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Ray Bradbury wrote the first draft…

December 17, 2021Weirdo

Ray Bradbury wrote the first draft of Fahrenheit 451 on a typewriter in UCLA Library’s basement that cost 10 cents for 30 minutes. 9 days and $9.80 later he had a short story titled ‘ The Fireman’ that was later expanded into Fahrenheit 451.

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Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451…

January 14, 2021Weirdo

Ray Bradbury wrote the first draft of Fahrenheit 451 (1953) on a coin-operated typewriter that charged 10 cents for every 30 minutes, costing him $9.80.

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It took Ray Bradbury 9 days…

July 14, 2019July 14, 2019Weirdo

It took Ray Bradbury 9 days to write his novella, The Firemen, in the basement of a UCLA library on a typewriter rented for 10¢/30 minutes. After being urged by his publisher, he returned to the basement, got to work, and expanded his novella into Fahrenheit 451, which also took 9 days to write.

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Ray Bradbury wrote the first…

October 11, 2017Weirdo

Ray Bradbury wrote the first draft of “Fahrenheit 451” on a coin-operated typewriter in the basement of the UCLA library. It charged 10¢ for 30 minutes, and he spent $9.80 in total at the machine.

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Legendary author Ray Bradbury was a descendant…

October 26, 2014Weirdo

Ray-BradburyLegendary author Ray Bradbury was a descendant of Mary Bradbury, who was tried in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.

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Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451, stormed out of a lecture…

June 20, 2014Weirdo

Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451, stormed out of a lecture given to college students after being told his interpretation of his own book was wrong.

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Ray Bradbury originally titled Fahrenhei …

April 9, 2013Weirdo

Ray Bradbury originally titled Fahrenheit 451 as “The Fireman”, but he & editors found the name boring so they called a local fire station and asked what temperature book paper burnt at. The firemen put Bradbury on hold, burnt a book, and reported that the temp it burnt at was “Fahrenheit 451”.

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