- Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Spectra Books; Reissue edition (Jun 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 055327449X
- ISBN-13: 978-0553274493
- Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 1.3 x 17.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 984,668 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘Bradbury is a magician of richly textured fantasy’ Daily Mail
‘Ray Bradbury has a powerful and mysterious imagination which would undoubtedly earn the respect of Edgar Allan Poe’ Guardian
‘It is impossible not to admire the vigour of his prose, similes and metaphors constantly cascading from his imagination’ Spectator
‘The sheer velocity of his words is an apocalyptic torrent which sweeps the reader on’ Independent
‘As a science fiction writer, Ray Bradbury has long been streets ahead of anyone else’ Daily Telegraph
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'Ray Bradbury has a powerful and mysterious imagination which would undoubtedly earn the respect of Edgar Allan Poe' Guardian 'It is impossible not to admire the vigour of his prose, similes and metaphors constantly cascading from his imagination' Spectator 'The sheer velocity of his words is an apocalyptic torrent which sweeps the reader on' Independent 'As a science fiction writer, Ray Bradbury has long been streets ahead of anyone else' Daily Telegraph 'Readers unfamiliar with what Bradbury at his best can do should look to The Illustrated Man.' Washington Post 'No other writer uses language with greater originality and zest. he seems to be a American Dylan Thomas -- with dsicipline' Sunday Telegraph
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is one of the best collections of Ray Bradbury short stories to be found. The Illustrated Man of the title is a fairground worker who is covered in tattoos, or 'illustrations'. While he sleeps the illustrations move and each one tells a different story to anyone who may see them. Although the descriptions of rockets and technology may seem a little dated now, these are still excellent stories for any true fan of sci-fi. Particularly good are 'The Veldt' a story of two children and their virtual reality nursery and 'The Long Rain', a tale of astronauts who crash land on Venus. This is certainly a Classic of modern literature and I would highly recommend it for any bookshelf.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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What is most interesting about this book is the reflection of science fiction in the 1950s and 60s. While we have the technology and the visual effects nowadays, people during that time only had their imaginations and a fuzzy television set. Bradbury's intensity in his stories are full of the depth of character, philosophy, life, and mind. During the "Long Rain," he brings in the idea of how far a man will go in such a relentless environment of pouring rain on another planet. He also is quite subtle in his vision of what the world would be like when we get to the end of the world and how would we actually react to this adversity. In essence, do not read this book to find some "Matrix-style" action and science fiction, but the reactions of people in different situations in the future and the way some things could be. If you are intrigued by thinking of books and films long after you've finished with them, then I think you will really like this book.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Ray Bradbury was an amazing and futuristic writer, and he used the 'illustrated man' concept as an ingenious way of linking 18 short stories. A man is on a walking holiday in Wisconsin, it's a hot day and he meets a guy who has his clothing buttoned up tight as if it is winter, and he is sweating, of course. They camp down for the night, and the guy takes off his thick shirt. His body is covered in illustrations, (not tattoos), and they are beautiful, they move, and have tiny voices. He tells how he met an old witch who looked a thousand years old one minute, and twenty one the next, and after she illustrated his entire body with her magic needles, she disappeared. Believing her to be a time-traveller, the man has spent his life trying to hunt her down. The series of short stories are linked by the other man seeing the actions take place within the illustrations. A brilliant concept, amazing stories considering when they were written, and I book I have treasured for many years.
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wonderful short story collection, bound together by a metaphor
This is a very good selection of short stories that between themselves are unrelated. Bradbury came up with the theme of linking them through the Illustrated Man idea, which is... Read more
Published 11 months ago by rob crawford
The Illustrated Man
The frame is interesting but not compelling, and as though knowing this Bradbury breezes through it in a few pages and quickly keeps any interludes, between unconnected stories, to... Read more
Published 12 months ago by David Brookes
They are not tattoo's, they are skin illustrations!
As the line in the film went which showed three of the stories from the anthology. And it is this line which best exemplifies the difference between common all garden short stories... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Fleabag the wise ( allegedly)
Good but dated
An interesting read, and you can see themes in the stories drawn from other works, such as Fahrenheit 451, etc. Read more
Published 15 months ago by K. Royle
A Classic for all ages
This is a wonderful book. Recommended to me as a child, it's been read several times both then and now. I've just bought it for my own daughter. Highly recommended.
Published 16 months ago by R. E. Cameron-dick
Great collection of short stories!
I love this book. It's a great collection of Ray Bradbury short stories rolled into one big, fantastic tale. I highly recommend it!
Published 16 months ago by T. Corsico Piccolino
Excellent collection of short stories
This is another collection of short stories connected by a tenuous theme - they're the stories told by someone's tattoos - but this time it's intended to be a bunch of shorts, and... Read more
Published 22 months ago by D. R. Cantrell
My favourite book
This is a fantastic collection of science-fiction/horror stories from the boundless imagination of Ray Bradbury. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Code Hero
"Skin illustrations, the sign of an artist"
"Eighteen illustrations, eighteen tales." "The illustrations came to life..."
A man is encountered who has skin Illustrations all over his body. Read more
A man is encountered who has skin Illustrations all over his body. Read more
Published on 31 May 2010 by bernie
A collection of short stories
Brilliant short stories, collected.
If you like macabre Science Fiction, get this.
"The City" leads, but the rest are good at worst, and most of them are much... Read more
If you like macabre Science Fiction, get this.
"The City" leads, but the rest are good at worst, and most of them are much... Read more
Published on 27 April 2010 by R. Court
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