Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury was a 20th-century American writer. His most famous works are the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, published in 1953, and the short-story collection The Martian Chronicles, published in 1950.

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• Lifetime: 22 August 1920 • 5 June 2012
• Main genre: Science fiction
• Some other works: The October Country (Short story collection, 1955), Dandelion Wine (Novel, 1957), Something Wicked This Way Comes (Novel, 1962), The Halloween Tree (Novel, 1972)
• Mid-2026 popularity rank:  57 • Trending ▲

"I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it."