Anyone can
Google "Ray Bradbury", so I won't bother you with pages
of easily-found links.
Instead,
here are some really useful links, and some really quirky ones.
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When Ray died
in 2012, the contents of his famous basement office were donated
to the Bradbury Center in Indianapolis. The office has been reconstructed,
and it is possible to visit!
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The Bradbury
Center's website is rather static - but it has a lively Facebook
page (administered by yours truly). Don't be put off by "studies";
the Facebook page posts all sorts of things to do with Ray, and
is the best place to find news of Bradbury-related events. If I
do say so myself.
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The best place
for fans to discuss Ray's work. A lively group with over 700 members,
and rising every day.
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A very readable
Ph.D. thesis by Steven Aggelis of Florida State University. Includes
the full text of many major interviews with Bradbury, and a detailed
biography, chronology and bibliography. This thesis was later edited
down into a book,
Conversations with Ray Bradbury - but the thesis has more
content than the book, and is legitimately free to download.
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A fair starting
point for information on Bradbury's books and stories, although
this isn't kept very up to date.There is a Message Board, which
used to be the best place to keep up to date with Bradbury's activities
- but this has been bettered by the Facebook pages listed above.
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ARCHIVED
copy of one of the earliest and best Bradbury sites, with one of the
most detailed bibliographies available. This site became dormant and
eventually disappeared, but Archive.org's Wayback Machine has
preserved some of its content.
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ARCHIVED
copy of another bibliographical site, from one of the collaborators
on the above. Again, this site became dormant and eventually disappeared
but some content is still accessible through the Wayback Machine.
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French
site. Has one of the most detailed chronological listing of Bradbury
short stories, especially for early (fanzine) works. If you don't
read French, try using Babelfish
to translate it for you.
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ARCHIVED copy
of a collaboration between several contributors to the Ray Bradbury
Message Board. Contains a number of reviews of Bradbury's short
stories. The site is no longer extant, but much of the content is
preserved on the Wayback Machine.
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Russian site,
some of it in English. Contains some full texts of Bradbury stories.
If you don't read Russian, be prepared to click randomly on a few
links until you stumble on the ones that show up in English!
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The Internet
Speculative Fiction Database is a searchable database for science
fiction and fantasy. Excellent resource, expecially if you are looking
for information on a particular short story (most other bibliographies
focus on books rather than shorts).
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William Contento's
Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections used
to be a useful book for tracking down short stories. Nowadays it
is available online, which makes it more useful than ever. Another
excellent resource, albeit somewhat out of date.
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French database
of SF. Well organised, but best enjoted if you read French!
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