"He Transformed Science Fiction's Position in American Literature During the 1950s"

"If you look at a similar list today, all but three of the top films—Titanic and two Fast and Furious sequels—are science fiction or fantasy. That is 94 percent of the hits. That means in a 70-year period, American popular culture (and to a great degree world popular culture) went from 'realism' to fantasy and science fiction. The kids' stuff became everybody's stuff. How did that happen? There were many significant factors, but there is no doubt that Ray Bradbury was the most influential writer involved." 

At the Los Angeles Review of Books, Sam Weller and Dana Gioia discuss the centennial of Ray Bradbury.

"Accidental Architect"

"All of this work with the Disney people over the decades began because of that one young man and the love the Disney people had for me." 

Sam Weller at The Paris Review presents an old interview with Ray Bradbury about Bradbury's influence on architecture.