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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. My favorite collection of Bradbury short stories. (  ) jwcooper3 | Nov 15, 2009 |  Another collection of masterful science fiction stories. This is perhaps Bradbury's 4th best known collection, after The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man and S is for Space. (  ) Karlstar | Oct 16, 2009 | the man in the rorschach shirt is a short story worth reading. the post-Freudian psychologist who is reminiscent of so many wise thinkers confesses all his prior faults and his new future while finding pleasures in the small aspects of life. he also notes that the writer has an imagination that the historian can't match. ( ) TakeItOrLeaveIt | Apr 6, 2009 | Some of Bradbury's best, with four of the 18 stories pure works orf genius, namely: 1) the kilamajaro device, 2) the women, 3) tomorrow's child, and 4) the lost city of Mars. Tomorrow's child is absolutely delicous! The poem at the end is a gratuious homage to Christianity, and inasmuch as the idea and worship of God is universal (with other species), I agree with the author. (  ) andyray | Oct 16, 2008 | A wide ranging collection, genre-wise, from mainstream to sf via fantasy. Included even is a little poetry, with a Martian story to finish it off. Not that impressive in general, only a 3.26 average for this one, which benefits from some rounding up in this case to be a 3.5 book. I Sing the Body Electric : The Kilimanjaro Device - Ray Bradbury I Sing the Body Electric : The Terrible Conflagration Up at the Place - Ray Bradbury I Sing the Body Electric : Tomorrow's Child [The Shape of Things] - Ray Bradbury I Sing the Body Electric : The Women - Ray Bradbury I Sing the Body Electric : The Inspired Chicken Motel - Ray Bradbury I Sing the Body Electric : Downwind from Gettysburg - Ray Bradbury I Sing the Body Electric : Yes Well Gather at the River - Ray Bradbury I Sing the Body Electric : The Cold Wind and the Warm - Ray Bradbury I Sing the Body Electric : Night Call Collect - Ray Bradbury I Sing the Body Electric : The Haunting of the New - Ray Bradbury I Sing the Body Electric : I Sing the Body Electric! [The Beautiful One Is Here] - Ray Bradbury I Sing the Body Electric : The Tombling Day - Ray Bradbury I Sing the Body Electric : Any Friend of Nicholas Nicklebys Is a Friend of Mine [The Best of Times] - Ray Bradbury I Sing the Body Electric : Heavy-Set - Ray Bradbury I Sing the Body Electric : The Man in the Rorschach Shirt - Ray Bradbury I Sing the Body Electric : Henry the Ninth [A Final Sceptre, a Lasting Crown] - Ray Bradbury I Sing the Body Electric : The Lost City of Mars - Ray Bradbury Time travel timing. 3.5 out of 5 Burning down the house. 3.5 out of 5 Tetrahedral birth dimension. 3.5 out of 5 Daydream rival, with hotdogs = dead guy. 3.5 out of 5 Horny egg. 3 out of 5 Dead president possibilities. 3.5 out of 5 Shift in town planning. 3 out of 5 Complaining about the weather is for fairies. 3 out of 5 Future self call. 2.5 out of 5 Dublin Duchess ghost house. 3 out of 5 Grandma birth memory power. 3 out of 5 Grave work. 3.5 out of 5 Bloke sucks as a writer, goes for the eidetic reader thing. 3 out of 5 Kids are dull. 3 out of 5 Sensory stunning. 3.5 out of 5 Poms no longer have any use for that royalty rubbish or the country. 3.5 out of 5 Canal yacht party excursion. 4 out of 5 http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2008/03... ( ) bluetyson | Mar 5, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
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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 seet of emotionsthat bring strength and mythic resonance to our frail species. Ray Bradbury characters may find themselves anywhere and anywhen. A horrified mother may give birth to a strange blue pyramid. A man may take Abraham Linkoln 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 parrort 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 magnificient 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 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 set of emotions that bring strength and mythic resonance to our frail species. Ray Bradbury characters may find themselves anywhere and anywhen. 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 became 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 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 one the centurys great men of imagination.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:16 -0400)
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