Weller marks the childhood fantasies and nostalgia of Bradbury's stories in a style that reflects the writer's effusive personality. He shows a fan's enthusiasm for reclaiming Bradbury's waning literary prestige and rekindling interest in works like "Dandelion Wine."

If you love Ray Bradbury you will love this book on his life.

A must for anyone who thinks they have it in them to write. If you have ever loved a short story by Ray Bradbury, then Sam Weller with support from Ray Bradbury gives us an insight into the man and his creative processes.

I was surprised Ray Bradbury approved this biography, since it is at times in danger of being iconoclastic, and doesn't make him look that good. The book wasn't very well written either, and contained too much that made me doubt the facts. Bradbury either lived a charmed life or a lot of the facts were skewered. I mean, Bradbury walks into a store and bumps into Walt Disney (they later work together). Bradbury walks into a hotel and almost trips over Steinbeck. Bradbury watches a TV show and the next day gets a call, out of the blue, from the show's creator (later they work together) etc etc ... there is too much of this stuff in the book to be believable. And I don't see the point of mentioning Bradbury's infidelities during his marriage or his egotism - at one point, the book claims, he accused Michael Moore of plagiarising a title, for crying out loud. Weller makes Bradbury sound pushy, foisting his work on people all over the place. I'm not sure how much of this stuff I believe. And if you thought Bradbury was a creative genius who did it all alone, then you only have to read the first quarter of the book to change your view about that - mentored for five years by Leigh Brackett, stories rewritten by Henry Kuttner and on and on it goes. By the time I'd finished reading this biography I wished I hadn't. If you know someone who loves Bradbury's stories, DON'T recommend this book to them.

Quite the American life. A bit thin on the Serling-Bradbury fallout, but great overall. Included Bradbury's two affairs, and his friction with John Huston. This focuses on Bradbury;s life, and is not an analysis of his work.

The thing that's so neat about this book is how it shows that Ray Bradbury is, before anything else, just a guy. Weller charters his journey from being just another oddball, unathletic, finicky eater who wrote every day (what he now calls crappy stories) to becoming the prolific, celebrated author we have all read.

Really good biography about a brilliant mind. I couldn't put it down.

worth skimming through ...barely

I read this last summer after Ray Bradbury died. What an inspiring life!

Pretty informative although a lot of the info I already knew. It was a fast read and hard to put down for some reason!

The ultimate Ray Bradbury biography. Every Bradbury fan should have a copy.

Well-written biography that reads like a story and honors an amazing literary icon.