The Day it Rained Forever

I hadn't before thought of Ray Bradbury as such a good writer -- a good ideas person, but I hadn't thought of his stories as well-crafted, tight, polished things. These ones definitely are: they held me spellbound; I read them all at once. There's the magic of the ordinary and the everydayness of technology that is almost like magic; he does all this very well. I cared less for some of the stories, but all of them kept me reading, and most of them kept me wondering... Wondering what happened before, or what will happen after, or both. I think the post-apocalyptic story set in Mexico held me spellbound most securely: there's a kind of breathless futility about it that tightens and tightens until the end of the story. Lovely. ( )

Poetic short stories by the master of magical realist science fiction. Includes 'Dark they were and golden eyed'.

Great, a good introduction to this writer. ( )

A lot of mainstream type stories in this collection, so it isn't as interesting, in general, and only a 3.17 average. Even something approaching a pulp crime story.

Day it Rained Forever : The Day it Rained Forever - Ray Bradbury
Day it Rained Forever : In a Season of Calm Weather - Ray Bradbury
Day it Rained Forever : The Dragon - Ray Bradbury
Day it Rained Forever : The End of the Beginning - Ray Bradbury
Day it Rained Forever : The Wonderful Ice-Cream Suit - Ray Bradbury
Day it Rained Forever : Fever Dream - Ray Bradbury
Day it Rained Forever : Referent - Ray Bradbury
Day it Rained Forever : The Marriage Mender - Ray Bradbury
Day it Rained Forever : The Town Where No One Got Off - Ray Bradbury
Day it Rained Forever : Icarus Montgolfier Wright - Ray Bradbury
Day it Rained Forever : Almost the End of the World - Ray Bradbury
Day it Rained Forever : Dark They were and Golden-eyed - Ray Bradbury
Day it Rained Forever : The Smile - Ray Bradbury
Day it Rained Forever : Here there be Tygers - Ray Bradbury
Day it Rained Forever : The Headpiece - Ray Bradbury
Day it Rained Forever : Perchance to Dream - Ray Bradbury
Day it Rained Forever : The Time of Going Away - Ray Bradbury
Day it Rained Forever : The Gift - Ray Bradbury
Day it Rained Forever : The Little Mice - Ray Bradbury
Day it Rained Forever : The Sunset Harp - Ray Bradbury
Day it Rained Forever : A Scent of Sarsaparilla - Ray Bradbury
Day it Rained Forever : And the Rock Cried Out - Ray Bradbury
Day it Rained Forever : The Strawberry Window - Ray Bradbury

Stormy repeat extension.

3 out of 5

Art look.

2.5 out of 5

Iron monster.

3.5 out of 5

Space station countdown.

3.5 out of 5

Skeleton measurement.

3 out of 5

Sick dose.

3.5 out of 5

I'm not a label.

3.5 out of 5

Music bed.

3 out of 5

Stranger kill.

3.5 out of 5

Wing dreams.

3 out of 5

Bad colors.

3 out of 5

We are interlopers.

3 out of 5

Busting stuff.

2.5 out of 5

You can't trust planets.

3.5 out of 5

Hammer hole wife story.

3.5 out of 5

Planetoid rescue needed.

3.5 out of 5

A good roast is all you need.

3 out of 5

Starry night.

3.5 out of 5

No entertainment toasting.

3 out of 5

Washed up mermaid.

3.5 out of 5

Attic time machine.

3 out of 5

Resigned to their new world.

3 out of 5

Blowing it all on Mars.

3 out of 5

http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2008/03/day-it-rained-forever-ray-bradbury_06.html ( )

Link to a review on my personal website (might be in Swedish). ( )