In Ray Bradbury: The Life of Fiction, the authors say that Ray considered officially adding the Strawberry Window to Martian Chronicles, as well as making other changes in 1957. "Bradbury's planning went so far as to provide a date prefix...." (pg 129). I know its a fairly detailed question, but does anyone know what that date was in the MC timeline? I haven't been able to find it in the references and notes. Thanks

Icarus, for such a specific and narrow question, you may want to consider contacting the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies at Indiana University. I have no idea if the Center and its staff would have the time or opportunity to research your question for you, but the materials they received after Ray Bradbury's passing might contain the answer to your question. It would probably help if there was a scholarly motivation for your question rather than mere curiosity. The Center's e-mail address is: bradbury@iupui.edu. And here is a link to the Center's website:

https://bradbury.iupui.edu/top...enu-folder/about.php

Thank you. That is a great suggestion.