THE NERD PAYOFF
Why This Pin Earned Its Place
The vanished home connects the working life behind Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and decades of Los Angeles futurism to Bradbury’s wider fandom and space-science circle.
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Fifty-year writing home
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A vanished literary site
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Bradbury’s LASFS and Caltech connections
PEOPLE AND IDEAS HERE
The Human Network Behind the Address
The Bradbury-associated house was demolished in 2015 and replaced by a private residence; no Bradbury fabric survives.
resident · Approximately 1960–2012
Bradbury lived and worked here for roughly fifty years.
Interaction circle
• Bradbury’s early Los Angeles circle included Forrest J Ackerman and Ray Harryhausen.
• He occasionally joined the Heinlein-house Mañana group.
• He appeared with Arthur C. Clarke, Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray, and Walter Sullivan at Caltech in 1971.
LOOK CLOSER
The Gloriously Specific Details
Location history
• The Bradbury-associated house was demolished in 2015 and replaced by a private residence; no Bradbury fabric survives.
Interaction circle
• Bradbury’s early Los Angeles circle included Forrest J Ackerman and Ray Harryhausen.
• He occasionally joined the Heinlein-house Mañana group.
• He appeared with Arthur C. Clarke, Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray, and Walter Sullivan at Caltech in 1971.
Map disclosure
• The marker is a coarse area point, not the residence or parcel.
CONFIRMED · HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
The Bradbury-associated house was demolished in 2015 and replaced by a private residence; no Bradbury fabric survives.
INTERPRETATION · IDEA NETWORK
The vanished home connects the working life behind Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and decades of Los Angeles futurism to Bradbury’s wider fandom and space-science circle.
UNDERSTAND THE PLACE
Context Without a Doorstep
Public location
Cheviot Hills neighborhood (approximate)
Hours
Not applicable to a context-only record. A related public institution may have its own event schedule.
Access
Historic context only. The associated home no longer survives, and the current parcel is not a visitor destination.
Map disclosure
The marker identifies a general area, not a house or parcel.
Photography
Do not photograph residents, windows, or private property, and do not linger.
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