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Shel Dorf obituary

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:12:43 GMT

Shel Dorf, who has died aged 76, was a fan and historian of comics and the founder of the annual Comic-Con International convention in San Diego, California. It was in early 1970 that Dorf proposed the idea of a convention to a local comics fanclub.
Source: Guardian Unlimited

BWW Reader Feedback - 11/20/09

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:24:11 GMT

Below are BroadwayWorld.com's reader feedback from the last day. Catch up below to see what other BroadwayWorld.com readers have to say!
Source: Broadway World

The Illustrated Man: How LED Tattoos Could Change The Face of Humanity

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:39:31 GMT

In Ray Bradbury’s book, The Illustrated Man, the title character is covered with moving, shifting tattoos. If you look at them, they will tell you a story.
Source: Wired

Orhan Pamuk, Ray Bradbury to lead FIL international programs

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:02:30 GMT

The 23rd edition of the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) will welcome world-renowned writers including Orhan Pamuk, Ray Bradbury, Carlos Fuentes, and Mario Vargas Llosa for its international literary programs.
Source: The Independent

Ray Bradbury Set to Develop New Miniseries

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:20:43 GMT

Variety has reported that writer Ray Bradbury has signed a deal with White Oaks Films to develop a new miniseries entitled "The Bradbury Chronicles," based on six of Bradbury's short stories of his choosing.
Source: Broadway World

How Talk of a Ray Bradbury Miniseries Will Boost Many Science Fiction Companies

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:36:08 GMT

It is a fact that Ray Bradbury is one of the most successful science fiction writers of all time. With word that he is preparing to sell a miniseries that features of handful of his short stories to the networks has science fiction fans salivating.
Source: Associated Content

NASA and Microsoft Ask Citizen Scientists to 'Be a Martian'

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

LOS ANGELES — Nov. 17, 2009 — For centuries, humans have been fascinated by Mars.
Source: Microsoft Research

Bibliophiles protest Assam move to kill reading habit

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:18:27 GMT

Yesterday’s science fiction is today’s fact. Angry bibliophiles demonstrated this in the Assam capital on Monday. Decades ago, novelist Ray Bradbury envisaged a robotic, subservient society kept away from books that could help them think.
Source: Hindustan Times

Quoted in 'Ray Bradbury brings his 'Dark Carnival' to Santa Monica on Oct. 24'

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:27:14 GMT

Ray Bradbury said in Los Angeles Times:

Painting has been part of my life since I was a child ... My Aunt Neva went to the Art Institute of Chicago and she took courses there and she took me to see the paintings. I began to paint in the 1930s and 1940s and I did a lot of amateur work over the years. I visited art galleries everywhere I went in the world.

Quoted in 'Let's Get Short: City Paper's Big Books Issue 2009 takes a look at fiction's overlooked gems'

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:35:44 GMT

said in Baltimore City Paper:

Short stories are the loose change in the treasury of fiction, easily ignored beside the wealth of novels available, an over-valued currency that often turns out to be counterfeit. At its best, in Borges, Ray Bradbury and Edgar Allan Poe, the short story is coined from precious metal, a glint of gold that will glow for ever in the deep purse of your imagination.

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Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 09: Legendary science fiction author Ray Bradbury attends a luncheon celebrating the Golden Globe nominated Best Foreign Language Film (France) 'I've Loved You So Long' at the residence of The Consul General of France-Los An...

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Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 09: Actress Kristin Scott Thomas speaks with author Ray Bradbury at a luncheon celebrating the Golden Globe nominated Best Foreign Language Film (France) 'I've Loved You So Long' at the residence of The Consul General of Fra...

Ray Bradbury on Writing Persistently

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:26:02 GMT