HomeGroupsTalkMoreZeitgeist
Search Site
This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms.

Results from Google Books

Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.

Loading...

The Toynbee Convector (1988)

by Ray Bradbury

Other authors: See the other authors section.

MembersReviewsPopularityAverage ratingMentions
1,1811216,535 (3.55)14
The world's only time traveler finally reveals his secret. An old man's memory of World War I conjures ghostly parachutists. An Egyptian mummy turns up in an Illinois cornfield. A lonely Martian prepares to face his doom.
Loading...

Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.

No current Talk conversations about this book.

» See also 14 mentions

English (11)  Catalan (1)  All languages (12)
Showing 1-5 of 11 (next | show all)
Contains:
The Toynbee convector --
Trapdoor --
On the Orient, North --
One night in your life --
West of October --
The last circus --
The Laurel and Hardy love affair --
I suppose you are wondering why we are here? --
Lafayette, farewell --
Banshee --
Promises, promises --
The love affair --
One for his lordship, and one for the road! --
At midnight, in the month of June --
Bless me, Father, for I have sinned --
By the numbers! --
A touch of petulance --
Long division --
Come and bring Constance! --
Junior --
The tombstone --
The thing at the top of the stairs --
Colonel Stonesteel's genuine home-made truly Egyptian mummy.
  Lemeritus | Nov 16, 2021 |
This fine collection of Ray Bradbury short stories (is that a redundant statement?) was published in 1988, and includes 23 pieces written during that late-80s period. Many are anthologized here for the first time, so it’s a worthwhile addition for Bradbury collectors and fans.

Subjects range from whimsy to fantasy to time travel to love stories to straight-up horror – and some are an amalgam of those genres that only Bradbury could pull off.

Favorites include “Trapdoor”, which proves yet again that a good writer of horror can rise the hair on the reader’s neck without ever spilling a drop of blood; “The Love Affair”, which returns to the Martian Chronicles setting with a truly creepy tale; “At Midnight in the Month of June” is a skeevy follow-up to radbury’s classic “The Ravine”; and “One for His Lordship and One for the Road”, which is a whimsical set-up to an old shaggy-dog story, but Bradbury restrains himself from actually quoting the punchline. If you know the story, you’ll figure it out. If not, it’s still delightful. ( )
1 vote LyndaInOregon | Apr 3, 2021 |
Extremely average. There are a few stories that stand out, but for the most part this could have been packaged in a big brown box that said BULK RAY BRADBURY PROPERTY US GOVT ( )
  skolastic | Feb 2, 2021 |
Some fun short stories in this collection. Emphasis on the 'short' as there is not an overly lengthy tale in the bunch. ( )
  ScoLgo | Oct 5, 2018 |
Just-average Bradbury; too many obvious and derivative stories. But, this is only in comparison to his masterful works like The October Country. If this is the first Bradbury you read, you ought to like it just fine. ( )
  mrgan | Oct 30, 2017 |
Showing 1-5 of 11 (next | show all)
no reviews | add a review

» Add other authors (13 possible)

Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Ray Bradburyprimary authorall editionscalculated
Bayer, OttoTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Kunz, AnitaCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.
For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.
Canonical title
Original title
Alternative titles
Original publication date
People/Characters
Important places
Important events
Related movies
Epigraph
Dedication
And this one, with love, to my grand-daughters JULIA and CLAIRE and GEORGIA and MALLORY
First words
Good! Great! Bravo for me!
Quotations
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)
Disambiguation notice
Publisher's editors
Blurbers
Original language
Canonical DDC/MDS
Canonical LCC

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English (1)

The world's only time traveler finally reveals his secret. An old man's memory of World War I conjures ghostly parachutists. An Egyptian mummy turns up in an Illinois cornfield. A lonely Martian prepares to face his doom.

No library descriptions found.

Book description
Haiku summary

Current Discussions

None

Popular covers

Quick Links

Rating

Average: (3.55)
0.5
1 2
1.5
2 12
2.5 1
3 33
3.5 8
4 39
4.5 1
5 17

Is this you?

Become a LibraryThing Author.

 

About | Contact | Privacy/Terms | Help/FAQs | Blog | Store | APIs | TinyCat | Legacy Libraries | Early Reviewers | Common Knowledge | 202,660,460 books! | Top bar: Always visible