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Ray Bradbury was investigated by FBI for ‘communist sympathies’
Science fiction great put under surveillance by the FBI for ‘spreading distrust and lack of confidence in America’ Ray Bradbury was investigated by the FBI during the 1950s, with government agents interviewing his peers and putting him under surveillance before concluding that despite being critical of the US government in…
NASA moves Curiosity rover from successful test drive to ‘blast mark’ site
After two weeks of checking instruments, testing software and practising its rock-zapping skills, Curiosity the Mars rover has taken its first baby steps across the surface of the red planet. Nasa announced on Wednesday that Curiosity had moved 4.5m and rotated through 120 degrees before reversing by 2.5m, a extra-terrestrial…
Ray Bradbury’s work inspires Internet censorship code
Ray Bradbury’s fiction looks set to enter the structure of the internet, after a software developer has proposed a new HTTP status code inspired by Fahrenheit 451. Tim Bray, a fan of Bradbury’s writing, is recommending to the Internet Engineering Task Force, which governs such choices, that when access to…
The endurance of Ray Bradbury
At his death at age 92, Ray Bradbury’s status as an American writer is assured. He managed to live long enough to outlast most of a once-dominant critical establishment who prided themselves on being indifferent to creators of speculative fantasy. By persistence and originality, he overcame the stuffiest of stuffed…
Me and you and Ray Bradbury
In recent years, following his stroke, Ray Bradbury continued to write stories, which appeared in national publications, by talking to his daughter over the phone. He’d call her up, long distance, and, in essence, talk the story to her; she would transcribe it. He’d go over the result with her…
Science fiction legend Ray Bradbury dies at 91
Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury, whose dystopian works served as cautionary tales about perilous futures and reflected the anxieties of post-war America, has died at the age of 91. Bradbury’s publisher HarperCollins confirmed his death on Tuesday in Los Angeles after an unspecified “lengthy illness,” as tributes poured in from…
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