Jonathan R. Eller is a Chancellor's Professor of English, Emeritus, at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis and cofounder of the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies at IUPUI, where he served for ten years as the Bradbury Center's director. His books Becoming Ray Bradbury and Ray Bradbury Unbound were each finalists for the Locus Award in the Nonfiction category.

— Greg Bear

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. The Inherited Wish1. Prometheus Bound2. The Darkness Between the Stars3. A Teller of Tales4. The Prisoner of Gravity5. Witness and Celebrate6. The Sleep of Reason7. The Inherited Wish8. Long After Midnight9. A Mailbox on MarsPart II. Beyond Eden10. The God in Science Fiction11. Infinite Worlds12. Abandon in Place13. Beyond Eden14. Robot Museums15. The Great Shout of the Universe16. A Eureka Year17. One-Way Ticket ManPart III. 1984 Will Not Arrive18. "My Name Is Dark"19. A Most Favorite Subject20. Memories of Murder21. 1984 Will Not Arrive22. Death Is a Lonely Business23. A Poet's Heart24. Forms of Things Unknown25. Time Flies26. Beyond the Iron CurtainPart IV. Graveyard for Lunatics27. A Graveyard for Lunatics28. Disputed Passage29. Green Shadows, White Whale30. The ABCs of Science Fiction31. An American Icon32. Harvest Time33. A Promise of Eternity34. Séances and Ghosts35. An Evening on MarsPart V. Closing the Book36. "Make Haste to Live"37. Messages in a Bottle38. The Fire Within39. A Child's Imagination40. Farewell Summer41. Samurai Kabuki42. "Nothing Has to Die"43. Visions of Mars44. Remembrance45. Closing the BookNotesIndex

Jonathan R. Eller is a Chancellor's Professor of English, Emeritus, at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis and cofounder of the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies at IUPUI, where he served for ten years as the Bradbury Center's director. His books Becoming Ray Bradbury and Ray Bradbury Unbound were each finalists for the Locus Award in the Nonfiction category.

— Greg Bear

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. The Inherited Wish1. Prometheus Bound2. The Darkness Between the Stars3. A Teller of Tales4. The Prisoner of Gravity5. Witness and Celebrate6. The Sleep of Reason7. The Inherited Wish8. Long After Midnight9. A Mailbox on MarsPart II. Beyond Eden10. The God in Science Fiction11. Infinite Worlds12. Abandon in Place13. Beyond Eden14. Robot Museums15. The Great Shout of the Universe16. A Eureka Year17. One-Way Ticket ManPart III. 1984 Will Not Arrive18. "My Name Is Dark"19. A Most Favorite Subject20. Memories of Murder21. 1984 Will Not Arrive22. Death Is a Lonely Business23. A Poet's Heart24. Forms of Things Unknown25. Time Flies26. Beyond the Iron CurtainPart IV. Graveyard for Lunatics27. A Graveyard for Lunatics28. Disputed Passage29. Green Shadows, White Whale30. The ABCs of Science Fiction31. An American Icon32. Harvest Time33. A Promise of Eternity34. Séances and Ghosts35. An Evening on MarsPart V. Closing the Book36. "Make Haste to Live"37. Messages in a Bottle38. The Fire Within39. A Child's Imagination40. Farewell Summer41. Samurai Kabuki42. "Nothing Has to Die"43. Visions of Mars44. Remembrance45. Closing the BookNotesIndex