Bradbury 13 (Audio Cassette Series)

This Peabody Award-winning series of radio dramas was adapted from Bradbury's stories. It was first made available on cassette in 1984.

Bradbury is quoted on the cover of one edition as saying, "These productions are beautiful and perfect to my work. I couldn't be happier."

The Bradbury 13 series was produced by Brigham Young University Media Services and funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting through NPR's Satellite Program Development Fund. It seems likely that these dramas were first heard as National Public Radio broadcasts. The creative team behind the series included:

Series Creator/Director/Producer: Mike McDonough 
Executive Producer: Dean VanUitert
Associate Producer: Jeff Rader
Original Score: Roger Hoffman & Greg Hanson
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The first cassette release of the series in 1984 was distributed exclusively by The Mind's Eye in San Francisco. The were re-released in the 1990s as part of Durkin Hayes' Audio Paperbacks series. Some of the dramas may also have been re-released in 1987 by Soundelux Publishing. 

The Mind's Eye (1984)
Each cassette was sold seperately and contains two dramatizations. These include:

• "A Sound of Thunder"/"The Screaming Woman"
• "The Man"/Bradbury on Bradbury - Actors include Mike Flynn, Max Golightly, Mike McDonough, Lynn McKinlay and Scott Wilkinson. Also includes Bradbury on Bradbury, an interview with the author, conducted by Mike McDonough.

It's interesting to note that "The Screaming Woman" is the only episode among the original 13 that was not re-released by Durkin Hayes in the 1990s.

Soundelux Publishing  
We currently have very little information about this release, but it appears that at least two of the audio dramas were released by in the late 1980s. The number of episodes released by Soundelux is unknown. However, there is a record of this cassette:

• "Night Call, Collect"/"The Ravine" (1987) 

Durkin Hayes Audio Paperbacks (1990s)
The dramas are paired differently on these cassettes. Each cassette also includes a portion of the Bradbury on Bradbury interview, which originally appeared on side B of "The Man" in the Minds Eye release.  Michael McDonough Productions. The cassettes, sold individually, include:

• "Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed" / "The Fox and the Forest" (1994)
• "The Wind" / "The Veldt" (1991)  (Released again in 1994 under ISBN #)
• "The Man" / "The Happiness Machine" (1991)
• "The Ravine" / "Here There Be Tigers" (1991)
• "Kaleidoscope" / "There Was and Old Woman" (1994)
• "A Sound of Thunder" / "Night Call Collect" (1991) (Released again in 1997 under ISBN #)

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