Bradbury began writing at the age of twelve. Early in his writing life, he wrote numerous horror novels. This accompanied him for the rest of his life and in each of his novels there is always a death, especially that of a major character or the villain. He was in love with Poe because he was interested in the way he wrote his poems. Poe's writing style was very unique and so Bradbury didn't want to be like every other author, he wanted to be different and that's why he said he wrote science fiction novels. Burrough is another writer who influenced Bradbury. He wrote The Warlord of Mars which is a comic book (Mesic). Bradbury wrote his own sequel to Burrough's comic strip when he was twelve. He loved the comic so much that he couldn't wait to read the next one, so he wrote his own edition of the comic. Bradbury loved writing horror and his settings were mostly out of this world. Overall, Bradbury was influenced by many authors and the themes of his novels came from Poe and