Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
Avon (1998), Edition: Reprint, 307 pages
Description
Sinister mushrooms growing in a dank cellar. A family's first glimpse at Martians. A wonderful white vanilla ice-cream summer suit that changes everyone who wears it. All those images and many more are inside this book, a new trade edition of 31 of Bradbury's most arresting tales-timeless short fiction that ranges from the farthest reaches of space to the innermost stirrings of the heart.
User reviews
LibraryThing member Smokler
While there are some great stories in here, the preponderance of them is too much of Ray Bradbury's worst tendencies--thin characters, wasted non-drama, a romanticism with space and rockets that feels plain gooey. Combine the best of this book with the best of "R is for Rocket" and you have one
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tight collection of short stories. Show Less
LibraryThing member LeslieHolm
I reckon I'm not very smart. Some of Bradbury's stories just leave me scratching my head and wondering what the heck they mean. His Martian stories, on the other hand, are old favorites that I can reread annually. So I can give more than half the stories in this collection 5 stars, but the
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remaining I find so baffling that I would only give them 2 stars. That's why it took me a month to read this - every time I came across a baffler, I would put it up - kind of like Joey hiding Little Women in the freezer. Show Less
LibraryThing member Koralis
This short story made me realize why I hate 98% of children. Nothing but cruel bullies.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1990
Physical description
307 p.; 5.25 inches
ISBN
0380730863 / 9780380730865