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Ray Bradbury has published some 500 short stories, novels, plays and poems since his first story appeared in Weird Tales when he was twenty years old. Among his many famous works are 'Fahrenheit 451', 'The Illustrated Man' and 'The Martian Chronicles'.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bradbury-lovers rejoice, August 31, 2002

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This review is from: One More for the Road: A New Story Collection (Hardcover)

Amazingly, at the age of eighty-two, Ray Bradbury still writes with the passion and gusto of a young boy dreaming awake. He's somehow managed to weather a lifetime's worth of storms while keeping the flame of wonder glowing brightly in his chest. For years, I've been an admirer of Bradbury's lucid, image-pregnant prose, and this new collection--hopefully, in spite of its title, not his last--is the latest reason why.

Those who are returning to Bradbury Country will likely recognize some familiar concerns in this latest batch of stories. Magic and illusion abound, of course, and there are plenty of characters grown wistful for the past. Laurel and Hardy show up for the party, as do Hemingway, Melville, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. There's plenty of time travel, a few dark rooms filled with flickering images, a handful of wild robotic inventions, pairs of heart-sick lovers, and another trip down to Mexico.

But there are some new twists here as well. Bradbury, with his inimitable style and sensibility, takes on some of the gray areas that inhabit our present imperfect. The guilty male moral quagmires of phone sex and Internet porn provide fuel for one of the stories. There is also a pervading sadness and loneliness to these tales that feels uniquely modern. There are plenty of unhappy couples, unfulfilled dreams, and broken connections. This often-gray environment makes all the more poignant the bursts of golden joy and wonder.

Bradbury has always held in one hand the ghostly and in the other the exuberant and when he rubs his hands together and gets down to business, the resultant explosion is felt to the metaphoric corners of Far Rockaway.

Bradbury-lovers rejoice: this is fine vintage. So drink up, and drink deep.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent anthology, March 30, 2002

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This review is from: One More for the Road: A New Story Collection (Hardcover)

Ray Bradbury is one of the great writers of the last century and apparently based on this work this century too. ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD consists of twenty-five short stories and an afterward from Mr. Bradbury. The tales run the gamut of human emotion but metaphorically from an eerie looking glass. Most of Mr. Bradbury's contributions are brand new with only seven having seen previous light (or is that dark?). As expected from this grandmaster, each tale is taut, intelligent, and insightful as Mr. Bradbury still surgically renders opens the human condition for readers to explore.

Harriet Klausner

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5.0 out of 5 stars THE ZEN MASTER OF ALL FANTASY WRITERS STRIKES!, January 13, 2003

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Ray Bradbury has enjoyed a long lifetime (83 years and counting) of telling great and unexpected stories. The tales in this latest collection are as fresh as a smooth sip of dandelion wine, zipping you away to the far reaches of your very human imagination, making you leap upward and remain strangely grounded at the same time. Taste this book. You'll become addicted to an author who has out-mastered them all.

--Jim Reed, author, DAD'S TWEED COAT: SMALL WISDOMS HIDDEN COMFORTS UNEXPECTED JOYS. Learn more about Jim and Ray Bradbury: jimreedbooks.com

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not What I Was Expecting
I very much enjoyed Bradbury's Somthing Wicked This Way Comes and The October Country and, even if it was a bit slow moving, From the Dust Returned. Read more

Published on September 11, 2008 by DeAnna Julie Dodson

5.0 out of 5 stars All of the other reviewers have missed the message
The fact is that unless you are under 50 years old, you may not be able to appreciate this collection. It was his first work in a decade and probably will be his last. Read more

Published on March 7, 2007 by Elaine B. Douts

3.0 out of 5 stars Not his best stuff
One More for the Road is a short story collection by Ray Bradbury. It consists of 24 unrelated stories, 17 of which had never been published before. Read more

Published on November 19, 2006 by S. Spaulding

4.0 out of 5 stars A literary gem, though not my personal favorite
I am a fan (and writer) of the short story form, enjoy literary language, and greatly admire and identify with Mr. Read more

Published on May 3, 2005 by Gregory Bernard Banks

3.0 out of 5 stars Uneven and pathetic
We all know Ray Bradbury. We all know he has written some of the best and most disquieting stories in the world, after WW2. Read more

Published on November 10, 2004 by Jacques COULARDEAU

1.0 out of 5 stars i can't believe i bought this book
What on earth was with the dialogue? No one speaks like that! The storylines were nothing more than tripe, and I regret the fifteen minutes I spent forcing myself to attempt... Read more

Published on August 29, 2004 by mythago_fan

3.0 out of 5 stars Some Highpoints in this otherwise mediocre Book
I am a big fan of Ray Bradbury. There is so much irony in his words. He is one of the last great authors of our time. This collection does not do Him Justice, however. Read more

Published on July 5, 2004 by David

2.0 out of 5 stars The anti-bradbury
There's a reason most of these stories had never been published. Ray Bradbury is a master of unveiling events in such a way as to hold the readers interest and keep them guessing... Read more

Published on June 23, 2004 by cody knotts

4.0 out of 5 stars Bradbury never fails to enchant
"One More For The Road" is the latest short story collection by Ray Bradbury, one of the two still living giants of classic science fiction literature (the other being Arthur C... Read more

Published on May 9, 2004 by Eric San Juan

3.0 out of 5 stars Not his best, but still worth reading
I have decided that short stories must be more difficult to write than novels. I absolutely adored Ray Bradbury's Fareheit 451, but his short story collection One More For the... Read more

Published on July 25, 2003 by Heather Charton

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