Bradbury beyond Apollo / Jonathan R Eller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eller, Jonathan R., 1952- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012.

Authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 348 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Celebrated storyteller, cultural commentator, friend of astronauts, prophet of the Space Age-by the end of the 1960s, Ray Bradbury had attained a level of fame and success rarely achieved by authors, let alone authors of science fiction and fantasy. He had also embarked on a phase of his career that found him exploring new creative outlets while reinterpreting his classic tales for generations of new fans. Drawing on numerous interviews with Bradbury and privileged access to personal papers and private collections, Jonathan R. Eller examines the often-overlooked second half of Bradbury's working life. As Bradbury's dreams took him into a wider range of nonfiction writing and public lectures, the diminishing time that remained for creative pursuits went toward Hollywood productions like the award-winning series Ray Bradbury Theater. Bradbury developed the Spaceship Earth narration at Disney's EPCOT Center; appeared everywhere from public television to NASA events to comic conventions; published poetry; and mined past triumphs for stage productions that enjoyed mixed success. Distracted from storytelling as he became more famous, Bradbury nonetheless published innovative experiments in autobiography masked as detective novels, the well-received fantasy The Halloween Tree and the masterful time travel story "The Toynbee Convector." Yet his embrace of celebrity was often at odds with his passion for writing, and the resulting tension continuously pulled at his sense of self. The revelatory conclusion to the acclaimed three-part biography, Bradbury Beyond Apollo tells the story of an inexhaustible creative force seeking new frontiers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Inherited Wish

1. Prometheus Bound

2. The Darkness Between The Stars

3. A Teller Of Tales

4. The Prisoner Of Gravity

5. Witness And Celebrate

6. The Sleep Of Reason

7. The Inherited Wish

8. Long After Midnight

9. A Mailbox On Mars

pt. II Beyond Eden

10. The God In Science Fiction

11. Infinite Worlds

12. Abandon In Place

13. Beyond Eden

14. Robot Museums

15. The Great Shout Of The Universe

16. A Eureka Year

17. One-Way Ticket Man

pt. III 1984 Will Not Arrive

18. "My Name Is Dark"

19. A Most Favorite Subject

20. Memories Of Murder

21. 1984 Will Not Arrive

22. Death Is A Lonely Business

23. A Poet's Heart

24. Forms Of Things Unknown

25. Time Flies

26. Beyond The Iron Curtain

pt. IV Graveyard for Lunatics

27. A Graveyard For Lunatics

28. Disputed Passage

29. Green Shadows, White Whale

30. The Abcs Of Science Fiction

31. An American Icon

32. Harvest Time

33. A Promise Of Eternity

34. Seances And Ghosts

35. An Evening On Mars

pt. V Closing the Book

36. "Make Haste To Live"

37. Messages In A Bottle

38. The Fire Within

39. A Child's Imagination

40. Farewell Summer

41. Samurai Kabuki

42. "Nothing Has To Die"

43. Visions Of Mars

44. Remembrance

45. Closing The Book.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Eller, Jonathan R, 1952- Bradbury beyond Apollo.

ISBN:

9780252043413

0252043413

OCLC:

1142795972