- Paperback: 329 pages
- Publisher: Vintage Books; Vintage Books ed edition (July 1990)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0679729461
- ISBN-13: 978-0679729464
- Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 1.9 x 20.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,230,190 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Once upon a time people described Ray Bradbury as a particularly gifted writer of science fiction. Today he seems more like a magical realist, a small-town American cousin to Borges and Garcia Marquez. A writer whose vision of the world is so intense that the objects in it sometimes levitate or glow with otherworldly auras.
Who but Bradbury could imagine the playroom in which children's fantasies become real enough to kill? The beautiful white suit that turns six down-and-out Chicanos into their ideal selves? Only Bradbury could make us identify with a man who lives in terror of his own skeleton. And if a generic science fiction writer might describe a spaceship landing on Mars, only Bradbury can tell us how the Martians see it-and the and dreamlike visitors from Planet Earth.
Who but Bradbury could imagine the playroom in which children's fantasies become real enough to kill? The beautiful white suit that turns six down-and-out Chicanos into their ideal selves? Only Bradbury could make us identify with a man who lives in terror of his own skeleton. And if a generic science fiction writer might describe a spaceship landing on Mars, only Bradbury can tell us how the Martians see it-and the and dreamlike visitors from Planet Earth.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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My purchase of this item is to add another great bradbury book to my ever growing collection,these are stories hand picked by Ray bradbury who will be 90 in August,here are some of his very best works including:-The Illustrated Man,Dandelion Wine(a great story of Green Town Illinois),The Veldt(a story of a family whose life turns to terror when the wall screen they enjoy turns on them)and The Fog Horn (a haunting story of a beast from the sea that hears the sound thinking it to be another of its own kind )if anyone who has not yet read Ray Bradbury i can recomend this as a great place to start.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Ray loves words like a father loves his children. He caresses his images and then holds out his hand to you. What a trip he has in store. Come along!
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
How to make the bizarre believable
27 Mar 2000
Format:Paperback
Almost all stories contained in this volume have strangely weird premises. Almost all characters are truly odd or at least genuinely quirky. Almost all plots have surprising twists and strain the reader's imagination. And yet, each story is believable, is frighteningly real, and of a bizarre, almost grotesque beauty, combining playful fantasy with profound issues revolving around family and society, and I found myself rooting for the disillusioned outsider again and again. The tragedy is poignant and bittersweet - a real feast to read.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
The Vintage Bradbury
30 Mar 2009
Format:Paperback
Just as the seller had promised, it arrived ontime and in great shape. I was very pleased. The book, of course is fantastic. Ray Bradbury is a phenomenal author. He never ceases to be able to take me on the journey right there with him.
10 of 16 people found the following review helpful
bradbury in my ear!
8 Jun 1998
Format:Paperback
Ray loves words like a father loves his children. He caresses his images and then holds out his hand to you. What a trip he has in store. Come along!
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