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The Illustrated Man

Ray Bradbury

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Jun 20, 2014 Laura rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-books, american-fiction, fiction-20th-century, science-fiction, read-2014, novellas

From BBC Radio 4:
First in the return of Radio 4's Dangerous Visions - dramas that explore contemporary takes on future dystopias.

Iain Glen is the Illustrated Man in a dramatisation by Brian Sibley of Ray Bradbury's iconic short story collection.

A young traveller encounters a vagrant on the road who claims his tattoos come to life after dark and have the powers of prophecy.

The vagrant offers his young travelling companion tantalising glimpses into the future with tales of restless androids, child ...more

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Jul 27, 2019 Canavan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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“Prologue: The Illustrated Man” (1951) ✭✭✭✭½
“The Veldt” (1950) ✭✭✭✭✭
“Kaleidoscope” (1949) ✭✭✭✭½
“The Other Foot” (1951) ✭½
“The Highway” (1950) ✭✭✭½
“The Man” (1949) ✭✭✭✭
“The Long Rain” (1950) ✭✭✭✭½
“The Rocket Man” (1951) ✭✭✭½
“The Last Night of the World” (1951) ✭✭✭½
“The Exiles” (1949) ✭✭
“No Particular Night or Morning” (1951) ✭✭
“The Fox and the Forest” (1950) ✭✭✭½
“The Visitor” (1948) ✭✭✭½
“The Concrete Mixer” (1949) ✭✭½
“Marionettes, Inc.” (1949) ✭✭✭½
“The City” (variant title: “Purpose”) (1950) ...more

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