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The Stories Of Ray Bradbury
''The Stories of Ray Bradbury'' is an anthology containing 100 short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury, first published by Knopf in 1980. The hundred stories, written from 1943 to 1980, were selected by the author himself. Bradbury's work had previously been collected in various compilations, such as ''The Martian Chronicles'' and '' The October Country'', but never in such a large volume (912 pages) or spanning such a long period of time. In 2003, '' Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales'' was published, containing a further 100 stories from later in his career. The two anthologies have entirely different contents. Contents #"The Night", 1946 #"Homecoming", 1946 #"Uncle Einar", 1947 #"The Traveler", 1946 #"The Lake", 1944 #"The Coffin", 1947 #"The Crowd", 1943. #" The Scythe", 1943 #"There Was an Old Woman", 1944 #" There Will Come Soft Rains", 1950 #"Mars Is Heaven!", 1948 #"The Silent Towns", 1949 #"The Earth Men", 1948 #"The Off Season", 1948 #"The Millio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction. Bradbury wrote many works and is widely known by the general public for his novel ''Fahrenheit 451'' (1953) and his short-story collections ''The Martian Chronicles'' (1950) and ''The Illustrated Man'' (1951). Most of his best known work is speculative fiction, but he also worked in other genres, such as the coming of age novel ''Dandelion Wine'' (1957) and the fictionalized memoir ''Green Shadows, White Whale'' (1992). He also wrote and consulted on screenplays and television scripts, including ''Moby Dick'' and ''It Came from Outer Space''. Many of his works were adapted into television and film productions as well as comic books. ''The New York Times'' called Bradbury "the writer most responsible for bringing modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wilderness (Bradbury)
"The Wilderness" is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury first published in the November 1952 issue of '' The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'', and included in Bradbury's 1953 collection ''The Golden Apples of the Sun''. The year is 2003, and Janice and Leonora are spending their last days on Earth before leaving for Mars to join Janice's husband Will. While having mixed feelings at first, Janice slowly reveals throughout the story that she is more and more willing to join her husband on Mars while still lamenting about leaving behind all that is on Earth. Janice and Leonora also lament on the second-hand role played by women in exploration and similar situations (i.e. conquest of Western America). Reception In ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (1953), Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas described the story as one Bradbury's best works, a "heartwarming picture of the girls we can never leave behind us, whatever far boundaries we reach"."Recommended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Short Story Collections
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Aqueduct (story)
"The Aqueduct (A Martian Chronicle)" is a short story by American writer Ray Bradbury. Originally released as a limited edition chapbook, the story was subsequently collected in ''The Stories of Ray Bradbury'' in 1980. Since its release the short story has been used in educational institutions. Summary The story focuses on two lands, one in the North and one in the South. As the Southern lands lack ways to gain water, an aqueduct is built to ferry water from the North. When the construct is finally finished 1,000 years later, the Southerners are horrified when the promised water does not immediately arrive. They also learn that a war has broken out in the North that has resulted in a horrific slaughter, however the Southerners soon receive a message that the water was finally coming. When the "water" arrives it is thick and red, however the Southerners rejoice and use it to bathe, irrigate their fields, and consume. A child points out the liquid was not water, however their mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frost And Fire (short Story)
"Frost and Fire" is a short story by Ray Bradbury and the fourteenth in his collection '' R is for Rocket''. It was first published in Planet Stories (Fall, 1946) as "The Creatures That Time Forgot". The story is about short-lived humans on a planet similar to Mercury. Plot summary Placed there by a past rocket ship that crashed, the people of the storied land are within sight of another rocket ship on a distant mountain plateau. The plot follows Sim, the protagonist of this story, and his apparently short life on a planet where people are cursed by radiation to live only eight days. The people of this planet are also gifted with racial memory (they remember their ancestors' memories). However, they do not attempt to reach the sole remaining rocket ship due to the futility of attempting to reach it in one hour, which is the longest length of time between day and night (both deadly). Sim is then moved by the memory of his ancestors to find and meet with scientists who make halt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Summer In A Day
"All Summer in a Day" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, first published in the March 1954 issue of ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''. Plot synopsis The story is about a class of students on Venus, which, in this story, is a world of constant rainstorms, where the Sun is only visible for one hour every seven years. One of the children, Margot, moved to Venus from Earth five years earlier, and she is the only one who remembers sunshine, since the sun shines regularly on Earth. When the teacher asks them to write a poem about the sun, hers is: : "I think the sun is a flower, : That blooms for just one hour". She describes the Sun as "penny", or "like fire in the stove". The other children, being too young ever to have seen it themselves, do not believe her. Led by a boy named William, they bully and antagonize her, and just before the sun comes out, William rallies the other children, and they lock her in a closet down a tunnel. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark They Were, And Golden-Eyed
"Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury. It was originally published in the magazine ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'' in August 1949, under the title "The Naming of Names". It was subsequently included in the short-story collections ''A Medicine for Melancholy'' and ''S is for Space''. The story takes place on Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury (planet), Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Mars (mythology), Roman god of war. Mars is a terr ... in the near future, as is the case with many of Ray Bradbury's stories. Plot summary In the midst of a war on Earth, a spaceport in New York sends a group of colonists to establish a settlement on Mars. The Bittering family, composed of father Harry, mother Cora, and their children Dan (referred to as Tim in some versions), Laura, and David, arrives as part of the fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Small Assassin (short Story)
"The Small Assassin" is a short story by American author Ray Bradbury. It was first published in the November, 1946 issue of ''Dime Mystery''. It was collected in Bradbury's anthology '' Dark Carnival'' and later collected in the anthologies '' The October Country'', ''The Autumn People'', '' The Small Assassin'', '' The Stories of Ray Bradbury'' and '' The Vintage Bradbury''. Plot David and Alice Leiber are a happily married couple living in Los Angeles, but when Alice gives birth to a healthy baby boy, she fears the baby is somehow abnormal and will kill her. She expresses her fears to her husband, who dismisses them and tries to comfort her. Their family doctor, Dr. Jeffers, explains that it is not unusual for some women to experience such feelings after the birth of a child—especially in Alice's case, as she almost died of complications of a Caesarean section during delivery. David leaves for a business trip in Chicago and is gone for a few days. On his sixth day away he r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embroidery (short Story)
Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction. Bradbury wrote many works and is widely known by the general public for his novel ''Fahrenheit 451'' (1953) and his short-story collections '' The Martian Chronicles'' (1950) and '' The Illustrated Man'' (1951). Most of his best known work is speculative fiction, but he also worked in other genres, such as the coming of age novel ''Dandelion Wine'' (1957) and the fictionalized memoir '' Green Shadows, White Whale'' (1992). He also wrote and consulted on screenplays and television scripts, including '' Moby Dick'' and ''It Came from Outer Space''. Many of his works were adapted into television and film productions as well as comic books. ''The New York Times'' called Bradbury "the writer most responsible for bringing mode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fog Horn
"The Fog Horn" is a 1951 science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, the first in his collection ''The Golden Apples of the Sun''. The story was the basis for the 1953 film ''The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms''. Plot summary The plot follows Johnny, the protagonist and narrator, and his boss, McDunn, who are putting in a night's work at a remote lighthouse in late November. The lighthouse's resonating fog horn attracts a sea monster. This is in fact the third time the monster has visited the lighthouse: he has been attracted by the same fog horn on the same night for the last two years. McDunn attributes the monster's actions to feelings of unrequited love for the lighthouse, whose fog horn sounds exactly like the wailings of the sea monster himself. The fog horn tricks the monster into thinking he has found another of his kind, one who acts as though the monster did not even exist. McDunn and Johnny turn off the fog horn, and in a rage, the monster destroys the light ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden Kite, The Silver Wind
"The Golden Kite, The Silver Wind" (1953) is a short story by Ray Bradbury, one of his collection ''The Golden Apples of the Sun''. The story was published during the Cold War, and serves as an allegory to the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, .... Plot summary The story, set in China, begins in a small pastoral town or village, apparently in a time or place where trade and agriculture are still the norm. There is little in the way of modern technology; no electricity, automobile or advanced irrigation. Superstition is also rampant. The town is described as being in a desert area, and within the vicinity of another, called Kwan-Si. The inhabitants of the town the story is set in are prone to describe the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The April Witch
"The April Witch" is a 1952 fantasy short story by American writer Ray Bradbury. Plot summary Cecy Elliott is a 17-year-old girl born into a magical family. She has the ability to assimilate with other living plants or animals. Purely benevolent and innocent in nature, Cecy tells her parents that she wishes to feel love, despite their warning that she will lose her magical abilities if she marries a human. She does not heed their warning and merges her essence with a young woman named Ann. She forces Ann to attend a dance with Tom, a 22-year-old man who has been interested in her for a while. However, Ann has no interest in Tom. Tom is aware of Ann's inconsistent behaviour during the dance. The story ends with Cecy becoming attracted to Tom and trying to arrange a meeting with Tom and her human form through Ann. Reception Boucher and McComas described the story as one of Bradbury's "reassuringly lovely flights of fancy"."Recommended Reading", ''F&SF'', June 1953, p.70 Publica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
