The Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury, The Ray Bradbury Centennial An Inspiration to Many Centennial Famous writers, movie directors, August 22, 2020 Poster Series and artists admired Ray Bradbury greatly. These and many others On August 22, 2020 Waukegan said he inspired their creativity: celebrates the centennial of native son R. L. Stine, Steven Spielberg, Ray Bradbury. He was born August Stephen King, Alice Hoffman, 22, 1920, at 11 S. St. James Street, Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, Waukegan, Illinois. Mort Castle, David Eggers. “I was born in Waukegan in 1920 and Today, Ray Bradbury continues had my second birth at the Carnegie to inspire his readers everywhere. Library in Waukegan. I came to full “Ray Bradbury’s endless optimism, bloom there and when I was twelve, joy, curiosity, and love in his works after reading most of the books reflect my childhood in Waukegan in that fantastic library, I became Ray and serve as a constant source Bradbury. What more could I ask? of inspiration in my life.” What a wonderful town to be born in. What a library to grow in. What — Christopher Foster, Fox Lake, IL a town to come back to; a town that I know and love with all my heart.”

“It’s Ray Bradbury’s style of writing — Ray Bradbury, 2009 that struck me the most in the story ‘Calling Mexico.’ I related because This series of three Ray Bradbury when he describes Mexico, Centennial posters highlights his roots it’s like I’m there.” in Waukegan, his lasting fame as an — Topacio Hernandez, Waukegan author, and his hungry imagination.

“Ray Bradbury’s writing style is like my look of the world, that there is more than we see. I love reading his biography at the The Ray Bradbury moment, as there is so much influence of his past. It’s awesome.” Centennial Poster Series was made possible by Illinois — Michaela Porwoll, Humanities through annual support Hamburg, Germany from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Illinois General Assembly. His Imagination Blooms Honored for a Lifetime in Waukegan of Writing In his book Zen in the Art Ray Bradbury won the 2004 of Writing, Ray Bradbury asks: National Medal of Arts, “How did I get from Waukegan, presented to those who have made Illinois, to Red Planet, Mars?” extraordinary contributions to the arts in the USA. He received too many honors and awards to list here. Growing up in Waukegan, Bradbury said these captured Passion for Writing The poster shows places both his imagination: on Earth and in space. As a boy, he received a toy Reading ghost stories typewriter at Christmas. He started On Earth Circus parades down typing his stories. Later he said, Ray Bradbury Park, Waukegan, Genesee Street “I wrote a thousand words a day every day from twelve on.” dedicated 1990. Dedicated as a Carousels National Literary Landmark, 2019. The poster shows two of Bradbury’s Phantom of the Opera movie most famous books. Bradbury Star on the Hollywood Walk Dinosaurs of Fame in California, 2002. The ravine in what is now Dandelion Wine Ray Bradbury Park In Space The book is set in Green Town, The fog horn at the lake a fictional town based on Waukegan. Dandelion Crater on the Moon, Apollo Stars in the Illinois sky He describes family members, 15 Expedition, 1972; named after friends, and places in Waukegan. Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury. Bradbury went on to use them in You can visit some of those 9766 Bradbury, Asteroid in space, Something Wicked This Way Comes, places today. 1992; named for Ray Bradbury. Dandelion Wine, Dark Carnival, Bradbury Landing on Mars, Curiosity The Fog Horn, Martian Chronicles, Martian Chronicles Rover Expedition, 2012, honors Ray. and other stories. Humans travel into space to colonize Mars and experience astonishing images and visions. They come into conflict with ancient, mysterious, shape-changing Martians.

Read a Ray Bradbury Story! Discover how his imagination took him from Illinois to “Red Planet, Mars.”