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1、Unit21FrostandFireRayBradburyRayBradburyRayDouglasBradbury(August22,1920–June5,2012)wasanAmericanfantasy,sciencefiction,horrorandmysteryfictionauthor.BestknownforhisdystopiannovelFahrenheit451(1953)andforthesciencefictionandhorrorstoriesgatheredtogetherasTheMartianChronicles(1950)a
2、ndTheIllustratedMan(1951),Bradburywasoneofthemostcelebrated20th-centuryAmericangenrewriters.Hewroteandconsultedonmanyscreenplaysandtelevisionscripts,includingMobyDickandmostnotably,ItCamefromOuterSpace,andmanyofhisworkshavebeenadaptedintocomicbooks,televisionshows,andfilms.WritingB
3、radburyclaimedawidevarietyofinfluences,anddescribeddiscussionshemighthavewithhisfavoritepoetsandwritersRobertFrost,WilliamShakespeare,JohnSteinbeck,AldousHuxley,andThomasWolfe.FromSteinbeck,hesaidhelearned"howtowriteobjectivelyandyetinsertalloftheinsightswithouttoomuchextracomment.
4、"HestudiedEudoraWeltyforher"remarkableabilitytogiveyouatmosphere,character,andmotioninasingleline."Bradbury'sfavoritewritersgrowingupincludedKatherineAnnePorter,whowroteabouttheAmericanSouth,EdithWharton,andJessamynWest.WritingWhenlateraskedaboutthelyricalpowerofhisprose,Bradburyre
5、plied,"Fromreadingsomuchpoetryeverydayofmylife.Myfavoritewritershavebeenthosewho’vesaidthingswell."Heisquoted,"Ifyou'rereluctanttoweep,youwon'tliveafullandcompletelife."WritingInregardtohiseducation,Bradburysaid:"Librariesraisedme.Idon'tbelieveincollegesanduniversities.Ibelieveinli
6、brariesbecausemoststudentsdon'thaveanymoney.WhenIgraduatedfromhighschool,itwasduringtheDepressionandwehadnomoney.Icouldn'tgotocollege,soIwenttothelibrarythreedaysaweekfor10years."CareerRayBradburywasfreetostartacareerinwritingwhen,owingtohisbadeyesight,hewasrejectedadmissionintothe
7、militaryduringWorldWarII.HavingbeeninspiredbysciencefictionheroeslikeFlashGordonandBuckRogers,Bradburybegantopublishsciencefictionstoriesinfanzinesin1938.BradburywasinvitedbyForrestJ.Ackerman[citationneeded]toattendtheLosAngelesScienceFictionSociety,whichatthetimemetatClifton'sCafe
8、teriaindowntownLosAngeles.
