Ray Bradbury
publication date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 (part of Spring 2012)
category: Literature
clue: Before writing about tattooed men and book-burning, this sci-fi writer chronicled life on Mars.
explanation: Bradbury wrote The Illustrated Man, Fahrenheit 451, and The Martian Chronicles. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Erik Bates, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, and Aaron Shurtleff
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