Thursday, December 28, 2006

The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury

Started: 12/26/06
Finished: 12/28/06
Year: This edition 1978-originally published in 1951
Genre: Sci-fi short stories
Grade: B+
Reason for reading: grabbed it off the TBR shelf, wanting to catch up on some books that people consider classics
Blurb (from back cover): "At the furthest limits of the imagination, in words upon worlds of time and space, and on the green hills of future earth, these are tales to set you shivering, gasping, gaping with terror and with wonder...Nineteen incomparable stories that blend weird fantasy and chilling truth in the magic manner of a master."
Opinion: I had read one of these short stories in high school and loved it. I was happy to read it again in this collection. I'm not a huge fan of science fiction but since these are short stories, it didn't deter me for reading these stories quickly. Well worth picking up.

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