The Toynbee Convector (1988)

Not among Bradbury's best, but this still has some interesting stories, and his prose is as lively as ever. My two favorite stories are probably the funniest ones: "One for His Lordship, and One for the Road!", a comic rebuke to wine snobs who don't want to share (even after death), and "Colonel Stonesteel’s Genuine Home-Made Truly Egyptian Mummy", which is as good an explanation as any for Bradbury's birth as a writer. ( )

NIL

A welcome book of Ray Bradbury's forte, the fanciful and filled with wonder short story. Some are science fiction; some are, as is his pattern, just...something else. As for example the touching love story, "The Laurel and Hardy Love Affair". The rest are of less consistent quality than his finest collections, but still a fine read nonetheless. ( )