| A | B |
| Ray Bradbury's birthplace | Waukegan, Illinois |
| Century of Progress exhibit | captured his interest |
| H.G. Wells and Jules Verne | inspired Bradbury to begin writing outer-space adventure stories |
| Weird Tales magazine | bought Bradbury's stories at the rate of one each month |
| The Martian Chronicles | Bradbury's book about Earth colonists on Mars |
| Fahrenheit 451 | depicts a future government that controls citizens by eliminating mental stimulation |
| Ray Bradbury Television Theater | Bradbury wrote scripts for this cable network show |
| Spaceship Earth at Epcot in Disney World | Bradbury helped design this |
| car | Bradbury has never driven one himself |
| space flight | Bradbury believes humankind has a "manifest destiny" for this |