He got his start writing fiction for fanzines during the late 1930s and soon joined the Los Angeles Science Fiction Society where he met other writers such as Robert Heinlein, Fredric Brown, Leigh Brackett and Jack Williamson. He always said he wrote fantasy stories, rather than science fiction.
Bradbury’s first professional story, “Pendulum,” was published in the November 1941 number of Super Science Stories. From there his writing career took off. He’s probably best know for Fahrenheit 451 and Something Wicked This Way Comes, and the collections The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man.
You can read more about Bradbury these links:
- Ray Bradbury, Master of Science Fiction, Dies at 91 (New York Times)
- Ray Bradbury dies at 91 (Los Angeles Times)
- Ray Bradbury Dies at 91 (People magazine)
- On the Passing of Ray Bradbury (Rap Sheet blog)
- Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) (Tellers of Weird Tales blog)
- Ray Bradbury’s Letter: All My Friends Were on the Shelves Above (Neatorama)
- Ray Bradbury’s Impact on Movies (Thompson on Hollywood blog)
- A Tribute to Ray Bradbury (Flavorwire)
- Ray Bradbury (Orange County Screenwriters Association)
- Ray Bradbury (Wikipedia.org)
