Bradbury 100 - Celebrating the Life and Work of American Writer Ray Bradbury

Dec 10 2024 63 ep. 39 mins 61
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Bradbury 100 is a podcast celebrating the life and work of American writer Ray Bradbury, brought to you by Phil Nichols of www.bradburymedia.co.uk

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Bradbury 100 - Episode 59 - "Lazarus Come Forth"

Dec 10 2024 41 mins  
"Lazarus Come Forth" (1944) is one of a handful of early Ray Bradbury stories to have slipped into the public domain. It's also one of two Bradbury stories set on board a "morgue ship" - a space ship that cleans up after space battles, collecting dead astronauts to (presumably) bring them back home for proper burial or cremation. In this episode, I bring you the background behind

Bradbury 100 - Episode 58 - Ray Bradbury on Stage

Nov 18 2024 45 mins  
As well as writing his famous novels and short stories, Ray Bradbury wrote extensively for the stage. In this episode I explore Ray Bradbury as playwright, looking at his one-act plays and his full-llength adaptations of his own novels. You can find the full shownotes on my blog, here: https://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2024/11/new-podcast-episode-ray-bradbury-on.html

Bradbury 100 - Episode 57 - Bradbury 100 LIVE for 2024

Aug 23 2024 59 mins  
This is the audio from my 2024 livestreamed version of the podcast, which went out over Facebook and Youtube. If you want the full effect, you can find the VIDEO recording of the livestream on YouTube, at: https://youtube.com/live/SBGtfPQZYBw

Bradbury 100 - Episode 56 - Dark Carnival Paperback and Ebook First Editions

Mar 14 2024 32 mins  
Ray Bradbury's first-ever book, DARK CARNIVAL (1947) has been re-published. For the first time, it is available in paperback and ebook editions. In this episode I go through the story behind Dark Carnival, and review the new editions. For more information, check out the show notes at https://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2024/03/new-bradbury-100-episode-dark-carnival.html

Bradbury 100 - Episode 55 - Chronological Bradbury 1942

Jan 16 2024 19 mins  
In my occasional series of "Chronological Bradbury" episodes, we reach the year 1942. This was Ray Bradbury's first full year as a professional writer, and the year he broke through to two of the leading science fiction and fantasy pulp magazines: Astounding Science Fiction, and Weird Tales. So it's an important year, although he only published two stories in that year. For full s

Bradbury 100 - Episode 54 - Q&A Special

Dec 21 2023 112 mins  
For Christmas this year, I bring you a bumper double-length episode of Bradbury 100! Member of the "Science Fiction Book Club" Facebook group provided questions about Ray Bradbury for me to answer. So this whole episode is given over to my ponderings on some terrific questions. For more details, check the full show notes at www.bradburymedia.co.uk

Bradbury 100 - Episode 53 - Ray's Fanzine, Futuria Fantasia

Dec 08 2023 43 mins  
In this new episode of Bradbury 100, I explore FUTURIA FANTASIA - the fanzine that Ray Bradbury produced when he was a teenage science fiction fan. The first issue of Futuria Fantasia, published when Ray was eighteen years old, catches him just before he heads off to New York for the first-ever World Science Fiction Convention. In that first issue, he is very much focused on "Tecn

Bradbury 100 - Episode 52 - Chronological Bradbury 1941

Nov 24 2023 28 mins  
In my occasional series of "Chronological Bradbury" episodes, we reach the year 1941. Ray Bradbury makes his first professional sale, appearing in pulp science fiction magazine SUPER SCIENCE STORIES! For full shownotes, visit my website: www.bradburymedia.co.uk

Bradbury 100 - Episode 51 - Some Recent Bradbury Product

Nov 10 2023 26 mins  
In this episode I review three new Bradbury products that have come my way - two blurays, and one book. For full show notes, check out my website, www.bradburymedia.co.uk

Bradbury 100 - Episode 50 - Chronological Bradbury: 1940

Oct 28 2023 55 mins  
Welcome to the FIFTIETH episode of Bradbury 100! This is another episode in my "Chronological Bradbury" strand - where I go through Ray Bradbury's publishing history in order. We've reached the year 1940, when Ray turned 20. It's a year which sees him getting no fewer than nine pieces of fiction published in amateur magazines. He's still a year away from his first professional sa