I'm doing a paper on The Martian Chronicles and I was wondering if he was a part of any literary movement. Thanks

Not that I ever heard; he drew from many literary sources and developed to be pretty unique.

Great! Thank ypu so very much!

If torpedo is still looking in (and this is a literary paper topic) -

Well, you could speak about Mr. Bradbury's many influences related to freedom of speech during the early Cold War days of the 50's and the McCarthy political era. RB's writings were definitely center-most of similar themes written by contemporary writers of the time, such as: Richard Matheson, Rod Serling, Kurt Vonnegut, Harlan Ellison, Wm Nolan, George Clayton Johnson, and many others...

I frequented the writings of these authors, as well as their cinema works, regularly when teaching HS. Such authors continued the 20th Century alerts that had been initiated specifically by Orwell, Huxley, and Wells.

Is there "anyone" out there now carrying the banner or does Blu-ray simply rule the day?!

http://www.theguardian.com/boo...51-reading-the-1950s

http://ourfuture.org/20120607/...litical_Ray_Bradbury

http://www.laweekly.com/2007-0...-451-misinterpreted/

Wow, thanks so much!!!

torpedo: Also, realize that Mr. Bradbury always placed the responsibility on each of us - as individuals - to become and keep well-informed. It is simple, "Read, listen, speak!!"

Many of his stories unfold because the characters have experienced a cultural laziness that has brought about the dystopian conditions he so masterfully wrote about: Fahrenheit 451, Martian Chronicles, Sound of Thunder, The Murderer, Usher II, The Pedestrian...to name a few!

The great irony of F451 is, of course, Mr. Bradbury wrote it in the library basement of UCLA in just over a week's time. Sitting, writing, and typing away beneath all those books!!!

Hopefully, something here proves to be helpful.

I haven't kept up with the study of science fiction as literature, but one could consider the location where Bradbury lived while writing: Southern California. Or even a Midwest-to-SoCal shift.
I recall attending part of a conference, symposium or panel discussion featuring science-fiction authors at California State University, Fullerton in the early 1970s. Local author Philip K. Dick was among the speakers, but not Bradbury.
CSUF housed or houses the original draft of "Fahrenheit 451":
http://www.ocregister.com/arti...ections-library.html
Bradbury originally was from Illinois (Waukegan), and so was Dick (Chicago).
It seems Dick moved to Fullerton in 1972, so the conference would have been during that year or by 1975, as I recall. Apparently, CSUF also has a collection of Dick's works.
Here's a link to an Aug. 14, 2013 Los Angeles Review of Books article on California in science fiction that may lead to other SoCal authors or at least speculation on a SoCal "school" of thought on science fiction literature.
http://lareviewofbooks.org/ess...a-in-science-fiction
Also see Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, which had roots as a correspondence club founded in 1934 and is now headquartered in Van Nuys.