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The Bradbury Chronicles: Stories in Honor of Ray Bradbury

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One Ray Bradbury story and a reminiscence, a few parodies, and a large number of "in the same vein as." Best: "Obsession," in which Uncle Einar goes on what amounts to Geraldo; "the Muse," which is a humorous encounter between the author and Ray Bradbury's muse Polyhymnia; "Feed the Baby of Love" by Orson Scott Card, in which an ex-recording star encounters Douglas Spaulding, his grand-father Douglas Spaulding, and his son Douglas Spaulding--they play a game "more satanic than Dungeons and Dragons" called "Feed the Baby of Love Many Beans or Perish in the Flames of Hell"--and "The Dandelion Chronicles" by William F. Nolan, a parody pure and simple: "On board [the space ship] were Irish priests and simple Mexican peons and robust lightning-rod salesmen and rag-tag Dublin beggars and robots who cunningly resembled Irish priests and simple Mexican peons and robust lightning-rod salesmen and rag-tag Dublin beggars." Great fun!

An anthology of stories paying homage to works of the author in question via prequel, pastiches, extension or spoof, or just occasionally referential, as in Benford's CEntigrade 233, which may just be the best story here.

A motley collection, and as such it is only average. Big-time Bradbury fans will enjoy it more, I think, perhaps.

Bradbury Chronicles : The Troll - Ray Bradbury

Bradbury Chronicles : The Awakening - Cameron Nolan

Bradbury Chronicles : The Wind from Midnight - Ed Gorman

Bradbury Chronicles : May 2000: The Tombstones - James Kisner

Bradbury Chronicles : One Life, in an Hourglass - Charles L. Grant

Bradbury Chronicles : Two O'Clock Session - Richard Matheson

Bradbury Chronicles : A Lake of Summer - Chad Oliver

Bradbury Chronicles : The Obsession - William RellingJr.

Bradbury Chronicles : Something in the Earth - Charles Beaumont

Bradbury Chronicles : The Muse - Norman Corwin

Bradbury Chronicles : The Late Arrivals - Roberta Lannes

Bradbury Chronicles : Hiding - Richard Christian Matheson

Bradbury Chronicles : Salome [Saint-Germain] - Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Bradbury Chronicles : The Inheritance - Bruce Francis

Bradbury Chronicles : The Man With the Power Tie - Christopher Beaumont

Bradbury Chronicles : Centigrade 233 - Gregory Benford

Bradbury Chronicles : Filling Out Fannie - John Maclay

Bradbury Chronicles : Land of the Second Chance - J. N. Williamson

Bradbury Chronicles : The November Game - F. Paul Wilson

Bradbury Chronicles : The Other Mars - Robert Sheckley

Bradbury Chronicles : Feed the Baby of Love - Orson Scott Card

Bradbury Chronicles : The Dandelion Chronicles - William F. Nolan

Under bridge shrink snack.

3.5 out of 5

Auntie babe shots.

3 out of 5

Mini gun moll.

3 out of 5

Not dead, man.

3.5 out of 5

Love, for now.

3 out of 5

Shrink fatigue.

3.5 out of 5

G-8 and His Battles Aces, like a bolt of lightning.

3.5 out of 5

Tv show vampire hunter host removal.

3.5 out of 5

What do do with the old place.

2.5 out of 5

Inspiration resistance.

3 out of 5

Kid replacement.

3 out of 5

Spousal unit is out of sight.

3.5 out of 5

Moggie not fond of weird vamp.

4 out of 5

Lake dead love.

3 out of 5

Shrink succession.

2.5 out of 5

Burning for revenge is pulp.

4 out of 5

Large ending.

3 out of 5

Cryonic doc.

3 out of 5

Child murderer prison horror.

4 out of 5

Marsnaut surprise.

3.5 out of 5

Pig game.

3 out of 5

Spaceship act.

3 out of 5

As a long-time fan of Ray Bradbury's wonderful work, I was pleased to find this excellent anthology celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of his first professional publication. It is an outstanding collection, featuring the work of such noted authors as Ed Gorman, Orson Scott Card, Richard Matheson and Charles Beaumont. I particularly enjoyed Charles Grant's "One Life, In an Hourglass", a sequel to Something Wicked This Way Comes, and F. Paul Wilson's "The November Game", the logical sequel to "The October Game". These are two of the darkest short stories I have read in quite awhile.

All these stories evoke the style and spirit of Bradbury while retaining the sensibilities of the authors who penned (processed?) them. For those familiar with Bradbury, "The Dandelion Chronicles" by William F. Nolan will make you laugh. Book lovers will be enraged by Gregory Benford's "Centigrade 233". Orson Scott Card's entry, "Feed the Baby of Love" will touch you more because of what doesn't happen than because of what does.

This book reminded me of the many splendid hours of reading enjoyment I owe to Ray Bradbury. From "The Small Assassin" to Something Wicked This Way Comes, this man has created a formidable body of work. Read The Bradbury Chronicles, then read or reread the work that inspired it. It'll be time well spent.