Ray Bradbury in 1923 in Waukegan, Ill. "When I was born in 1920," he said in 2000, "the auto was only 20 years old. Radio didn't exist. TV didn't exist. I was born at just the right time to write about all of these things."

Ray Bradbury in 1923 in Waukegan, Ill. "When I was born in 1920," he said in 2000, "the auto was only 20 years old. Radio didn't exist. TV didn't exist. I was born at just the right time to write about all of these things."