Four years ago Sam Weller, a onetime New City staff writer who’d written a guidebook, Secret Chicago, was covering the midwest for Publishers Weekly and freelancing stories to the Tribune magazine. He ...

Bradbury was a Martian. Though he did root a few short stories in the wet, wan, jungly loam of Venus, his heart belonged to that fourth planet from the sun, the diminutive, rose-tinged one. He planted ...

In 1952 EC publisher Bill Gaines received a hilarious letter from Ray Bradbury gently requesting $50 in payment for the rights to his two stories “The Rocket Man” and “Kaleidoscope.” Turns out EC had ...

From virtually experiencing space travel — which author Ray Bradbury predicted long ago — to protesting a trend in some places to ban books — which Bradbury wrote against — people remain enthusiastic ...

The Ray Bradbury Center at Indiana University Indianapolis celebrates the late author as a space-age visionary who championed public libraries, defended First Amendment rights and promoted literacy.

Tales of body-snatching aliens and apocalyptic super-flus by Ray Bradbury, Stephen King and more double as time capsules of American fear. By Michael Koryta As spooky season approaches, the master of ...

There are certain icons that remain embedded in Waukegan lore. Ray Bradbury, the city’s literary favorite son, is one of them. Waukegan has gone to great lengths to keep Bradbury’s legacy alive since ...

INDIANAPOLIS (MIRROR INDY) — In late August, Frank Palumbo drove from upstate New York to IU Indianapolis to read letters, look at paintings and enjoy the little pieces of history that belonged to a ...

A faithful reconstruction of Ray Bradbury’s home office highlights the Ray Bradbury Center on the campus of Indiana University Indianapolis. Photo provided by Ray Bradbury Center The Ray Bradbury ...