Ray Bradbury 1920 – 2012

Bradbury wrote that it was a chance encounter with a carnival performer called Mr. Electrico that made him a writer. No one else seems to remember Mr. Electrico, and no one has ever managed to confirm the story. Mr. Electrico said to the young Ray Bradbury as he knighted him with his sizzling electric sword: “Live forever.” And that is just what Bradbury will do through his stories.


Bradbury in a not so serious moment: