Ray Bradbury

by Ray Bradbury

Book Overview

(6 Audio Cassettes) Ray Bradbury tells fourteen of his stories from the '40's and '50's. Some were futuristic then and remain so. Others are timeless explorations of human nature. Bradbury doesn't... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970903324
• ISBN13: 9780970903327
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Peterson Publishing Company (MN)
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Age Range: 11 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 6 and higher

Customer Reviews

Author's reading brings fresh insights

Ray Bradbury reads a dozen of his best-known stories, and two excerpts from _Dandelion Wine_. While there are other stories of his I like better than e.g., "The Smile", Bradbury certainly has more experience reading his stories and (presumably) chose the stories that worked best. Bradbury does a great job reading these stories -- *not* because he's a great voice actor, but because he has insights into the stories that (literally) no one else has. I know these stories fairly well, but Bradbury's reading often made me see them in a different light -- particularly "John Huff's Leavetaking", from _Dandelion Wine_, the ending of which I had misinterpreted all these years. For long-time fans like me, Bradbury's introductions to the stories, in which he tells a little about how each one got to be written, are a particular delight. Highly recommended, if you can stand to purchase cassettes.CONTENTS: Introduction; The Lake; The Smile; The Foghorn; The Veldt; The Crowd; John Huff's Leavetaking (from _Dandelion Wine_); Illuminations (from _Dandelion Wine_); The Illustrated Man; Marionettes, Inc; The Pedestrian; The Dwarf; There Will Come Soft Rains; A Sound of Thunder; Fever Dream