A Sound of Thunder

RAY BRADBURY is one of America’s greatest writers. Over the span of his illustrious career, Bradbury has penned hundreds of short stories, more than thirty books, poems, essays and scripts for radio, film and opera.

Among his novels are Fahrenheit 451, Dandelion Wine and The Martian Chronicles.

His short story, A Sound of Thunder, was first published in Colliers magazine, and later in his books, R is For Rocket and Golden Apples of the Sun.

Among his honors are the O. Henry Memorial Award, Benjamin Franklin Award, Aviation-Space Writer's Association Award, World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, Jules Verne Award, and the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America. He also received the PEN Center USA West Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

Many of Bradbury's works have been adapted for television and film, among them The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (based on Bradbury's story, The Fog Horn), Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451 (based on the novels of the same name). He wrote the screenplay for director John Huston's version of Moby Dick. Bradbury stories also have been adapted in Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and The Twilight Zone. The popular Ray Bradbury Theater was a USA network TV series based on 65 of his short stories. Broadcast from 1986 to 1992, the series won seven Cable Award Nominations. Bradbury's teleplay of The Halloween Tree garnered an Emmy Award and his animated film, Icarus Montgolfier Wright, netted an Academy Award nomination.

A native of Waukegan, Illinois, Bradbury moved with his family to Los Angeles while he was a teen, where he continues to write and publish.