  fighting his fear of the dark to escape into glorious made-up worlds. Though he once dreamed of becoming an actor  writing was his true calling  and he remained resolute in his art throughout his early adult years despite numerous rejections -- finally breaking through with publications of his horror and fantasy stories in the \"pulp\" magazines of the forties. It was not long before he ascended to a higher literary plane  creating the acclaimed works that would solidify his place as one of the most important and influential authors of the twentieth century: Fahrenheit 451  The Martian Chronicles  The Illustrated Man  and Dandelion Wine  to name a very few. Award-winning journalist Sam Weller has been granted unparalleled access to Bradburys private archives  and has spent hundreds of hours interviewing longtime friends  family members  colleagues  and the author himself. As a result  Weller gives us a uniquely balanced  in-depth  and utterly remarkable portrait of a remarkable man  the life story up until now of a brilliant visionary artist and enigmatic mass of contradictions -- the writer who envisioned rocket travel to the stars but who never learned to drive a car; the futurist who brought astonishing tomorrows to life yet refuses to operate a computer; the passionate free spirit who remained devotedly married to one woman -- his beloved Marguerite -- for more than fifty years. The Bradbury Chronicles is  at once  a poignant love story  an inspiring tale of struggle and accomplishment  and a spellbinding record of an extraordinary era in Americas history and the man who helped define it. Here is Ray Bradbury -- dreamer  author  humanist  poet  innovator -- a one-of-a-kind literary force of nature whose extraordinary life can now be celebrated along with the enduring masterworks with which he has graced the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44983887036469,"sku":"ByrdShop_006054581X","price":28.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780060545819.jpg?v=1770812636","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-bradbury-chronicles-the-life-of-ray-bradbury","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}