Facelift

Bradburymedia has had a very slight facelift (the old template was getting almost impossible to modify, so I had to switch to a new one). Rest assured that the old content is still here.

I haven't posted much lately, since I'm busily trying to put my PhD thesis together. If you feel starved of Bradbury-related posts, don't forget to take a look at the Facebook page of the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies, which I also administer. There's usually a couple of quick posts a day on there.

Happy Halloween, and: Onward!

Impact

It's a month since Ray Bradbury shuffled off this mortal coil. At the SFRA conference in Detroit last week, several conversations involved "where were you when you heard the news" threads, a bit like "where were you when you heard that JFK was assassinated?" or "where were you when you heard about the Challenger disaster?"

The actual announcement of Bradbury's death was quite low key: a relative tweeted it, but it took a couple of hours for the more  formal news services to pick up on it. Around this time, there wasn't much information being given, so people started casting around. Nothing shows the impact of the man's passing as much as the "hit counter" on this very blog. You can see the day of Bradbury's death quite clearly, as the normal level of traffic is thoroughly dwarfed:

Welcome!

If you are new to Bradburymedia, you may not be fully aware of what is on this site. Let me give you a quick run through what's here.

First, there's this blog. I tend to post news relating to Ray Bradbury, quality links to other online resources, and any interesting little nuggets of information I find during my research. My research, incidentally, is mainly into Bradbury's media work. Over on the right hand side of the screen, you will see ARCHIVES, which lets you browse the blog contacts over the last six years.

Second, there's the substantial bibliographic and filmographic content, most of which is unique to this site (or was until people started copying it elsewhere...) I have details on Bradbury's books, his work in film & TV, his work in radio, and I have the unique Bradbury Story Finder, which lets you look up a short story and determine where to find it.

Third, there are some detailed reviews of a number of Bradbury media adaptations. These are linked individually from the film & TV and radio listings. Browse around and you will find some fascinating information on the process of adaptation.

Of course, this is a never-ending work in progress. Some of the content desperately needs updating, but that will have to wait until I get the time to do it. 

If you would like to discuss anything you see here, I am always pleased to receive your comments. You can click on the "comments" link at the bottom of a blog post, or you can email directly at:

phil AT bradburymedia DOT co DOT uk

... I'm sure you can figure out how to express that as a proper email address...