| Description |
xliii, 1059 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Everyman's library ; 326 |
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Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.) ; 326.
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| Note |
"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page xvii). |
| Contents |
The night -- Homecoming -- Uncle Einar -- The traveler -- The lake -- The coffin -- The crowd -- The scythe -- There was an old woman -- There will come soft rains -- Mars is Heaven -- The silent towns -- The earth men -- The off season -- The million-year picnic -- The fox and the forest -- Kaleidoscope -- The rocket Man -- Marionettes, Inc. -- No particular night or morning -- The city -- The fire balloons -- The last night of the world -- The veldt -- The long rain -- The great fire -- The wilderness -- A sound of thunder -- The murderer -- The April witch -- Invisible boy -- The golden kite, the silver wind -- The fog horn -- The big black and white game -- Embroidery -- The golden apples of the sun -- Powerhouse -- Hail and farewell -- The great wide world over there -- The playground -- Skeleton -- The man upstairs -- Touched with fire -- The emissary -- The jar -- The small assassin -- The next in line -- Jack-in-the-box -- The leave-taking -- Exorcism -- The happiness machine -- Calling Mexico -- The wonderful ice cream suit -- Dark they were, and golden-eyed -- The strawberry window -- A scent of sarsaparilla -- The Picasso summer -- The day it rained forever -- A medicine for melancholy -- The shoreline at sunset -- Fever dream -- The town where no one got off -- All summer in a day -- Frost and fire -- The anthem sprinters -- And so died Riabouchinska -- Boys! Raise giant mushrooms in your cellar! -- The vacation -- The illustrated woman -- Some live like Lazarus -- The best of all possible worlds -- The one who waits -- Tyrannosaurus Rex -- The screaming woman -- The terrible conflagration up at the place -- Night call, collect -- The tombling day -- The haunting of the new -- Tomorrow's child -- I sing the body electric! -- The women -- The inspired chicken motel -- Yes, we'll gather at the river -- Have I got a chocolate bar for you! -- A story of love -- The parrot who met Papa -- The October game -- Punishment without crime -- A piece of wood -- The blue bottle -- Long after midnight -- The utterly perfect murder -- The better part of wisdom -- Interval in sunlight -- The black Ferris -- Farewell summer -- McGillahee's brat -- The aqueduct -- Gotcha! -- The end of the beginning. |
| Summary |
The Stories of Ray Bradbury--a hundred of his best stories, selected by the author himself--is the definitive collection of one of the greatest fantasists the world has ever known. Published in 1980, the volume contains stories selected from the first four decades of Bradbury's career. |
| Subject |
Science fiction, American.
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| Added Author |
Buckley, Christopher, 1952-
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| Added Title |
Short stories. Selections
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| ISBN |
9781841593265 hardback |
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1841593265 |
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