THE BRADBURY PROJECT SL

The Bradbury Project 2024

October 5th - November 3rd

The Bradbury Project opens October 5th, celebrating the work of American author Ray Bradbury, and featuring the novella "The Halloween Tree" from his canon of stories set in fictional Green Town, Illinois. It follows the path of eight boys on an adventure to save the life of their friend on Halloween Night. Guided by the mysterious Mr. Moundshroud, they travel through time and space, learning about different cultures, and how each views and deals with death.

The Bradbury Project debuted in 2023 in a limited skybox build on Seanchai Library's home region of Nowhereville. This year's edition expands to a full region through the support of Linden Lab. 

The Bradbury Project Press Release

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bradbury%20Project/197/32/41

Events and activities at The Bradbury Project include:

•      Bradbury's Green Town, Illinois circa the 1950s to explore
•      Check out the Play Park
•      Interactive Library and Information on the author in Bradbury House
•      Plenty of photo ops and things to explore (clickie!)
•      A Trick or Treat Surprise! Can you find it?

Opening Story Session on Saturday, October 5th at Noon slt/pacific Shandon Loring with an adaptation of Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes

Story Tours of "The Halloween Tree" (presented in 3 Episodes)

• Sundays at 1:30pm slt - October 13, 20, and 27 
• Tuesdays at 7pm slt - October 15, 22, and 29 

Other Seanchai Library events will take place in The Project, and some additional readings from Bradbury may take place. Check out our Special Projects Calendar

eClipse Club & Resort Presents at The Bradbury Project:

• Monday, October 21st from 9-11pm slt - DJ JAdmiral Maelstrom
• Friday, October 25th from 7-9 pm slt - DJ Momma Hoi
• Saturday, October 26th from 7-9pm slt - DJ Iniry Vaher
• Sunday, October 27th from 7-10pm slt - DJs Caledonia Skytower & Tiger Pawz present Dr Frankenstein's Halloween Boogie - music, dancing, and prizes!

(video of the Project debut in 2023 on Nowhereville by Draxtor Despres 

for the Second Life You Tube channel)

The Bradbury Project was created for Seanchai Library by David Abbot, Dawn Greymyst, Dagmar Kohime, Gloriana Maertens, Stevie Morane Basevi, Iniry Vaher, and Caledonia Skytower.

All tips from events will be donated to Reading is Fundamental.

All times listed are SLT/ Pacific.

The Bradbury Project will remain open through November 3rd.

Seanchai Library would like to thank Linden Lab for their generous support of The Bradbury Project 2024 Edition.

About Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury was an American author, screenwriter, and among the most celebrated 20th-century writers. He worked in a variety of genres including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction.  He wrote many works and is widely known by the general public for his novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and his short-story collections The Martian Chronicles (1950) and The Illustrated Man (1951). For more information on his life and work, visit raybradbury.com.

About Seanchai Library Special Projects

Special projects produced by members of Seanchai Library date as far back as 2008 and its first special adaptations of A Christmas Carol, Dracula, and War of The Worlds. In 2012 The Dickens Project made its first appearance on the Second Life grid, inviting residents to “walk in the steps of Ebenezer Scrooge.” The Dickens Project has grown and expanded from its initial 900m parcel to two full regions, supported by Linden Labs and featuring a variety of performing communities in Second Life. 

Other immersive literature projects have included Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles, and Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, Murder on the Nile, Murder at The Vicarage, and Evil Under the Sun. Projects on the Kitely grid have included F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, and John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. The Bradbury Project marks the newest endeavor by the Library to create experiences that inspire individuals to engage with great literature.

“We call them ‘project’ because every other name we think of is either too complicated or too silly.” ~ Caledonia Skytower, Seanchai Lead Staff.