Ray Bradbury, one of the most revered science-fiction authors, has had many things occur in his life which directly influenced his style of writing. In addition to influencing his style, these events also affected the content and theme of his individual works. Putting all of this aside, however, if these specific events did not occur in Bradbury's life, he would not have become a science-fiction writer.         Throughout his childhood, Bradbury was exposed to many types …showed first 75 words of 1031 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1031 total…to having several of his works in high school textbooks, Bradbury recently released "The Martian Chronicles" on CD-ROM ("Sci-Fi for you D: Drive" 89). Works Cited Johnson, Wayne, L. Ray Bradbury. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing,         1980. Kunitz, Stanley, J. and Haycraft, Howard. Twentieth Century Authors. New         York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1942. Mogen, David. Ray Bradbury. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1986. ---. "Ray Bradbury." The Electronic Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. Groiler         Electronic Publishing, 1990. "Sci-Fi for your D: Drive." Newsweek. 13 November 1995: 89.