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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It’s Banned Books Week. Did you know that since its publication in 1953, Ray Bradbury’s FAHRENHEIT 451 is one of the most challenged and censored titles in the U.S.? As Bradbury’s biographer, I filed a FOIA request and, yep, there’s a 40-page FBI file on Bradbury. #BannedBooksWeek #RayBradbury

A page from the previously top secret FBI file on author Ray Bradbury, unearthed through a Freedom
of Information Act request made by biographer Sam Weller

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Tried to DM you, but I am unable to send you a message. Not sure if you have something turned off in your settings. You can always DM me your email.

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I just followed you and will DM my email.

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A different version of it is his collection, THE STORIES OF RAY BRADBURY.

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Unless you are a fan of child abuse, Child Labor laws for one. So children benefitted. And unless you are a misogynist, Woman were given the right to vote. So those are just two groups who benefited to this day.

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Actually, the progressive era predated the Great Depression. Women earned the right to vote in 1920. But, yeah, all the indicators are go full throttle for a Trump-induced financial meltdown.

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

He tells it at the front of THE STORIES OF RAY BRADBURY for sure.

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We all know what followed the Guilded Age, right? The Progressive Era. Bring it.

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’m a family member of the cancer army. My Mom died when I was 25. I salute you and your strength, courage, and perseverance!

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The sheer ineptitude of the emergency slide deploying on Air Force One is mind-boggling. This doesn’t even happen on the thousands of commercial flights taking off every single day. And to think, these are the same characters who carry the nuclear codes. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/u...

nytimes.com

Trump Is Delayed After Emergency Slide Deploys on New Air Force One

The mishap occurred while the Qatari-donated jet was parked on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews. It delayed President Trump’s departure to a Republican convention in Dallas.

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

John—that scene in the dorm room when you give your daughter’s foot, a little squeeze, and then move into a montage of memories is absolutely beautiful. You so perfectly captured the fleeting nature of childhood, how precious it is, and how quickly it all goes by. Thank you so much for writing thisz

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

@johnbiemer.bsky.social Thank you for writing your beautiful essay about the unique nature of dropping a child off at college. It brought me solace in the midst of my own parental sorrow.

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Having gone through this twice, this is beautifully written.

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate Ray Bradbury’s birthday! The #RayDay readings were remarkable! As a way of saying thanks, I am posting a free, downloadable pdf from my book, DARK BLACK, a fantasy story about #RayBradbury titled, LIVE FOREVER! www.samweller.net/bradbury-1/2...

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LIVE FOREVER! — Sam Weller

To celebrate Ray Bradbury’s birthday, I’m posting a fictional short story I wrote about Ray from my collection, Dark Black . Much of Bradbury’s oeuvre can be looked at through the lens of “autobiogr...

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

In researching an essay for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social , I discovered an undeveloped, never-before-seen photograph of film director #JohnHuston taken by #RayBradbury at Huston’s Irish manor on January 30, 1954. The photo is dark and grainy, but absolutely magical nonetheless. #RayDay

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Chris Hickam @chrishickam.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Thirty years ago, my wife and I met in a college production of The Martian Chronicles. In September 2010, we were able to share our story with Ray thanks to @samwellerauthor.bsky.social. #rayday #RayBradbury

A picture of Ray Bradbury with the author of the post and his wife.

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Thank you, both! Ray was in the sunset of his life, but he loved your story! It brought him great delight. Thank you so much for your support and kindness over the years for my work as well!

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

In researching an essay for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, I discovered an undeveloped, never-before-seen photograph of film director #JohnHuston taken by #RayBradbury at Huston’s Irish manor on January 30, 1954. The photo is dark and grainy, but absolutely magical nonetheless. #RayDay

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

That time when the legendary creator of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs, wrote a personal letter to a teen #RayBradbury explaining why he could not come speak to Bradbury’s club, the Los Angeles Science Fiction Society.

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Here’s a good one from my files: A 26-year-old #raybradbury during his courtship with Marguerite McClure, circa late ‘46/early ‘47. They married on Sept. 27, 1947. That’s Ray’s handwriting at the top of the photo. #RayDay #raybradbury

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gojirama, but spooky @gojirama1.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My contribution to #RayDay is a reading from #TheFogHorn.

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

A young Ray Bradbury in 1942, around the time he wrote his first classic story, “The Lake,” outside his family home at 670 S. Venice Blvd in Venice, CA. From my book, LISTEN TO THE ECHOES: THE RAY BRADBURY INTERVIEWS (hatandbeardbks, 2017). And again in 2003 outside the same home in a photo I took.

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

So many beautiful people I have meet in my travels over the last 20 years as the biographer of #RayBradbury. The cool thing? And I mean this with all sincerity, I remember every single one of you. I can tell you the city, and what we discussed. Thank you for your kindness and ❤️! #libraries #RayDay

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Ray wanted this art by Jean-Michel Folon as the cover of his final book, NIGHTMARES & DAYDREAMS, a collection. Why the book was never published is an epic tale all-together. Ray asked me to finish the book for him. I didn’t think it was right. But I know wish I had. #RayDay #RayBradbury

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Happy #RayDay! #RayBradbury I may not be wearing a Bradbury inspired T-shirt, but I am wearing my favorite intergalactic space alien!

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A. A. Rubin @thesurrealari.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My recitation of the end of The Martian Chronicles, by #raybradbury for #rayday. It’s one of my favorite passages, a great ending, and a reminder of how and why human authors choose to use the em-dash.

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The wonderland that was Ray Bradbury’s basement office. #RayDay #RayBradbury #BookSky

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

A young Ray Bradbury, roused from a nap by his Aunt Neva to take this iconic photograph. This was taken right outside the house I shared earlier. #RayDay #RayBradbury #booksky

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A. A. Rubin @thesurrealari.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Here is the passage I recited for #RayDay. It might have been difficult to understand what I was saying about the way #RayBradbury uses the em-dash without seeing the text. I’ve highlighted the relevant sentence here. Notice how the em-dashes offset “in the canal.”

"your mother and I will try to teach you. Perhaps we'll fail. I hope not. We've had a good lot to see and learn from. We planned this trip years ago, before you were born. Even if there hadn't been a war we would have come to Mars, I think, to live and form our own standard of living. It would have been another century before
Now, of course "
Mars would have been really poisoned by the Earth civilization.
They reached the canal. It was long and straight and cool and
wet and reflective in the night.
"Tve always wanted to see a Martian,"
re they, Dad? You promised."
said Michael. "Where
"There they are," said Dad, and he shifted Michael on his shoulder and pointed straight down.
The Martians were there. Timothy began to shiver.
The Martians were there-in the canal-reflected in the water. (This phrase is circled in red)
Timothy and Michael and Robert and Mom and Dad
The Martians stared back up at them for a long, long silent
time from the rippling water.
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