No Particular Night or Evening - ★★★★★ 11.

He might not be Chekhov, but on his best days and with his best stories, he isn't far behind. Publication date 1951 Publisher bantam books, inc.

Now, I read these stories and I think DAMN Bradbury can write the pants off all but the best short story writers. I was a kid, so I was fixated on the story, the surprise, the horror. Reading these reminded me how little I appreciated Bradbury's prose when I was young. He was light on scifi (it was a light frame) and heavy on characters, but he kept enough of the pulpy scifi tropes to make you almost unaware of the pill you were swallowing until it was completely absorbed. He wrote about alienation, loneliness, jealousy, racism, and fear in new ways. Ray Bradbury was an American fantasy and horror author who rejected being categorized as a science fiction author, claiming that his work was based on the fantastical and unreal. The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury 4.5 (55) Paperback (Reissue) 15.49 17.99 Save 14 Hardcover 23.99 Paperback 15.49 eBook 14.99 Audiobook 0. Not the first star in the night, but the one that tore a bit of the sky open for the rest. His stories (and books as well) are part of our modern psyche. I've recently returned to him as a father and an adult and get to re-establish connection to this great writer of American pop-lit. I permanently dented my aunt's couch one summer reading Vonnegut and Bradbury. I remember reading him for fun, reading him anthologized, reading him again and again. He is 180-proof literary, pulp, scifi nostalgia. The Illustrated Man, a seminal work in Ray Bradburys career, whose extraordinary power and imagination remain undimmed by times passage. OL103128W Page_number_confidence 93.88 Pages 198 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20201027151437 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 698 Scandate 20201024044337 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780553274493 Tts_version 4.“I shall remain on Mars and read a book.” ― Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man Ray Bradbury is forever connected to my youth. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 01:31:15 Associated-names Butchkes, Sydney, illustrator Boxid IA1984706 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier