Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview: And other Conversations (The

Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview: And other Conversations (The Last Interview Series)

Ray Bradbury was long the most influential sci-fi writer in the world, the poetic and visionary author of such classics as Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and The Illustrated Man

But he also lived a fascinating life outside the parameters of sci-fi, and was a masterful raconteur of his own story, as he reveals in his wide-ranging and in-depth final interview with his acclaimed biographer, Sam Weller. After moving to Los Angeles, he became an inveterate fanboy of movie stars, spending hours waiting at studio gates to get autographs. He would later get to know many of Hollywoodâ€™s most powerful figures when he became a major screenwriter, and he details here what it was like to work for legendary directors such as John Huston and Alfred Hitchcock. And then there are all the celebritiesâ€”from heads of state like Mikhail Gorbachev to rock stars like David Bowie and the members of Kissâ€”who went out of their way to arrange encounters with Bradbury.

But throughout that last talk, as well as the interviews collected here from earlier in his career, Bradbury constantly twists the elements of his life into a discussion of the influences and creative processes behind his remarkable developments and inventions for the literary form he mastered. Mixed with cheerful gossiping about his travels and the characters of his life, it makes for a rich reading experience and a revealing collection of interviews.

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781612194226
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Melville House
Manufacturer	Melville House
NumberOfPages	112
PublicationDate	2014-12-02
Publisher	Melville House
ReleaseDate	2014-12-02
Studio	Melville House

Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview: And other Conversations (The Last Interview Series)

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