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May 1, 2014 (May 1, 2014)

Becoming Ray Bradbury $2.99 eBook sale

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For the month of May we have lowered the eBook list price of Jonathan Eller’s Becoming Ray Bradbury to $2.99. Link to the buy options below. Becoming Ray Bradbury chronicles the […]

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March 17, 2014 (February 21, 2014)

Happy birthday, William Gibson

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Author William Gibson, regarded as the Godfather of “cyberpunk” was born on March 17, 1948. Gibson coined the term “cyberspace” in his 1982 short story “Burning Chrome.” The well-regarded author […]

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September 3, 2013 (August 22, 2013)

Q&A with Gary Westfahl, author of Modern Masters of Science Fiction series book William Gibson

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Gary Westfahl is an adjunct professor teaching in the Writing Program at the University of La Verne. His many publications on science fiction include the three-volume Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science […]

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August 22, 2013 (August 15, 2016)

Happy birthday Ray Bradbury

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Ray Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920. The celebrated author famously claimed to remember his own birth. Jonathan R. Eller, director of the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies at […]

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February 15, 2013 (February 26, 2013)

Jad Smith Q&A on SciFi author John Brunner

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Under his own name and numerous pseudonyms, John Brunner (1934–1995) was one of the most prolific and influential science fiction authors of the late twentieth century. Jad Smith, an associate professor of […]

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May 2, 2012 (May 2, 2012)

Becoming Ray Bradbury a finalist for 2012 Locus Award

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Congratulations to Jonathan R. Eller whose book Becoming Ray Bradbury was announced as a finalist for a 2012 Locus Award in the category of Non-fiction.  Other nominees in the category include […]

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February 7, 2012

Vote for Becoming Ray Bradbury

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Locus, the Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Field, has released its list of nominees for the 42nd annual Locus Awards.  Jonathan Eller’s critically acclaimed Becoming Ray Bradbury has […]

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October 6, 2011

NPR affiliate WFIU runs Becoming Ray Bradbury segment

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Bloomington, Indiana’s NPR affiliate WFIU recently aired a piece on Jonathan Eller’s new book Becoming Ray Bradbury. […]

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September 6, 2011

Jonathan Eller on Bradbury in New Scientist

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Jonathan Eller, author of the new book Becoming Ray Bradbury, contributed an original piece to New Scientist on how science influenced Bradbury. The early years of the so-called atomic age that followed the first […]

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August 18, 2011 (August 18, 2011)

The Washington Post reviews Becoming Ray Bradbury

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The August 18, 2011, issue of The Washington Post includes Michael Dirda’s review of Jonathan Eller’s new book Becoming Ray Bradbury. “Every page is packed with fascinating material about one […]

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