Talk:Ray Bradbury/Archive 1

message: Sam Weller's biography says, 
:Although the name on his birth certificate was spelled "R-a-y," Ray said he was originally given the name "Rae" after Rae Williams, a cousin on his father's side, and that it was not until the first grade that, at a teacher's recommendation, his parents changed the spelling of his first name. The name was too feminine, and the boy would be teased.
Given that the name on his birth certificate is spelled R-a-y, and he has used that spelling since he was first able to write, I don't think the R-a-e spelling has enough claim to be mentioned in a brief biography without going into a lengthy explanation (like here). Walloon 02:25, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biography 

message: I think a point to be made about Michael Moore's crib of Bradbury's title vs. Bradbury's crib of other authors' titles is that Bradbury didn't appropriate titles by living authors. Walloon 19:24, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia

message: Bradbury himself has called the The Martian Chronicles a "half-cousin to a novel" and "a book of stories pretending to be a novel." That having been said, I'm putting the book back under novels instead of short stories. That most of the contents of The Martian Chronicles were originally published as short stories is not important. Together with the two new stories and the bridge chapters, they form a novel. The story arc progresses from the first exploratory mission, to the final acceptance that the colonists are the new Martians. To put it another way, if you mixed up the chapters, or read the book from the last chapter to the first, much of the overall meaning of the book would be lost. And characters (Spender, Wilder, Parkhill, Hathaway) do appear in more than one chapter, or are referred to. Walloon 01:20, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Novels 

message: Is it really Ray? I've been writing a paper on him and multiple books that use him as a primary source say that his full name is Raymond.
Did you read the first section of this discussion page, above? Yes, "Ray" is the name on his birth certificate, not "Raymond". From the endnotes of Sam Weller's authorized biography:
:Certificate of Birth, Ray Douglas Bradbury, August 22, 1920, Lake County Clerk's Record #4750.
Walloon 05:23, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ray Bradbury's name 

message: I recently researched and wrote a large paper (16 pages) on Ray Bradbury. This article is quite good, so should I contribute anything that I learned through my paper, or leave as it is?
Please be specific. 66.82.9.82 01:50, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: We haven't read your paper. — Walloon 03:37, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh yeah... sorry. whoops. Hmm... 66.82.9.49 01:21, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Whoa... why did my IP change? I hate sattelite internet. 66.82.9.49 01:23, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What to add...? 

message: Got a question for Chris Cerf? Cerf worked with Bradbury at Random House during the 1960s. Post your questions before 25 April 2005.  --  Zanimum 18:11, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Interview with Chris Cerf, questions wanted

message: Bradbury's powerful imagery makes his work a complex joy to read. Take for example Something Wicked This Way Comes: in chapter 42, he uses the word panoply to set up the whole chapter. Panoply is defined as a splendid or striking array, something that covers and protects, the complete weapons and armor of a warrior, and something made of science fiction that seems as if it is real. Bradbury shows how Mr. Dark uses his tattoos in every definition of the panoply in this chapter.
Has anyone found other chapters of stories that have hidden connection like this? I am very intrested in this for possible essays. Any passages you know of would greatly help!
James O., April 7, 2006
Uh, I'd try many of his later works. But im not quite positive. -- Chris Ccool2ax  contrib. 05:46, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This discussion page is for discussing the Wikpedia article about Ray Bradbury. If you'd like to discuss aspects of Bradbury's writings, there are message boards at his official website. — Walloon 01:39, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Hidden Connections

message: Also see earlier discussion on this topic in /Archive 1
"Ray Bradbury (his given name is not Raymond) was born in Waukegan, Illinois". His given name is also not "Michael" or "Joseph" or "Christine". The comments in brackets are useless. If it really is vital, include it in a trivia section or some such nonsense.
Sontra 19:11, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, that's not useless. Most people called "Ray" have a full first name of "Raymond". Bradbury is an exception. Speaking of nonsense, who changed the article at 18:01, 11 September 2006 to say "Ray Bradbury (his given name is not Michael) was born in Waukegan, Illinois"? — Walloon 04:55, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ray Bradbury's name (cont'd) 

message: Hello, editors of ! I am currently working on an essay on Wikipedia, part of which will feature a comparison of articles of Wikipedia and Encyclopaedia Brittanica. To ensure that I send reviewers articles that have not been recently vandalized or have not been involved in an edit war, I would like, by December 31st, a revision of this article to be listed at User:Ccool2ax/Research-permalinks that is not vandalized and/or is generally at peak quality. Thank you! Chrisisme 20:03, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Why don't you pick one out yourself and put it there? LilDice 21:38, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Permalink for Wikipedia research project 

message: Also see earlier discussion on this topic in /Archive 1
we need a better pic Jeffklib 04:17, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not that it's a bad picture; it's just resized for some reason... it looks fine (although smaller) if you right-click on it and click "View Image." Zaita 03:00, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: I seem to recall Ray Bradbury stating in an interview a few years ago that he didn't believe that the Earth had been visited by extraterrestrials.  If someone could dig up a citatation where and when he said that, it might make an interesting addition to the article, especially in light of some of his writings, such as The Martian Chronicles.  His fear of flying is a similar paradoxical aspect to his personality, having written so many stories involving spaceflight. —QuicksilverT @ 21:10, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  If someone wishes to integrate this back into the article with reliable sources, please go right ahead, but we trivia sections such as these are highly frowned upon and should not exist in an encyclopedia, period.  Burntsauce 15:52, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I watched interview with Rod Serling from the original Twilight Zone mentioned he read and was inspired by Ray Bradbury books.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.95.140.176 (talk) 03:41, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  More trivia