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FICTION
Released: Feb. 23, 1950
Kirkus Star THE ILLUSTRATED MAN
by Ray Bradbury
"A book which is not limited by its special field."
Scientific fiction enclosed in a frame — wanderer meets a tattooed man whose images foretell the future, leaving a space to preview the destiny of the viewer. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES
FICTION
Released: May 4, 1950
THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES
by Ray Bradbury
"None of the complexities of concepts or formulae, this has an imaginative rather than technical ingenuity."
A flight of fancy in time and space which transcribes some incidents which take place on the planet of Mars, there's a literary, visionary quality here and an avoidance of the more mechanistic aspects of this medium. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE MACHINERIES OF JOY
FICTION
Released: Feb. 17, 1963
Kirkus Star THE MACHINERIES OF JOY: SHORT STORIES
by Ray Bradbury
"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 THE OCTOBER COUNTRY
FICTION
Released: Oct. 31, 1955
Kirkus Star THE OCTOBER COUNTRY
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 >
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FICTION
Released: April 6, 2010
THE STORIES OF RAY BRADBURY
by Ray Bradbury
"No surprises—just a major, one-of-a-kind talent in full regalia."
Dinosaurs, vampires, time-warps, Green Town, lions, ghosts, Martians (of course), dreadful trips to Mexico, "The Parrot That Met Papa" Hemingway, strangely dreamy movie-houses in Ireland—100 stories by the always surprisingly versatile Mr. Bradbury. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE TOYNBEE CONVECTOR
FICTION
Released: June 23, 1988
THE TOYNBEE CONVECTOR
by Ray Bradbury
"Lyrical word-collage pasted around candy people: fantasy that just evaporates—and maybe best suited to a YA audience."
Bradbury's first story sheaf since The Stories of Ray Bradbury (1980) finds him more lyrically Bradburyesque than ever, in 22 new fantasies. Read full book review >