Kirkus Star
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BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS




Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012 (page 5)


Cover art for THE MACHINERIES OF JOY
FICTION
Released: Feb. 17, 1963

"Bradbury, in perfect orbit."
Whether the author's vision turns toward the future or peers into the past, his worlds of characters and their situations always carry the air of possibility. Read full book review >
Cover art for R IS FOR ROCKET
FICTION
Released: Oct. 19, 1962

"The Long Rain, The Time Machine, Frost and Fire are a few more of these exotic stories which act as a beacon light in the field of science fiction."
A mansized capsule of the best of Bradbury- gleaned from magazines and books- and dedicated to "starry" eyed young men with time to dream of crossing the line between truth and fiction. Read full book review >
Cover art for SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
FICTION
Released: June 15, 1962

"Definitely for all admirers."
A somewhat fragmentary nocturnal shadows Jim Nightshade and his friend Will Halloway, born just before and just after midnight on the 31st of October, as they walk the thin line between real and imaginary worlds. Read full book review >
Cover art for A MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY AND OTHER STORIES
FICTION
Released: Jan. 1, 1959

"The title is apt — the variety here is spice."
Science fiction and space give way here to the imaginative, fantastic and the inexplicable, in 22 stories that make up a swift kaleidoscope of patterns. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE OCTOBER COUNTRY
FICTION
Released: Oct. 31, 1955
by Ray Bradbury, illustrated by Joseph Mugnaini

"The chilling imaginative virtuosity, the malignant momentum of terror, the occasional tenderness give these short stories a real superiority."
..... casts a somber spell, death is a familiar figure, and fancied fears assume a devastating reality. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN
FICTION
Released: March 19, 1953

"A very pleasant variety show."
A double dozen from a recognized science-fiction writer, these stories range further in subject than his expected field, so that this is not necessarily confined to bug-eyed monster devotees. Read full book review >