For such a visionary futurist, Bradbury—who was born on this day in 1920—was rather old-fashioned.

BOOKS
When the 704-page 'A Game of Thrones' hit shelves on August 1, 1996, it received positive notices and respectable sales, but there was little hint of the hysteria that would follow.
Witches, demons, and wondrous creatures appear in a new book from the British Library, Graven Images: The Art of the Woodcut.
One key to being a good writer is to always keep reading—and that doesn't change after you've been published.
Before you see the big-screen adaptation of Stephen King’s world-traversing fantasy epic, pick up a few new nuggets and theories about the sweeping work.
Researchers at Northwestern University developed a new way to see inside old books.
In this excerpt from 'American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World,' science journalist David Baron writes about the morning and afternoon just before the eclipse, when national anticipation was at
Bill Nye and Neil Gaiman are also involved in the project.
They include tips for dealing with nosebleeds and contacting the dead.
'Presto and Zesto in Limboland' will be published in fall of 2018.
For eight years, King's pseudonym went undiscovered. Then a bookstore clerk took a walk to the Library of Congress.
Though published in 1960, the novel's inspiration came from nearly 100 years before.
An online repository of picture books from the U.S.S.R. highlights the importance of illustrator in Soviet political education.
Can a book on how to murder people be held liable for a real-life crime?
A Pew Research Center survey found that Millennials were more likely to have used a library in the past year than members of any other generation.
"I thought this was going to be a weekend project at first, but it quickly ballooned into this massive, awesome adventure," Dan Zemke told Mental Floss.