Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
reviewed by Chris Przybyszewski
It is one of the more remarkable books of our time. Sure, the text has its share of warts. The
characters are more like caricatures, over the top and thin in their complexity. The auhtor indulges his inner high-school
writer with his strong use of comparisons. Moreover, the ending is simplistic and idealistic, where the well read of society emerge
from their homeless shelters to save a post-apocalyptic world. But still.
Dinosaur Tales by Ray Bradbury
reviewed by Steven H Silver
Ever since dinosaurs were identified as actual creatures rather than
merely a mythified monsters such as dragons, they have captured the
imagination of children and adults alike. In 1925, a young man
fell in love with dinosaurs after seeing the film The Lost World,
based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel. Willis O'Brien's film thusly
inspired the author to write an half dozen stories focusing on dinosaurs,
which have been collected here.
From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury
reviewed by Trent Walters
The overarching plot is fairly simple: a "family" -- or, rather, a group
of societal misfits like loping werewolves, living gargoyles, ghosts who
starve in a world without belief, vampires and
other winged creatures of the night who can no longer fly at night but must
etch out a new meaningful existence, and Egyptian mummies who can bestow
knowledge of the dead -- congregates every now and again at a haunted house
and decides how to define who they are and what they should do, pausing to
tell individual tales of the family members.
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
reviewed by Georges T. Dodds
Rather than giving you a list of the reminiscences in the book, or a dry
pedantic analysis as a series of sensory-rich vignettes of Bradbury's life
as a youngster, Georges takes a similar approach to that of the author.
Besides, it seems unlikely that he'd say anything reviewers and literary
scholars haven't been saying over the last 40 years.
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Green Shadows, White Whale by Ray Bradbury
reviewed by David Soyka
This book is neither memoir, nor novel. While it ostensibly parallels
Bradbury's work in Ireland on the screenplay for Moby Dick, it is
actually a series of vaguely connected short stories that primarily concern
the slightly surreal adventures of the "boyos" who hang out in Finn's Pub.
Ahmed and the Oblivion Machines by Ray Bradbury
reviewed by David Soyka
David thinks Bradbury had a lot of fun writing this. And, Chris Lane's
illustrations add a dimension that, curiously, Bradbury's own
magical descriptions don't convey: namely that the lost god apparently
looks like some tousled and overweight WWI aviator.
Driving Blind by Ray Bradbury
reviewed by David Soyka
If you're a fan, you'll be as enchanted as you were when you
first picked-up Dandelion Wine and were transported to a place
in which the ordinary somehow became extraordinary, and it
didn't matter that the space travel of The Martian Chronicles
or the futuristic setting of Fahrenheit 451 were missing.
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
reviewed by James Seidman
This story is definitely one of the "must-read" classics of fantasy fiction.
For those who have never read this nightmarishly gripping page-turner, this
Avon reprint offers you a perfect opportunity to add it to your library.
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
reviewed by Tim Krauskopf
Guest reviewer Tim Krauskopf suggests Bradbury is a
retro-William Gibson. Bradbury's work can be just as hard-hitting and prophetic.
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