# 310: Talking Ray Bradbury and Stephen King with Author Sam Weller

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Podcast: [The Kingcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-kingcast-531978)
Published: 2026-06-17T08:37:39+00:00
Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8917616
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## Resource

Who better to pontificated about the similarities and differences between two of the most popular American authors of all time than Ray Bradbury's own chosen biographer and your dedicated Kingcast boys. New York Times best selling author, biographer, and journalist Sam Weller (The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury) makes his first appearance on The Kingcast to discuss his relationship with Bradbury, the interactions both he and Bradbury had with Stephen King (and Steven Spielberg for that matter), and why Bradbury never had a Frank Darabont or Rob Reiner that could truly translate his words into an all-timer film. Weller's latest book, Dark Black, and be picked up at the link below: https://hatandbeard.com/products/dark-black

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