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Loading... I Sing the Body Electric! And Other Stories (original 1998; edition 1998)by Ray Bradbury (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Another collection of wonderful short stories. Bradbury shines forth with complete brilliance as usual. ( ) • The Kilimanjaro Device S'okay. I'm not a Hemingway fan. I liked The Old Man and the Sea but it's all I've read and my impression is that he has an anachronistic and unhealthy view of masculinity and I'm not really interested in learning more. • The Terrible Conflagration Up at the Place Hilarious. I don't remember Bradbury being funny. • Tomorrow's Child Interesting mostly for the anachronisms. It was 1989 and they drove helicopters and smoked on the way home from having a baby, plus a bunch of other amusements. The world has certainly improved since whenever this was written. • The Women 2023-12-06: Meh. Dated. Dark. Could be read as misogynist if you're the kind of asshole that's looking for misogyny but I think it was just dated. • The Inspired Chicken Motel 2023-12-06: Damn but Bradbury can write. • Downwind from Gettysburg 2023-12-08: This one blew right past me. I get the gist of it but it didn't land. • Yes, We'll Gather at the River 2023-12-08: Meh • The Cold Wind and the Warm 2023-12-08: Amusing. • Night Call, Collect 2023-12-08: Meh. • The Haunting of the New 2023-12-10: S'okay. • I Sing the Body Electric! 2023-12-10: Fine writing. That emotional/vivid/poetic/nostalgic thing that he does so amazingly well is on display in this one and The Inspired Chicken Motel earlier. I don't really care about either of the stories but damn, his writing is amazing. • The Tombling Day 2023-12-13: Whee-hooo! I'm younger than any of them what's dead! • Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby's Is a Friend of Mine 2023-12-20: This was the best in the book. • Heavy-Set 2023-12-20: Memory vague but it was odd and unappealing. • The Man in the Rorschach Shirt 2023-12-20: Pleasant enough. The shrink needed a shrink though. • Henry the Ninth 2023-12-20: Okay, didn't do anything for me. • The Lost City of Mars 2023-12-20: Meh. Dated and not interesting. • Christus Apollo 2023-12-20: Skimmed a bit and then skipped it. Collection of 29 short stories named after a line in Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. It is also the title of one of the stories. It is a combination of science fiction, fantasy, and realistic fiction. These stories are creative, including such topics as an alternate history of Lincoln’s assassination involving a robot, a family who buys an “electric grandmother” (precursor to artificial intelligence of today) to take care of house and children, and a man who stays to watch over Great Britain after the population relocates to a warmer climate. I particularly enjoy the way the author handles endings. Even in a story of few words, there is a sense of closure. This is one of the better collections of short stories I have read. My favorites are: "The Terrible Conflagration Up at the Place” – a group of men are about to burn the house of a prosperous couple during “The Troubles.” The elderly, disoriented owner, whom they call His Lordship, asks them to spare his artwork. I will not spoil it, but the ending is priceless. "Tomorrow's Child" – a woman gives birth to a child in the shape of a blue pyramid. His parents ask doctors to figure out if there is a way to reshape him into the form of a human baby. In the end they must make a difficult decision. “Night Call, Collect” – a eighty-year-old man is stranded alone on Mars. Many years ago, he recorded his voice so he could call himself later and not feel so lonely. The ending can be interpreted in a couple different ways. no reviews | add a review
ContainsThe Kilimanjaro Device by Ray Bradbury (indirect) The Terrible Conflagration Up at the Place by Ray Bradbury (indirect) Tomorrow's Child by Ray Bradbury (indirect) The Women by Ray Bradbury (indirect) The Inspired Chicken Motel by Ray Bradbury (indirect) Downwind from Gettysburg by Ray Bradbury (indirect) Yes, We'll Gather at the River [short story] by Ray Bradbury (indirect) The Cold Wind and the Warm by Ray Bradbury (indirect) Night Call, Collect by Ray Bradbury (indirect) The Haunting of the New by Ray Bradbury (indirect) I Sing the Body Electric! [short story] by Ray Bradbury (indirect) The Tombling Day by Ray Bradbury (indirect) Heavy-Set by Ray Bradbury (indirect) The Man in the Rorschach Shirt by Ray Bradbury (indirect) Henry the Ninth by Ray Bradbury (indirect) ULLSTEIN 2000 SF STORIES 63 by Ray Bradbury (indirect) The Lost City of Mars [novelette] by Ray Bradbury (indirect)
A collection of twenty-eight classic Bradbury short stories and one poem is set in a variety of locales ranging from the verdant Irish countryside to the coldest reaches of outer space. The mind of Ray Bradbury is a wonder filled carnival of delight and terror that stretches from the verdant Irish countryside to the coldest reaches of outer space. Yet all his work is united by one common thread, a vivid and profound understanding of the vast seat of emotions that bring strength and mythic resonance to our frail species. Ray Bradbury characters may find themselves anywhere and any when. A horrified mother may give birth to a strange blue pyramid. A man may take Abraham Lincoln out of the grave, and meet another who puts him back. An amazing electrical grandmother may come to live with a grieving family. An old parrot may have learned over long evenings to imitate the voice of Ernest Hemingway, and become the last link to the last link to the great man. A priest on Mars may confront his fondest dream to meet the Messiah. Each of these magnificent creations has something to tell us about our own humanity, and all of their fates await you in this new trade edition of twenty-eight classic Bradbury stories and one luscious poem. Travel on an unpredictable and unforgettable literary journey safe in the hands of the century's great men of imagination. The 20th century, Bradbury's works are read in classrooms all over the country. This collection features 28 of his stories and one luscious poem, with themes ranging from the verdant Irish countryside to the coldest reaches of outer space. No library descriptions found. |
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