Images: Science-fiction writer Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury smiles in his Beverly Hills, Ca., office in Feb. 1982. ASSOCIATED PRESS

This April 25, 2009 file photo shows author Ray Bradbury attending The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at The University of California in Los Angeles. Bradbury, who wrote everything from science-fiction and mystery to humor, died Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in Southern California. He was 91. ASSOCIATED PRESS

This Nov. 15, 2000 file photo shows science fiction writer Ray Bradbury at the National Book Awards in New York where he was given the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Bradbury, who wrote everything from science-fiction and mystery to humor, died Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in Southern California. He was 91. ASSOCIATED PRESS

This Jan. 29, 1997 file photo shows author Ray Bradbury at a signing for his book “Quicker Than The Eye” in Cupertino, Calif. Bradbury, who wrote everything from science-fiction and mystery to humor, died Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in Southern California. He was 91. ASSOCIATED PRESS

This Dec. 8, 1966 file photo shows science fiction writer Ray Bradbury looks at a picture that was part of a school project to illustrate characters in one of his dramas in Los Angeles. Bradbury, who wrote everything from science-fiction and mystery to humor, died Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in Southern California. He was 91. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Author Ray Bradbury attends The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at The University of California Los Angeles Saturday, April 25, 2009, in Los Angeles, Calif. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Science fiction author Ray Bradbury sits in front of a photo of Mars, presented to him during an 83rd birthday party in his honor Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003, at The Planetary Society in Pasadena, Calif. Bradbury celebrated his 83rd birthday with this wish: One night, 100 years from now, a youngster will stay up late reading his 1950 classic “The Martian Chronicles” with a flashlight under his blanket _ on the Red Planet. ASSOCIATED PRESS

An image of science fiction author Ray Bradbury etched in glass sits on display in the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, Tuesday, June 8, 2004, in Seattle. The museum, created with $20 million from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, opens June 18. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ray Bradbury of Los Angeles, science fiction novelist. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dr. Louis Friedman, left, executive director of The Planetary Society, presents author Ray Bradbury, with a Mars-shaped cake at Bradbury’s 83rd birthday party held Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003, at the Planetary Society in Pasadena, Calif. Bradbury celebrated his 83rd birthday with this wish: One night, 100 years from now, a youngster will stay up late reading his 1950 classic “The Martian Chronicles” with a flashlight under his blanket _ on the Red Planet. ASSOCIATED PRESS