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  • Bradbury 100 - episode 66 - Chronological Bradbury 1943

    Bradbury 100 - episode 66 - Chronological Bradbury 1943
    2025/06/12
    Bradbury 100 podcast time! And it's another of my "Chronological Bradbury" series, this time covering the year 1943. This is the year when Ray broke all his previous records, by having no fewer than eleven stories published in professional magazines - in contrast to the mere two published in 1942. This is also the year that Ray became 23 years old. It's remarkable to me that a 22-year-old could write a story like "The Wind", "The Crowd" or "The Scythe". All three of these classics were published before his 23rd birthday. To be fair, not every Bradbury story of 1943 is a timeless classic. Some of them are quite pulpy! But all of them are interesting. In this episode, I cover roughly half of 1943, and I'll cover the remainder of the year in a future episode. The stories I feature this time are: The Piper (Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1943) The Wind (Weird Tales, March 1943) Gabriel's Horn (co-written with Henry Hasse (Captain Future, Spring 1943)) Subterfuge (Astonishing Stories, April 1943) The Crowd (Weird Tales, May 1943) The Scythe (Weird Tales, July 1943) For links and more detail, check out the shownotes at https://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2025/06/new-podcast-episode-chronological.html
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    33 分
  • Bradbury 100 - episode 65 - Radio Classics: Dimension X / X Minus One

    Bradbury 100 - episode 65 - Radio Classics: Dimension X / X Minus One
    2025/05/29
    Bradbury 100 - episode 65 - Radio Classics: Dimension X / X Minus One by Bradbury 100 podcast by bradburymedia.co.uk
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    28 分
  • Bradbury 100 - episode 64 - It Came From Outer Space

    Bradbury 100 - episode 64 - It Came From Outer Space
    2025/05/15
    Sometimes the podstreams just cross, and this episode is a prime example. When Colin Kuskie, co-host of my other podcast suggested reviewing It Came From Outer Space, the classic 1953 science fiction movie created by Ray Bradbury, it was right up my alley - and so this new episode of Bradbury 100 is a crossover with the new episode of Science Fiction 101! The discussion ranges from Bradbury's contribution to the screenplay to the quality of the 3D, and takes in your humble hosts' views on whether or not screen creatures should be revealed or concealed. For more information, check out the show notes at: https://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2025/05/new-podcast-episode-it-came-from-outer.html
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    1 時間 6 分
  • Bradbury 100 - Episode 63 - The First Geeks with Orty Ortwein

    Bradbury 100 - Episode 63 - The First Geeks with Orty Ortwein
    2025/05/01
    Bradbury 100 is back with a new batch of episodes! This time: an interview with Orty Ortwein, author of THE FIRST GEEKS, which examines the early days of organised science fiction fandom. And guess who was there? Ray Bradbury, of course. At around eighteen years of age, he joined the Los Angeles chapter of the Science Fiction League, and became firm friends with animator Ray Harryhausen and super-fan Forry Ackerman. For more information on THE FIRST GEEKS and other items mentioned in the episode, check out the show notes at https://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2025/05/new-podcast-episode-first-geeks.html
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    36 分
  • Bradbury 100 Returns - 1st May 2025!

    Bradbury 100 Returns - 1st May 2025!
    2025/04/26
    Bradbury 100 Returns - 1st May 2025! by Bradbury 100 podcast by bradburymedia.co.uk
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    2 分
  • Bradbury 100 - Episode 62 - Ray Bradbury and Leigh Brackett

    Bradbury 100 - Episode 62 - Ray Bradbury and Leigh Brackett
    2025/02/12
    In this episode, I look at the relationship between two greats of genre fiction: Ray Bradbury and his friend Leigh Brackett. Brackett is perhaps best remembered today as one of the screenwriters of STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK - but long before that she co-wrote THE BIG SLEEP and RIO BRAVO for Howard Hawks. Earlier still, she was a prolific writer of science fiction and crime fiction. And, crucially for this podcast: she was Ray Bradbury's mentor during the early years of his professional career. For more on Leigh Brackett and Ray Bradbury, check out the show notes at: https://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2025/02/new-podcast-episode-ray-bradbury-and.html
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    19 分
  • Bradbury 100 - Episode 61 - Ray Bradbury and Radio's SUSPENSE!

    Bradbury 100 - Episode 61 - Ray Bradbury and Radio's SUSPENSE!
    2025/01/30
    Here's another new episode of my Bradbury 100 podcast. This time, I look at the early years of Ray Bradbury's professional career, which saw him not only mastering the craft of short story writing and putting together his first book, but branching out into media - in particular, getting his stories and scripts onto national radio shows such as CBS's SUSPENSE. Over a span of a dozen years, Suspense produced no fewer than eleven shows based on Bradbury stories, with some of the stories being produced multiple times. I argue that this early media presence - which included a number of stories previously unpublished - helped cement Bradbury's growing popularity and reputation. I have a playlist of full versions of all of Bradbury's SUSPENSE episodes in the shownotes on my website at https://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2025/01/ray-bradbury-on-radio-suspense.html
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    46 分
  • Bradbury 100 - Episode 60 - Ray Bradbury and The Simpsons!

    Bradbury 100 - Episode 60 - Ray Bradbury and The Simpsons!
    2024/12/24
    A few weeks ago, there was a new episode of The Simpsons which was entirely based on the works of Ray Bradbury. "Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes" is not the first time Ray has been referenced by the show. In fact, the number of Bradbury allusions across all of The Simpsons (i.e. on TV, in comics, and in books) now totals: thirteen. In this episode I detail them all! Many of them are represented by audio clips. But there are a few gags which are purely visual, including the comic-book and book appearances, and so I'll present some of those on my website. Check out the show notes at: https://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2024/12/ray-bradbury-and-simpsons.html
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    24 分