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ray bradbury’s walk of fame star
from ray bradbury posted in literature by pete_nice
On April 1, 2002, American writer Ray Bradbury had a Walk of Fame star in Hollywood dedicated to him at this location.
Bradbury is the author of several pieces of fiction that became films: Fahrenheit 451 (1966), Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983), and the 1956 screenplay collaboration with John Ford for Moby Dick.
Bradbury also provided teleplays and stories for Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956-1962), The Martian Chronicles (1980), and the eponymous program The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985-1992).
Bradbury died at his home in Los Angeles on June 6, 2012 at the age of 91.
view full location details...edgar rice burroughs birthplace
from edgar rice burroughs, tarzan posted in literature by corporate_sunshine
The writer/creator of Tarzan and John Carter of Mars was born at this address on September 1, 1875.
The fourth son of Civil War veteran and businessman Major George Tyler Burroughs (1833–1913) and his wife Mary Evaline (Zieger) Burroughs (1840–1920), Edgar Rice Burroughs attended several schools in the area until he left Chicago because of the influenza epidemic for his brother's ranch on the Raft River in Idaho.
In the ensuing years, Burroughs was a soldier in the Arizona Territory, performed ranch work, and worked for his father's firm. In 1911, he was working as a pencil sharpener wholesaler and was reading a great deal of pulp fiction. It was at this point that he decided to begin writing.
As he stated: "...if people were paid for writing rot such as I read in some of those magazines, that I could write stories just as rotten. As a matter of fact, although I had never written a story, I knew absolutely that I could write stories just as entertaining and probably a whole lot more so than any I chanced to read in those magazines."
view full location details...robert e. howard museum
from robert e. howard, conan the barbarian posted in literature by corporate_sunshine
Located in the city of Cross Plains, TX is the family home (and current museum) of Robert "Bob" E. Howard, author of several fantasy and adventure stories and creator of "Conan the Barbarian."
A frequent contributor to Weird Tales magazine, Howard was part of "The Lovecraft Circle", a group of fantasy writers who were influenced and encouraged through correspondence with Lovecraft.
Although Howard never had a book published in his lifetime, by the age of thirty he was consistently selling his stories to different magazines.
In 1936, upon hearing that his mother was entering a coma that she would not awake from, Howard went out to the car in the driveway of this location and shot himself in the head. He was thirty years old.
view full location details...château de touffou
from david ogilvy posted in literature by pete_nice
The Château de Touffou is a castle that has been converted into a mansion that dates back to the 12th century. It passed from the Oger family (1127-1280) to the Montléon family (1280-1519) and eventually to the Chasteigner family (1519-1821).
After the Chasteigner family sold it, it changed hands several times until it was purchased in 1966 by advertising legend (and original Mad Man) David Ogilvy.
Ogilvy founded the advertising firm of Ogilvy and Mather, and is the author of several books: Confessions of an Advertising Man, Ogilvy on Advertising, and Blood, Brains & Beer: The Autobiography of David Ogilvy.
Not bad for a guy who got started selling stoves door-to-door...
view full location details...charles bukowski’s birthplace
from charles bukowski posted in literature by pete_nice
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