VOCABULARY FOR
“THERE WILL COME SOFT
RAINS”
BY RAY BRADBURY
Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury is one of those
rare individuals whose writing
has changed the way people
think. His more than five
hundred published works -short stories, novels, plays,
screenplays, television scripts,
and verse -- exemplify the
American imagination at its
most creative.
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Ray Bradbury
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Once read, his words are never forgotten. His bestknown and most beloved books, THE MARTIAN
CHRONICLES, THE ILLUSTRATED MAN, FAHRENHEIT
451 and SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES,
are masterworks that readers carry with them over
a lifetime. His timeless, constant appeal to
audiences young and old has proven him to be one
of the truly classic authors of the 20th Century -and the 21st.
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Ray Bradbury
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In recognition of his stature in the world of literature
and the impact he has had on so many for so many
years, Bradbury was awarded the National Book
Foundation's 2000 Medal for Distinguished
Contribution to American Letters, an the National
Medal of Arts in 2004.
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Ray Bradbury
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Ray Bradbury’s love of reading:
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