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Stories of Ray Bradbury
by
Ray Bradbury
p-Included here are famous tales like 'Sound of Thunder', in which the carelessness of a group of time-travellers leads to disastrous consequences, and 'The Veldt', in which two seemingly innocent young children transform their nursery into a lethal trap. Here are the Martian stories, tales that vividly animate the red planet with its brittle cities and double-mooned sky....more
Hardcover, 912 pages
Published
October 12th 1980
by Knopf
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It's been a long time since I remember reading the work of a writer who writes like no other person. So many writers are "like" Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Joyce Carol Oates, etc, and we read them because we've run out of the real thing. Ray Bradbury is only like himself. He puts things in a way no one else could put them. Primarily, his creativity and his prose glimmers real. He is the reason I was drawn to read in the first place: to visit other worlds.
The story that blew me awa...more
The story that blew me awa...more
A couple of years ago, I was wandering through the annual book sale held by my town's library when I found this treasure. It only cost me $2. 884 pages of short stories for $2! A steal. A crime!
This collection of 100 short stories from 1943 to 1980 has been a joy to read. I've been able to re-connect with old favorites and discover new (to me) ones. It's like stepping back in time, to when the library stacks were tall and hallowed.
In this collection you'll find a wide variety of stories spanni...more
This collection of 100 short stories from 1943 to 1980 has been a joy to read. I've been able to re-connect with old favorites and discover new (to me) ones. It's like stepping back in time, to when the library stacks were tall and hallowed.
In this collection you'll find a wide variety of stories spanni...more
The Master died this week, and the world is a lesser place. I have a list of people who should never have been allowed to die, and now Ray Bradbury joins Leonard Bernstein, Victor Borge, and Jim Henson.
I bought this book in 1983, and I bought a second copy to give to my best friend. When I married her in 1989, suddenly I had two copies in my possession!
Here is magic. Bradbury made magic when he wrote. He could bring tears to my eyes for sheer beauty. Read "The April Witch". Read "The Picasso Sum...more
I bought this book in 1983, and I bought a second copy to give to my best friend. When I married her in 1989, suddenly I had two copies in my possession!
Here is magic. Bradbury made magic when he wrote. He could bring tears to my eyes for sheer beauty. Read "The April Witch". Read "The Picasso Sum...more
Ray Bradbury is my favorite author. His use of descriptive language and non-conventional character development and plot are what makes him to be one of the best science fiction writers of all time.
The Stories of Ray Bradbury captures the very essence of what makes him so brilliant. The book features a methodical mix of both long and short stories that give the reader great choice. A Bradbury short story can take anywhere from fifteen minutes to an hour to read. Bradbury, more than any other auth...more
The Stories of Ray Bradbury captures the very essence of what makes him so brilliant. The book features a methodical mix of both long and short stories that give the reader great choice. A Bradbury short story can take anywhere from fifteen minutes to an hour to read. Bradbury, more than any other auth...more
Bought this in a second-hand bookshop when I was 9 or so. I've read every story multiple times, and they are AMAZING. The landscapes of these tales -- Mars, Ireland, rural Illinois, outer space, carnival shows -- these were the landscapes of my imagination when I was a kid. Bradbury is a phenomenal writer, a wonderful introduction to the craft. My favorites include "The Veldt," "The Foghorn," "The Last Night of the World," "The Long Rains." I could go on, they're all so good.
I have not yet finished this book, but feel that some commentary is needed on it.
I have been reading this book for about 3 years now.
1) because it is 884 pages long
2) because it is nothing but short stories
3) because I love it
I find that when I read too many short stories in a row, I begin to think of them as separate chapters in a connected book, and don't pay the proper attention to each story as its own entity, so I force myself to read a couple then set the book down.
I can easily start argum...more
I have been reading this book for about 3 years now.
1) because it is 884 pages long
2) because it is nothing but short stories
3) because I love it
I find that when I read too many short stories in a row, I begin to think of them as separate chapters in a connected book, and don't pay the proper attention to each story as its own entity, so I force myself to read a couple then set the book down.
I can easily start argum...more
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A lovely collection with so many of the stories that have been so memorable for me. Brings back all those summer days growing up with Ray Bradbury books. My favorites include: Kaleidoscope, The Fox and the Forest, Fever dream, The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!, The One Who Waits, The Man Upstairs, The Happiness Machine, The Small Assassin, The Emissary, A Sound of Thunder, The Veldt, The October Game, Gotcha!, There Will Come Soft Rains, Mars is Heaven...
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One of my favorite authors of all time, Ray Bradbury!
My english teacher Mr. Black had us reading stories from this book in tenth grade english class.
It was the best thing that ever happened to me. Reading his stories sparked my true passion for reading and was an inspiration for writing.
I hope American kids are being required to read his work, he is truely a creative genius!!!
I could have only wished my dad would have bought this book for us or Ray Bradbury's other writing because they would hav...more
My english teacher Mr. Black had us reading stories from this book in tenth grade english class.
It was the best thing that ever happened to me. Reading his stories sparked my true passion for reading and was an inspiration for writing.
I hope American kids are being required to read his work, he is truely a creative genius!!!
I could have only wished my dad would have bought this book for us or Ray Bradbury's other writing because they would hav...more
Probably the best collection of Bradbury's stories -- from the Dark Ferris (the genesis of "Something Wicked this way Comes")to his hilarious vampire stories (a dysfunctional family who just happens to be vampire -- my favorite is "Uncle Einar") to "Homecoming," "There Will Come Soft Rains," "The Fog Horn," and one of my personal favorites, "The Scythe," which explains the origins of the 'grim reaper.' I think Bradbury's short fiction, not King's, will be remembered in 100 years. Bradbury will b...more
Arthur C. Clarke once quipped that "Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories." I don't dispute that, but wouldn't recommend they begin with this volume.
This book contains 100 of Ray Bradbury's short stories, published between the 1940s and 1980; I only noted seven that I think are particularly worth reading again. For me, the stories largely lacked tension and mystery and I rarely liked the characters. The characters in the stories were introduced poorly; it wo...more
This book contains 100 of Ray Bradbury's short stories, published between the 1940s and 1980; I only noted seven that I think are particularly worth reading again. For me, the stories largely lacked tension and mystery and I rarely liked the characters. The characters in the stories were introduced poorly; it wo...more
An old housemate I had scratched with an indelible marker a paragraph out a story called Kaleidoscope on his bedroom wall.
"What's that?" I asked.
He showed me this gigantic book. I read the story. Men were drifting into the oblivion of space as it began. One of the men told the captain how he had betrayed him, and now there was nothing either of them could do about it. Another struggled to fasten the valve on his wrist because a meteor had calmly ripped away his left hand. One man had gone mad...more
"What's that?" I asked.
He showed me this gigantic book. I read the story. Men were drifting into the oblivion of space as it began. One of the men told the captain how he had betrayed him, and now there was nothing either of them could do about it. Another struggled to fasten the valve on his wrist because a meteor had calmly ripped away his left hand. One man had gone mad...more
Apr 25, 2008
Mikel
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I have physical, tangible memories of this book. I know I read it first in summer because I remember exactly how it felt to go from the humidity and heat outside into the almost too cool air of my town library. I remember also walking behind the central circulation desk rather than turning left, starting to look at books for adults and older readers rather than the children's/young reader books I was used to. I remember finding this on the shelves and looking up specifically "I Sing the Body Ele...more
I am glad that so many of Bradbury's stories are available between a single set of covers. There's so much great stuff all together. You don't have to go searching all over to find them. If you're only going to buy one collection of Bradbury's short work, this one will cover about anything you'd want to read by him.
I can understand that some may not like the sci-fi works, as today they may feel dated. The possibility of life on Mars was new at the time, and Bradbury explored it a great deal wit...more
I can understand that some may not like the sci-fi works, as today they may feel dated. The possibility of life on Mars was new at the time, and Bradbury explored it a great deal wit...more
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There may have been other Bradbury anthologies since this huge (100 stories!!!) 1980 collection, but I sincerely doubt any could be half as fine as this one. This is the ultimate collection of Bradbury's short fiction including nearly every important tale from this seminal American writer. It also includes a terrific introduction by the author titled "Drunk, and in Charge of a Bicycle".
This book is a collection of different stories written by Ray Bradbury. He also uses an interesting style of writting by putting the reader in the story, and referring to the reader as one of his characters. These staries vary in genre, and are interesting to read. The stories include that little something that always keeps you wondering and wanting to keep reading.
This...THIS is the book to read. I don't care who you are. Its a collection of short stories that are just so captivating, you are submerged into it, living inside the story, enjoying the thrill, only to have it end...but then the next short story begins!
The plots, settings, characters, moods, the entire literary environment shifts from story to story. At the end of some, I would be in so much shock, that I would read the section again to make sure I got it right. I highly recommend reading one,...more
The plots, settings, characters, moods, the entire literary environment shifts from story to story. At the end of some, I would be in so much shock, that I would read the section again to make sure I got it right. I highly recommend reading one,...more
One of the best writers I have ever read. I loved every single one of the short stories I've read so far. Ray Bradbury is and will always be one of my favorite writers. I only wish some of the stories ended before they actually did. In one or two of the stories in this book, the last 2 or 3 paragraphs really change (negatively) the mood of the whole story
This is the proverbial book I would take with me if I were to be stuck on another planet. (I'd also take Ray himself, since he'd probably know how to get us back.) The range and scope of the stories in this volume are breathtaking, but they all share one common thread: the unique, inimitable voice of Ray Bradbury.
May 21, 2011
Bennet
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A collection like this and with Christopher Buckley . . . can't beat it, had to have it. Like a lot of people I became a Bradbury fan in high school, and I will never get over him. I'll be a while reading all of this particular gathering, but over the years I've read almost all of the included stories.
I have always loved Ray Bradbury's stories, but I hadn't read most of these short stories. I will definitely pick this up and read some of the stories over again.
"All Summer in a Day" is one I've read with my students, and it's still a favorite.
I enjoyed most of these stories, but a few of my favorites include "The Velt," "The Lake," and "Tyrannosaurus Rex."
"All Summer in a Day" is one I've read with my students, and it's still a favorite.
I enjoyed most of these stories, but a few of my favorites include "The Velt," "The Lake," and "Tyrannosaurus Rex."
I knew him, and have an autographed copy. Perhaps more of a young person's literature: maybe it requires youth to believe all of that optimism. But some superb stories here, my favorite being "Kaleidoscope". Well worth reading through his sf pioneer's stories.
I LOVE this anthology. Every time I would finish one I would dive right into another. I skipped around, starting with the stories involving The Family (sort of like an Addam's Family whose members each have a special something about them) and simply couldn't stop. I would have been up all night if I kept going because each story offers something new. And it's always a wonderful twist to see how the title factors into the theme of the stories.
I'm definitely going to continue to work my way throu...more
I'm definitely going to continue to work my way throu...more
It's never too late to read Bradbury. He Is the master of the short story science-fiction fantasy monsters and childhood there would be no twilight zone without Ray. Quick, interesting and tothe point his stories always make you want to have more.
Man, I love Ray Bradbury. I really, really do. But I couldn't get through a lot of the stories in this collection. Too many choices, maybe? It's a honkin big book. Maybe these were mostly B sides? I didn't recognize a good many of them. Not in the right mood, perhaps? Entirely possible.
2 stars. But I don't blame Bradbury. I blame myself.
2 stars. But I don't blame Bradbury. I blame myself.
May 15, 2011
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This isn't the first time I've tackled this massive collection. Sometimes I need to clear my head with his science fiction. Some of it delights me; some of it scares me, but it's wonderful to read a prolific and brave creator of story........
I especially liked "The Screaming Woman" and "When the Soft Rains Come."
Simply an amazing writer. "When the Soft Rains Come," is an end-of-the-world story that used Sara Teasdale's poem (of similar theme).
Simply an amazing writer. "When the Soft Rains Come," is an end-of-the-world story that used Sara Teasdale's poem (of similar theme).
Aug 07, 2010
Lindsey
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It's amazing how many stories of his I've already read without knowing they were his! Ray Bradbury is an amazing author!
Ray Bradbury is one of the most gifted writers alive. I have read most of this collection in other works, but it's convenient to have them all in one book. I recommend "The Last Night of the World."
This might not be one that I actually read, but I did read a lot of Bradbury's short story work. It was my intro to true short stories, and I have maintained a love for the form since.
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American novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, screenwriter and poet, was born August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois. He graduated from a Los Angeles high school in 1938. Although his formal education ended there, he became a "student of life," selling newspapers on L.A. street corners from 1938 to 1942, spending his nights in the public library and his days at the typewriter. He bec...more
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“This is the kind of life I've had. Drunk, and in charge of a bicycle, as an Irish police report once put it. Drunk with life, that is, and not knowing where off to next. But you're on your way before dawn. And the trip? Exactly one half terror, exactly one half exhilaration.”
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