Where Robot Mice and Robot Men Run Round in Robot Towns [Hardcover]

Ray Bradbury (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 77 pages
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; 1st edition (October 12, 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394422066
• ISBN-13: 978-0394422060
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,486,825 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

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 one for the Beats, June 17, 2010

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Christie S. Schultz (Bremerton, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Where Robot Mice and Robot Men Run Round in Robot Towns (Hardcover)

Ray Bradbury is a classic writer in the "horror" genre, but few people understand he came from the California "beat" writers movement; I found the book very fun, very poetic. The poems belong in a wonderful coffee house full of cool people. It's not about the sci fi in this book, it's about the rhythm and flow of the words. One of my good friends had the experience of hearing "The Nefreteri-Tut Express" in a live reading once, and said he was pretty fun. I give it a huge YEAH for the word-ology, and recommend it to all poetry nuts.

4.0 out of 5 stars What On Earth is This? Or SF Poetry from Ray Bradbury, April 3, 2002

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Shanshad "shanachie_shadowfax" (Discworld) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Where Robot Mice and Robot Men Run Round in Robot Towns (Hardcover)

To my knowledge this veteran author of SF and Fantasy classics has written three books of true poetry, although many of his stories have a lyrical quality that comes to poetry. His first collection; WHEN ELEPHANTS LAST IN THE DOORYARD BLOOMED I haven't been able to find, but this collection, and his third book of poetry,THE HAUNTED COMPUTER AND THE ANDROID POPE. This exploration in verse by Bradbury is fascinating and enjoyable, especially for those who are Bradbury fans to begin with.

I will not claim Bradbury to be the most brilliant poet, but there are many gems among these pages. "Byzantium I Come Not From" is a wonderful example of the richness of memory and boyhood summers. His subject matter ranges from childhood memories to popular movies. From heartbreak to The Nefertiti-Tut Express. From ghosts to rocketships and robots. The author brings his lyrical skills, love of sound and word to these themes and more. Anyone who has read Bradbury's books will recognize his themes from books expanded in verse.

For anyone who is a wonderer, with a fascination in the what if? the macabre, the fantastic worlds of paranormal side by side scientific and the melding of all these elements, if you can discover a copy of this, read and enjoy. There's nothing quite like them I've found anywhere else.