Bradbury 100 - celebrating the centenary year of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk.

This short episode brings you up to date with developments in the Bradbury universe! Phil plays excerpts from a couple of episodes of the companion Youtube channel, BRADBURY 101. He also suggests some other Youtube viewing and podcast listening featuring previous guests from this very podcast.

Bradbury 100 - episode 20 - April 2021 update

Bradbury 100 - celebrating the life and work of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk.

This episode features the audio from a live talk given on Ray's 102nd birthday, discussing the origins and development of Bradbury's 1957 novel DANDELION WINE and its sequel, FAREWELL SUMMER.

If you'd like to see the video version, which has lots of illustrations to accompany the talk, head over to Youtube: https://youtu.be/5tDBMyYeyxs

Bradbury 100 - episode 32 - Dandelion Wine live talk

In February 2023, I gave a public talk on FAHRENHEIT 451 for Wolverhampton Literature Festival. This podcast episode is a version of that talk - minus all the visual bits and pieces, of course. (If you want to see the visuals, head over to my Youtube Channel, BRADBURY 101!)

Bradbury 100 - episode 42 - Literacy, Censorship & Burning Books: Fahrenheit 451 at 70

It's forty years since the film version of SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES was released! So in this episode, I take a detailed look at the origins of SWTWC, going all the way back to the short story "The Black Ferris" (1948) and working through to the shooting of the film.

Bradbury wrote the screenplay, and the film was directed by his good friend Jack Clayton (director of Room at the Top (1959) and The Innocents (1961). So everything must have worked out really well...

Bradbury 100 - Episode 44 - Film/Book/Film: Writing SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES

Last time on Bradbury 100, we looked at the origin of Ray Bradbury's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES, and its peculiar history as a film script that became a book, and then became a film script again.

This time, I continue the story, examining how the film - disastrously previewed in 1982 - was rescued through some re-writing, re-shooting and re-editing. Ray claimed that he "directed" or "edited" the film doing this re-make period, rescuing it from the clutches of director Jack Clayton. But is this really true?

Join me as I dig into the archives, and look for evidence of what REALLY went on.

Bradbury 100 - Episode 45 - Rescuing SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES

In this episode, I begin a new strand: Chronological Bradbury! In this strand, I'll be going through Bradbury's publishing history in order. Sometimes I'll cover multiple stories (as with this episode), and sometimes I'll focus on a single story - depending on the significance of the story.

So we begin here, with the year 1938. This is where the seventeen-year-old Bradbury gets a piece of fiction in print for the very first time: "Hollerbochen's Dilemma".

Bradbury 100 - Episode 46 - Chronological Bradbury: 1938

22 August 2023 would have been Ray Bradbury's 103rd birthday, so in time-honored tradition (a tradition going back a whole three years...) I did a livestreamed version of the podcast via Facebook.

Here's the audio from that livestream, very slightly edited. I think most of the references to visual things will make sense from context, but if you're curious about what was onscreen while I was talking, you can always check out the full video recording over on my Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/uNiqsN-amMA

Bradbury 100 - Episode 47 - Bradbury 100 LIVE, 2023 Edition

This is another episode in my "Chronological Bradbury" strand - where I go through Ray Bradbury's publishing history in order.

We've reached the year 1939, when Ray turned 19. It's a year which sees him strengthening his ties with the science fiction fan community... and getting no fewer than five pieces of fiction published in amateur magazines. He's still two years ago from his first professional sale (which will come in 1941), but his jokey science fiction vignettes are beginning to evolve into proper stories.

For more information, and links to some of the stories, check out the show notes at https://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2023/10/new-bradbury-100-podcast-episode.html

Bradbury 100 - Episode 48 - Chronological Bradbury: 1939

Welcome to the FIFTIETH episode of Bradbury 100!

This is another episode in my "Chronological Bradbury" strand - where I go through Ray Bradbury's publishing history in order.

We've reached the year 1940, when Ray turned 20. It's a year which sees him getting no fewer than nine pieces of fiction published in amateur magazines. He's still a year away from his first professional sale (which will come in 1941), but 1940 shows him rapidly developing his plotting, characterisation, and use of language.

Bradbury 100 - Episode 50 - Chronological Bradbury: 1940

This time on Bradbury 100 I talk about The New Ray Bradbury Review, the online journal I edit on behalf of the Ray Bradbury Center.

Specifically, I talk about the origins of the journal - which stretch way back to 1952, and William F. Nolan's original fan publication, called simply "Ray Bradbury Review".

I also pay tribute to Nolan as the first person to really study Ray's work, and I discuss his ongoing engagement with Ray as both a friend and a colleague.

For the full shownotes, head to my website: www.bradburymedia.co.uk

Bradbury 100 - Episode 49 - Reviewing Ray Bradbury

In this episode I review three new Bradbury products that have come my way - two blurays, and one book.

For full show notes, check out my website, www.bradburymedia.co.uk

Bradbury 100 - Episode 51 - Some Recent Bradbury Product

In my occasional series of "Chronological Bradbury" episodes, we reach the year 1941. Ray Bradbury makes his first professional sale, appearing in pulp science fiction magazine SUPER SCIENCE STORIES!

For full shownotes, visit my website: www.bradburymedia.co.uk

Bradbury 100 - Episode 52 - Chronological Bradbury 1941

In this new episode of Bradbury 100, I explore FUTURIA FANTASIA - the fanzine that Ray Bradbury produced when he was a teenage science fiction fan.

The first issue of Futuria Fantasia, published when Ray was eighteen years old, catches him just before he heads off to New York for the first-ever World Science Fiction Convention. In that first issue, he is very much focused on "Tecnhnocracy", a movement which promised to turn science fiction into political reality.

For more information, check out the shownotes at www.bradburymedia.co.uk

Bradbury 100 - Episode 53 - Ray's Fanzine, Futuria Fantasia

For Christmas this year, I bring you a bumper double-length episode of Bradbury 100!

Member of the "Science Fiction Book Club" Facebook group provided questions about Ray Bradbury for me to answer. So this whole episode is given over to my ponderings on some terrific questions.

For more details, check the full show notes at www.bradburymedia.co.uk

Bradbury 100 - Episode 54 - Q&A Special

In my occasional series of "Chronological Bradbury" episodes, we reach the year 1942. This was Ray Bradbury's first full year as a professional writer, and the year he broke through to two of the leading science fiction and fantasy pulp magazines: Astounding Science Fiction, and Weird Tales. So it's an important year, although he only published two stories in that year.

For full shownotes, visit my website: www.bradburymedia.co.uk

Bradbury 100 - Episode 55 - Chronological Bradbury 1942

Ray Bradbury's first-ever book, DARK CARNIVAL (1947) has been re-published. For the first time, it is available in paperback and ebook editions.

In this episode I go through the story behind Dark Carnival, and review the new editions.

For more information, check out the show notes at https://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2024/03/new-bradbury-100-episode-dark-carnival.html

Bradbury 100 - Episode 56 - Dark Carnival Paperback and Ebook First Editions

Bradbury 100 is a podcast celebrating the centenary year of American writer Ray Bradbury.

Presented by Phil Nichols of bradburymedia.co.uk, each episode will explore an aspect of Bradbury's life or work, and feature an interview with someone influenced or inspired by Ray.

Guests will include authors, musicians and more - fans, friends and scholars of Bradbury.

Music credit: purple-planet.com

Bradbury 100

Trailer for Bradbury 100

Bradbury 100 - Celebrating the centenary year of American writer Ray Bradbury. Phil Nichols from the Bradburymedia website brings you episode 01 of the podcast, which looks at Bradbury in relation to science fiction, and interviews novelist Steven Paul Leiva - who worked with Ray, knew him personally, and organised a major city-wide celebration of Ray in Los Angeles in 2010

Bradbury 100 - Episode 01 - with author Steven Paul Leiva

Bradbury 100 - celebrating the centenary year of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk.  Episode 2 discusses the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies - a museum and archive which holds Ray Bradbury's personal papers, his many awards, and many of his personal effects. Our interview guest is Jason Aukerman, who manages the Center in Indianapolis.

Bradbury 100 - Episode 02 - with Jason Aukerman of the Bradbury Center

Bradbury 100 is a podcast celebrating the centenary year of American writer Ray Bradbury, the author of Fahrenheit 451.

This trailer introduces the series.

The first episode will be released on July 25th 2020.

NEW Trailer for Bradbury 100 podcast!

Bradbury 100 - celebrating the centenary year of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk.  Episode 3 discusses the city of Waukegan, Bradbury's childhood hometown. Our interview guest is Sandy Petroshius, who heads the Ray Bradbury Experience Museum, due to open in Waukegan on the one-hundredth anniversary of Ray's birth.

Bradbury 100 - Episode 03 - with Sandy Petroshius of the Ray Bradbury Experience Museum

Bradbury 100 - celebrating the centenary year of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk.

Episode 8 discusses Bradbury on radio, with the second part of an interview with Brian Sibley, the award-winning dramatist and broadcaster. We talk about adapting Bradbury for different media, including discussion of The Illustrated Man and "The Next in Line".

Bradbury 100 - Episode 08 - another one with dramatist Brian Sibley

Bradbury 100 - Celebrating the centenary year of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.

This week Phil interviews Miranda Corcoran, the co-editor of a new book all about Ray Bradbury's "Elliott family" - Cecy, Uncle Einar and the rest.

Bradbury 100 - Episode 09 - with "Elliott family" scholar Miranda Corcoran

Bradbury 100 - celebrating the centenary year of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk.

Episode 10 looks at the long-running TV series The Ray Bradbury Theatre, with an interview with the show's composer, John Massari.

Bradbury 100 - Episode 10 - with composer John Massari

Bradbury 100 - celebrating the centenary year of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk.

Episode 13 looks at storytelling and the oral tradition, with guest Megan Wells.

Bradbury 100 - Episode 13 - with storyteller Megan Wells

Bradbury 100 - celebrating the centenary year of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk.

Episode 18 looks at Ray Bradbury's legacy and science fiction. Special guest is science fiction writer Howard V. Hendrix.

Bradbury 100 - Episode 18 - with science fiction writer Howard V. Hendrix

Bradbury 100 - celebrating the centenary year of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk.

Episode 14 looks at Bradbury's writing and how we (and critics) read him, with guest Jeffrey Kahan.

Bradbury 100 - Episode 14 - with scholar Jeffrey Kahan

Bradbury 100 - celebrating the centenary year of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk.

Episode 17 is an extended episode, featuring highlights from two centenary events. First, the discussion from September's BRADBURY 100 LIVE show on Facebook LIve. And second, the audio from Phil's recent public lecture on seventy years of The Martian Chronicles.

Bradbury 100 - Episode 17: Bradbury 100 LIVE, plus The Martian Chronicles at 70

Bradbury 100 - celebrating the centenary year of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk.

Episode 18 looks at Ray Bradbury's legacy and science fiction. Special guest is science fiction writer Howard V. Hendrix.

This is a re-post, as the original post didn't work for some listeners!

Bradbury 100 - celebrating the centenary year of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk.

This very brief episode invites you to check out my new Youtube series, BRADBURY 101. For more information, visit my website - www.bradburymedia.co.uk

Bradbury 100 - intro to Bradbury 101!

Bradbury 100 is a podcast celebrating the life and work of American writer Ray Bradbury, brought to you by Phil Nichols of www.bradburymedia.co.uk

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