Ray Bradbury was born on August 22nd, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois. In 1931 Bradbury began to write some of his first stories and in 1938 his first story "Hollerbochen's Dilemma" was published in Imagination, an amateur fan magazine. In 1942 Bradbury writes "The Lake" the story in which he feels that he discovered his unique style. During his early adult years his work was routinely rejected and not until the late 1940's did he breakthrough with the publication of his horror and fantasy stories in "pulp" magazines. Bradbury's real breakthrough to a mainstream audience came in 1950 with the publishing of his book "The Martian Chronicles", a series of short stories which describe the first attempts of Earth people to conquer and colonize Mars. After reading the book Chris Isherwood a critic for Tomorrow Magazine raved "that even a book decorated with rocket ships and bug-eyed monsters contained writing that he immediately thought was good".
Bradbury's writings are not your typical......
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