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001 2014038045
003 DLC
005 20150312083226.0
008 140923s2014 nyu 000 0deng
010 $a 2014038045
020 $a9781612194219 (pbk.)
020 $z9781612194226 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aPS3503.R167$bZ46 2014
082 00 $a813/.54$aB$223
084 $aBIO007000$aLIT004020$aLIT004230$2bisacsh
100 1 $aBradbury, Ray,$d1920-2012,$eauthor.
245 10 $aRay Bradbury :$bthe last interview and other conversations /$cedited by Sam Weller.
264 1 $aBrooklyn :$bMelville House,$c[2014]
300 $a93 pages ;$c21 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aThe last interview series
520 $a"Ray Bradbury was long the most influential sci-fi writer in the world, the poetic and visionary author of such classics as Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and The Illustrated Man But he also lived a fascinating life outside the parameters of sci-fi, and was a masterful raconteur of his own story, as he reveals in his wide-ranging and in-depth final interview with his acclaimed biographer, Sam Weller. After moving to Los Angeles, he became an inveterate fanboy of movie stars, spending hours waiting at studio gates to get autographs. He would later get to know many of Hollywood's most powerful figures when he became a major screenwriter, and he details here what it was like to work for legendary directors such as John Huston and Alfred Hitchcock. And then there are all the celebrities--from heads of state like Mikhail Gorbachev to rock stars like David Bowie and the members of Kiss--who went out of their way to arrange encounters with Bradbury. But throughout that last talk, as well as the interviews collected here from earlier in his career, Bradbury constantly twists the elements of his life into a discussion of the influences and creative processes behind his remarkable developments and inventions for the literary form he mastered. Mixed with cheerful gossiping about his travels and the characters of his life, it makes for a rich reading experience and a revealing collection of interviews"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aBradbury, Ray,$d1920-2012$vInterviews.
650 0 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$vInterviews.
650 0 $aScience fiction$xAuthorship.
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aWeller, Sam,$d1967-$eeditor.
856 42 $3Cover image$u9781612194219.jpg