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Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales Hardcover – August 5, 2003

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For more than sixty years, the imagination of Ray Bradbury has opened doors into remarkable places, ushering us across unexplored territories of the heart and mind while leading us inexorably toward a profound understanding of ourselves and the universe we inhabit. In this landmark volume, America's preeminent storyteller offers us one hundred treasures from alifetime of words and ideas -- tales that amaze, enthrall, and horrify; breathtaking journeys backward and forward in time; classic stories with the undiminished power to tantalize, mystify, elate, and move the reader to tears. Each small gem in the master's collection remains as dazzling as when it first appeared in print.

There is magic in these pages: the wonders of interstellar flight, a conspiracy of insects, the early bloom of love in the warmth of August. Both the world of Ray Bradbury and its people are vivid and alive, as colorfully unique as a poker chip hand-painted by a brilliant artist or as warmly familiar as the well-used settings on a family's dining room table. In a poor man's desire for the stars, in the twisted night games of a hateful embalmer, in a magnificent fraud perpetrated to banish despair and repair a future, in a writer's wonderful death is the glowing proof of the timeless artistry of one of America's greatest living bards.

The one hundred stories in this volume were chosen by Bradbury himself, and span a career that blossomed in the pulp magazines of the early 1940s and continues to flourish in the new millennium. Here are representatives of the legendary author's finest works of short fiction, including many that have not been republished for decades, all forever fresh and vital, evocative and immensely entertaining. This is Bradbury at his very best -- golden visions of tomorrow, poetic memories of yesterday, dark nightmares and glorious dreams -- a grand celebration of humankind, God's intricate yet poignantly fallible machineries of joy.

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912 pages
Language

English
Publisher

William Morrow
Publication date

August 5, 2003
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6.12 x 1.93 x 9.25 inches
ISBN-10

006054242X
ISBN-13

978-0060542429
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Perhaps Ray Bradbury is the latter-day O. Henry. He is most famous for his short stories--and short they are, rarely more than 15 pages. He attracts nonliterary readers in droves, and he has a raconteur's magnetic style. Those are O. Henry's virtues, making it quite possible to read him pleasurably today, even if you read only "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Ransom of Red Chief." Since Bradbury is 50 to 100 years closer to us, just about every one of his stories is a gas, and his selection of 100 of them is something like a lifetime supply of nitrous oxide. No matter how calculated its surprises or how sentimental its denouement, a Bradbury story typically evokes a smile and a tip o' the hat. He acknowledges in the introduction here that he is in love with writing, and it is obvious there and in every story that, what's more, he is in love with life, so that even his eeriest, most mordant stories leave one feeling wonder, not bleakness: case in point, "The Illustrated Man." Even more to that point are his Irish stories, most of them set in and around Heber Finn's pub. Characteristically Celtic compoundings of grue and glee, these are read-aloud, memorize-and-recite gems of pure gab (especially "A Wild Night in Galway"). Ray Olson
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About the Author

In a career spanning more than seventy years, Ray Bradbury inspired generations of readers to dream, think, and create. A prolific author of hundreds of short stories and close to fifty books, as well as numerous poems, essays, operas, plays, and screenplays, Bradbury was one of the most celebrated writers of our time. His groundbreaking works include Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. An Emmy Award winner for his teleplay The Halloween Tree and an Academy Award nominee, he was the recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2004 National Medal of Arts, and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, among many honors.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ William Morrow; 1st edition (August 5, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 912 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 006054242X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060542429
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.05 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.12 x 1.93 x 9.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #672,923 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #897 in Science Fiction Short Stories
- #1,762 in Science Fiction Anthologies (Books)
- #8,627 in Short Stories Anthologies

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Table of Contents

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2013

This is an excellent book to introduce people to the stories of Ray Bradbury, as well as a gem for anyone who already enjoys his writing. I thought it might help to include a table of contents for people curious as to which stories are included.

Introduction
"The Whole Town's Sleeping"
"The Rocket"
"Season of Disbelief"
"And the Rock Cried Out"
"The Drummer Boy of Shiloh"
"The Beggar on O'Connell Bridge"
"The Flying Machine"
"Heavy-Set"
"The First Night of Lent"
"Lafayette, Farewell"
"Remember Sascha?"
"Junior"
"That Woman on the Lawn"
"February 1999: Ylla"
"Banshee"
"One for His Lordship, and One for the Road!"
"The Laurel and Hardy Love Affair"
"Unterderseaboat Doktor"
"Another Fine Mess"
"The Dwarf"
"A Wild Night in Galway"
"The Wind"
"No News, or What Killed the Dog?"
"A Little Journey"
"Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby's Is a Friend of Mine"
"The Garbage Collector"
"The Visitor"
"The Man"
"Henry the Ninth"
"The Messiah"
"Bang! You're Dead!"
"Darling Adolf"
"The Beautiful Shave"
"Colonel Stonesteel's Genuine Home-made Truly Egyptian Mummy"
"I See You Never"
"The Exiles"
"At Midnight, in the Month of June"
"The Witch Door"
"The Watchers"
"2004-05: The Naming of Names"
"Hopscotch"
"The Illustrated Man"
"The Dead Man"
"June 2001: And the Moon Be Still as Bright"
"The Burning Man"
"G.B.S.-Mark V"
"A Blade of Grass"
"The Sound of Summer Running"
"And the Sailor, Home from the Sea"
"The Lonely Ones"
"The Finnegan"
"On the Orient, North"
"The Smiling People"
"The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl"
"Bug"
"Downwind from Gettysburg"
"Time in Thy Flight"
"Changeling"
"The Dragon"
"Let's Play 'Poison'"
"The Cold Wind and the Warm"
"The Meadow"
"The Kilimanjaro Device"
"The Man in the Rorschach Shirt"
"Bless Me, Father, for I Have Sinned"
"The Pedestrian"
"Trapdoor"
"The Swan"
"The Sea Shell"
"Once More, Legato"
"June 2003: Way in the Middle of the Air"
"The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone"
"By the Numbers!"
"April 2005: Usher II"
"The Square Pegs"
"The Trolley"
"The Smile"
"The Miracles of Jamie"
"A Far-away Guitar"
"The Cistern"
"The Machineries of Joy"
"Bright Phoenix"
"The Wish"
"The Lifework of Juan Díaz"
"Time Intervening/Interim"
"Almost the End of the World"
"The Great Collision of Monday Last"
"The Poems"
"April 2026: The Long Years"
"Icarus Montgolfier Wright"
"Death and the Maiden"
"Zero Hour"
"The Toynbee Convector"
"Forever and the Earth"
"The Handler"
"Getting Through Sunday Somehow"
"The Pumpernickel"
"Last Rites"
"The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse"
"All on a Summer's Night"

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All of the stories are good

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2016

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This book took a while. Part of that was because it is massive (888 pages); part of it is because this is the kind of book that you savor. It you read too much of it in a stretch, then you start losing the beauty of the writing. Bradbury paints pictures in his stories. Some of these are science fiction, some are fantasy, and other have just a touch of horror. It isn't the horror that leaves nothing to the imagination, but rather the one that you just know that what happens after the last word is going to be unpleasant.

Many of the stories I knew from other collections, still others were new to me. All of them are good. I'd suggest if you are reading to meet a goal of "X" number of books that you save this until after you've met your goal or that you read it in between books. You'll want to dip in and enjoy it.

Who will like this book? Anyone who enjoys fantasy or enjoys reading beautifully drawn stories. I think you will find it rewarding.

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The perfect book for the nightstand

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2020

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For the dedicated Ray Bradbury fan, this is a masterful compilation of 100 of his short stories. Experienced readers will have their personal favorites (just like fans of The Twilight Zone or The Outer Limits will have their favorite episodes), and it's impossible not to because Bradbury used his stories to explore so many different aspects of the human condition. Some of these aspects will have a deeper personal impact than others - just depends on the individual and his or her life.

This is a great big tome to put on your bedside table, or your coffee table on your screen porch, anywhere you can pick up the book, savor a couple of stories, and then take the quiet time to reflect on the stories and little subtle lessons about humanity. And these are worth coming back to every so often. I first read them in elementary school, and every decade you get a little more insight into their messages.

For the reader new to Bradbury, this is a wonderful place to start, as he is one of the most approachable science fiction writers in this particular format. Best advice would be to go online, find a list or two of his more classic stories, and start there so you get an overall sense of his writing style. Then you can use this compilation to continue to explore some of his lesser known stories and maybe discover a favorite of your own.

Can't recommend this volume enough to fiction lovers!

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An American treasure

Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2018

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I chose Something Wicked This Way Comes as a fun book club read for October, and because, although I was aware of Bradbury, I realized I had never been assigned any of his works at school (I'm 60). I fell in love with his imagery and amazing use of metaphors to make you feel as if you've stepped into the story. I bought this book after that, and am still captivated by his writing style- you just don't see it in modern novels. It also is a great way to feel some nostalgia and remember the times when there was limited technology and kids ran around unsupervised all day. Every story is a journey into the past, the perceptions about the future, and/or the human condition. This is a book I will keep. If any of my grandchildren need to find examples of metaphor and simile, I'll offer these stories.

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D. Rachlin

Needs a bibliography

Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2020

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I agree with everyone's five star ratings. It's a book to savor slowly, so as not to become overwhelmed with such wonderful stories. The only change I would make would be knowing which original book or publication the stories came from. I had to cross reference my five paperback collections with this book's table of contents to see which stories I had already read. I will no doubt read them all again, but it would have been handy.

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Peter Tooze

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2019

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What a purchase for a most imaginative author - covers just about everything Ray Bradbury wrote.

Mark

Enjoyable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 28, 2018

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A wonderful collection of short stories. Throughly enjoyable read.

Steve

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 13, 2017

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great writer

Maryb

So glad to have this

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 27, 2012

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Brilliant stories- just wish there was a complete works. I miss The Skeleton...
Ray Bradbury is a brilliant story teller

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2013

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If u r. Bradbury. Fan what a bargain picked by himself. Hours and hours of reading pleasure. Amazing bargain. Almost 900 pages from master sc fi writer

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