RAY BRADBURY:
Earlier this month, Ray shared highlights from a remarkable life
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In this essay from
UCLA Magazine
, Ray recalls his days in Westwood and the writing of
Fahrenheit 451
SPECIAL SIGHT
Catch a glimpse of selected items from the Bradburyana in the UCLA Library Special Collections
TIMELINE
Follow the Flame: Use this timeline to track the birth, influence and cloning (in other media) of
Fahrenheit 451
RAY BRADBURY'S GALACTIC BRUIN QUIZ
Think you know the history of the author's long relationship with UCLA? Take this quiz and test that hypothesis
RAY BRADBURY’S GALACTIC BRUIN QUIZ
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1) The story we know as
Fahrenheit 451
has had multiple titles. Which of the following titles has NEVER been used:
Long After Midnight
The Fireman
A Flame in Alexandria
2) True or False: Bradbury wrote
Fahrenheit 451
in UCLA's Powell Library to take advantage of the air conditioning.
True
False
3) Ray's wife Maggie studied English and Spanish at UCLA. Which undergraduate class did she blame for her departure from campus:
A literature class on Proust
A poetry class on Yeats
A swimming class.
4) True or False: The UCLA Library catalog includes more than 100 entries under the author name Ray Bradbury.
True
False
5) The opening line of
Fahrenheit 451
is:
Montag sat listening to the rain.
It was a pleasure to burn.
Montag grinned the fierce grin of all men singed and driven back by flame.
6) Bradbury credits many authors and films for helping to shape his imagination. Which book or picture should NOT be on the list:
John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath
Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio
Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie
King Kong (1933 version of the film)
7) In recent years, which event has regularly brought Ray Bradbury to the UCLA campus?
Sigma Tau Delta Marathon Reading
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books in Association with UCLA
UCLA Office of Residential Life Common Book Discussion
Special thanks to the Sam Weller biography, “The Bradbury Chronicles.”
