Talk:Ray Bradbury

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Contents 1 Talk archives 2 Ray Bradbury's name 3 Needs fixing? 4 Permalink for Wikipedia research project 5 Picture 6 More trivia 7 National Book Award

[edit] Talk archives

• /Archive 1 (April 2005 – June 2006)

[edit] Ray Bradbury's name

Also see earlier discussion on this topic in /Archive 1

"Ray Bradbury (his given name is not Raymond) was born in Waukegan, Illinois". His given name is also not "Michael" or "Joseph" or "Christine". The comments in brackets are useless. If it really is vital, include it in a trivia section or some such nonsense. Sontra 19:11, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

No, that's not useless. Most people called "Ray" have a full first name of "Raymond". Bradbury is an exception. Speaking of nonsense, who changed the article at 18:01, 11 September 2006 to say "Ray Bradbury (his given name is not Michael) was born in Waukegan, Illinois"? — Walloon 04:55, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Actually, it IS useless. Unless Wikipedia is in the habit of repeating already stated information. If his name is given as "Ray Douglas Bradbury" it should be clear that his first name is Ray. Otherwise his name would be "Raymond Douglas Bradbury", no? Also, do you happen to know most people called "Ray"? Or are you just assuming that most people with the name of Ray are actually Raymond? And actually, I said it was useless. The nonsense was in relation to placing it elsewhere. I applaud your reading skills. And, as you so cleverly mention, I did indeed change the article. It made as much sense as the current revision. Sontra 19:32, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

No reponse? In that case, maybe remove the superfluous line. Sontra 23:22, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Needs fixing?

"For Bradbury, there is some blurring of categories, and the distinctions in his works of penis art. somewhat subjective, for he frequently has written stories about a set of balls or a subject,"

I think something needs to be fixed here? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.58.224.75 (talk • contribs) 20:38, 13 September 2006 (UTC).

Vandalism was reverted by Walloon on 13 September 2006. —Quicksilver

[edit] Permalink for Wikipedia research project

Hello, editors of Ray Bradbury! I am currently working on an essay on Wikipedia, part of which will feature a comparison of articles of Wikipedia and Encyclopaedia Brittanica. To ensure that I send reviewers articles that have not been recently vandalized or have not been involved in an edit war, I would like, by December 31st, a revision of this article to be listed at User:Ccool2ax/Research-permalinks that is not vandalized and/or is generally at peak quality. Thank you! Chrisisme 20:03, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Why don't you pick one out yourself and put it there? LilDice 21:38, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

Also see earlier discussion on this topic in /Archive 1

we need a better pic Jeffklib 04:17, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

It's not that it's a bad picture; it's just resized for some reason... it looks fine (although smaller) if you right-click on it and click "View Image." Zaita 03:00, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More trivia

I seem to recall Ray Bradbury stating in an interview a few years ago that he didn't believe that the Earth had been visited by extraterrestrials. If someone could dig up a citatation where and when he said that, it might make an interesting addition to the article, especially in light of some of his writings, such as The Martian Chronicles. His fear of flying is a similar paradoxical aspect to his personality, having written so many stories involving spaceflight. —Quicksilver^{T @} 21:10, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

In the movie "Blade Runner" by Ridley Scott, Harrison Fords character exits his car in front of the "Bradbury Building". Robot designer J.F. Sebastian lives there. I know that the building is a well-known landmark not named after Ray Bradbury, but I wonder if it might be a subtle gesture anyway? — 80.136.210.78 00:45, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] National Book Award

He also got some kind of lifetime achievement National Book Award, which fact should be included in this article. I don't know the proper way to say it. 18.252.5.164 01:58, 2 February 2007 (UTC)