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- EX-LIBRARY
- Publication Name
- University of Illinois Press
- ISBN
- 9780252038693
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Ray Bradbury Unbound
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism
- Topic
- Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literary, American / General
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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The second volume of the authoritative biographyFully established in the slick magazines, award-winning, and on the brink of placing Fahrenheit 451 in the American canon, Ray Bradbury entered the autumn of 1953 as a literary figure transcending fantasy and science fiction. In Ray Bradbury Unbound, Jonathan R. Eller continues the story begun in his acclaimed Becoming Ray Bradbury, following the beloved writer's evolution from a short story master to a multi-media creative force and outspoken visionary. Drawn into screenwriting by the chance to adapt Moby Dick for film, Bradbury soon established himself in Hollywood's vast and overlapping film and television empires. The work swallowed up creative energy once devoted to literary pursuits and often left Bradbury frustrated with studio executives. Yet his successes endowed him with the gravitas to emerge as a much sought after cultural commentator. His passionate advocacy in Life and other media outlets validated the U.S. space program's mission--a favor repaid when NASA's astronauts gathered to meet Bradbury during his 1967 visit to Houston. Over time, his public addresses and interviews allowed him to assume the role of a dreamer of futures voicing opinions on technology, the moon landing, and humanity's ultimate destiny. Eller draws on many years of interviews with Bradbury as well as an unprecedented access to personal papers and private collections to portray the origins and outcomes of Bradbury's countless creative endeavors. The result is the definitive story of how a great American author helped shape his times.
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University of Illinois Press
ISBN-10
025203869x
ISBN-13
9780252038693
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18038600300
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Book Title
Ray Bradbury Unbound
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literary, American / General
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.1in
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Ps3503
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"Eller captures the joy of creations that new forms allowed Bradbury, such as the intensely visual interpretation of Moby Dick that he wrote for director John Huston. . . . Fans who know Bradbury only for his fiction are likely to enjoy this diverse look at his work and creative process."-- Publishers Weekly, "Few contemporary authors have been written about as extensively as Ray Bradbury, but no one has surpassed Jonathan Eller. In his previous study, Becoming Ray Bradbury , he captured the odd nature of Bradbury's imagination perfectly in the context of his life and age--keeping a myriad of influences and ambitions in perspective. With the publication of Ray Bradbury Unbound , Eller not only confirms his position as the great comprehensive Bradbury scholar. He has also written what may be the best single account of a major science fiction author's rise to fame and achievement." --Dana Gioia, author of Pity the Beautiful and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, "Intimate, conscientious, and triumphant, a truly profound examination of Bradbury's accomplishments and legacy. Highly recommended for all sf lovers and those with an appreciation for non-fiction and literature."-- Library Journal "Few contemporary authors have been written about as extensively as Ray Bradbury, but no one has surpassed Jonathan Eller. In his previous study, Becoming Ray Bradbury, he captured the odd nature of Bradbury's imagination perfectly in the context of his life and age--keeping a myriad of influences and ambitions in perspective. With the publication of Ray Bradbury Unbound, Eller not only confirms his position as the great comprehensive Bradbury scholar. He has also written what may be the best single account of a major science fiction author's rise to fame and achievement." --Dana Gioia, author of Pity the Beautiful and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, "Engaging. . . . Eller's second volume of Bradbury's biography is ultimately a melancholy and cautionary tale."-- Washington Post "Intimate, conscientious, and triumphant, a truly profound examination of Bradbury's accomplishments and legacy. Highly recommended for all sf lovers and those with an appreciation for non-fiction and literature."-- Library Journal , "Intimate, conscientious, and triumphant, a truly profound examination of Bradbury's accomplishments and legacy. Highly recommended for all sf lovers and those with an appreciation for non-fiction and literature."-- Library Journal, "Every page is packed with fascinating material about one of this country's most beloved writers." --Michael Dirda, Washington Post "Few contemporary authors have been written about as extensively as Ray Bradbury, but no one has surpassed Jonathan Eller. In his previous study, Becoming Ray Bradbury, he captured the odd nature of Bradbury's imagination perfectly in the context of his life and age--keeping a myriad of influences and ambitions in perspective. With the publication of Ray Bradbury Unbound, Eller not only confirms his position as the great comprehensive Bradbury scholar. He has also written what may be the best single account of a major science fiction author's rise to fame and achievement." --Dana Gioia, author of Pity the Beautiful and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, "A thorough documentation of Bradbury's career. . . . This warm, informative biography depicts him as a thoughtful and disciplined writer who helped make science fiction a respected literary genre."-- Kirkus "Eller captures the joy of creations that new forms allowed Bradbury, such as the intensely visual interpretation of Moby Dick that he wrote for director John Houston. . . . Fans who know Bradbury only for his fiction are likely to enjoy this diverse look at his work and creative process."-- Publishers Weekly, "A thorough documentation of Bradbury's career. . . . This warm, informative biography depicts him as a thoughtful and disciplined writer who helped make science fiction a respected literary genre."-- Kirkus "Eller captures the joy of creations that new forms allowed Bradbury, such as the intensely visual interpretation of Moby Dick that he wrote for director John Houston. . . . Fans who know Bradbury only for his fiction are likely to enjoy this diverse look at his work and creative process."-- Publishers Weekly "Even those unfamiliar with Bradbury would enjoy this volume. Recommended."-- Choice , "Every page is packed with fascinating material about one of this country's most beloved writers." --Michael Dirda, Washington Post, Finalist for the Locus Award, Nonfiction category, 2015. "A detailed and sensitive account of Bradbury's perception of his own relationship to his times and to the literary landscape in which he wrote." -- Orbit, "Few contemporary authors have been written about as extensively as Ray Bradbury, but no one has surpassed Jonathan Eller. In his previous study, Becoming Ray Bradbury , he captured the odd nature of Bradbury's imagination perfectly in the context of his life and age--keeping a myriad of influences and ambitions in perspective. With the publication of Ray Bradbury Unbound , Eller not only confirms his position as the great comprehensive Bradbury scholar. He has also written what may be the best single account of a major science fiction author's rise to fame and achievement." --Dana Gioia, author of Pity the Beautiful and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts "A thorough documentation of Bradbury's career. . . . This warm, informative biography depicts him as a thoughtful and disciplined writer who helped make science fiction a respected literary genre."-- Kirkus " Ray Bradbury Unbound does not just chronicle a life and a list of publications. It also carefully teases out pertinent artistic, social, and intellectual connections, analyzing them in ways that sometimes Bradbury himself could not."-- Extrapolation, "Engaging. . . . Eller's second volume of Bradbury's biography is ultimately a melancholy and cautionary tale."-- Washington Post, "Eller shows how Bradbury's work in the cinema (and his greatest success there) endowed him with a public gravitas that empowered him as a noteworthy speaker on issues pertinent to the Space Age. How the author of the once fantastic seeming Martian Chronicles could by the early 1970s speak realistically about a very likely journey to Mars in the not entirely distant future speaks, of course, for the acceleration of progress in recent times but also of this important writer's vision."-- American literary Scholarship "Even those unfamiliar with Bradbury would enjoy this volume. Recommended."-- Choice, "Few contemporary authors have been written about as extensively as Ray Bradbury, but no one has surpassed Jonathan Eller. In his previous study, Becoming Ray Bradbury, he captured the odd nature of Bradbury's imagination perfectly in the context of his life and age--keeping a myriad of influences and ambitions in perspective. With the publication of Ray Bradbury Unbound, Eller not only confirms his position as the great comprehensive Bradbury scholar. He has also written what may be the best single account of a major science fiction author's rise to fame and achievement." --Dana Gioia, author of Pity the Beautiful and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, "A thorough documentation of Bradbury's career. . . . This warm, informative biography depicts him as a thoughtful and disciplined writer who helped make science fiction a respected literary genre."-- Kirkus, "A detailed and sensitive account of Bradbury's perception of his own relationship to his times and to the literary landscape in which he wrote." -- Orbit, "Eller shows how Bradbury's work in the cinema (and his greatest success there) endowed him with a public gravitas that empowered him as a noteworthy speaker on issues pertinent to the Space Age. How the author of the once fantastic seeming Martian Chronicles could by the early 1970s speak realistically about a very likely journey to Mars in the not entirely distant future speaks, of course, for the acceleration of progress in recent times but also of this important writer's vision."-- American Literary Scholarship, "A detailed and sensitive account of Bradbury's perception of his own relationship to his times and to the literary landscape in which he wrote." -- Orbit "A thorough documentation of Bradbury's career. . . . This warm, informative biography depicts him as a thoughtful and disciplined writer who helped make science fiction a respected literary genre."-- Kirkus, "A thorough documentation of Bradbury's career. . . . This warm, informative biography depicts him as a thoughtful and disciplined writer who helped make science fiction a respected literary genre."-- Kirkus "Eller captures the joy of creations that new forms allowed Bradbury, such as the intensely visual interpretation of Moby Dick that he wrote for director John Houston. . . . Fans who know Bradbury only for his fiction are likely to enjoy this diverse look at his work and creative process."-- Publishers Weekly , ""A thorough documentation of Bradbury's career. . . . This warm, informative biography depicts him as a thoughtful and disciplined writer who helped make science fiction a respected literary genre.""--Kirkus""Few contemporary authors have been written about as extensively as Ray Bradbury, but no one has surpassed Jonathan Eller. In his previous study, Becoming Ray Bradbury, he captured the odd nature of Bradbury's imagination perfectly in the context of his life and age--keeping a myriad of influences and ambitions in perspective. With the publication of Ray Bradbury Unbound, Eller not only confirms his position as the great comprehensive Bradbury scholar. He has also written what may be the best single account of a major science fiction author's rise to fame and achievement.""--Dana Gioia, author of Pity the Beautiful and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, "An intimate look at the working life of one of the most important twentieth-century writers. . . . The depth of insight supplied by Eller's archival research imbues this text with a fresh inquisitive style that informs and inspires. . . . A valuable addition to the library of any Bradbury fan." -- Science Fiction Studies
Table of Content
Acknowledgments / xi Introduction / 1 Part I. A Place in the Sun / 5 1 Loomings / 7 2 Strangers in a Strange Land / 12 3 Indecisions, Visions, and Revisions / 17 4 Fatal Attraction / 22 5 A Whale of a Tale / 28 6 "Floreat!" / 33 7 A Place in the Sun / 39 P art II. T he End of the Beginning / 45 8 Post-Scripts / 47 9 Invitations to the Dance / 55 10 Pictures within Pictures: The October Country / 61 11 Laughton and Hitchcock / 67 12 "The First to Catch a Circus in a Lie Is a Boy" / 74 13 Various Wines / 81 14 The End of the Beginning / 89 P art III. Dark Carnivals / 97 15 Strange Interlude: Dandelion Wine / 99 16 Return to Hollywood / 106 17 "And the Rock Cried Out" / 110 18 Berenson at Sunset / 116 19 The Unforeseen / 120 20 Dreams Deferred / 128 21 The Great Wide World / 133 22 The Dreamers / 139 23 Dark Carnivals / 144 Part IV. "Cry the Cosmos" / 151 24 Medicines for Melancholy / 153 25 Escape Velocity / 159 26 Martian Odyssey / 167 27 "Cry the Cosmos" / 175 28 In the Twilight Zone / 182 29 Something Wicked This Way Comes / 191 30 Out of the Deeps / 200 31 Machineries of Joy / 208 Part V. I f the Sun Dies / 217 32 A Backward Glance / 219 33 Stops of Various Quills / 225 34 The World of Ray Bradbury / 232 35 If the Sun Dies / 237 36 Truffaut's Phoenix / 242 37 A Colder Eye / 250 38 The Isolated Man / 257 39 A Touch of the Poet / 263 40 "Christus Apollo" / 269 41 "Take Me Home" / 277 Notes / 285 Index / 301 Illustrations follow pages 96 and 216
Copyright Date
2014
Lccn
2014-010893
Dewey Decimal
813/.54 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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