Stories of Ray Bradbury

by BRADBURY, RAY

• ISBN13: 9780394513355
• ISBN10: 0394513355
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1980-10-01
• Publisher: Knopf

Summary

An imaginative group of stories that often bridge the gap between fantasy & science fiction.

Table of Contents

Drunk, and in Charge of a Bicycle	xi
Ray Bradbury
The Night	3	(6)
Homecoming	9	(10)
Uncle Einar	19	(6)
The Traveler	25	(11)
The Lake	36	(5)
The Coffin	41	(6)
The Crowd	47	(8)
The Scythe	55	(11)
There Was an Old Woman	66	(10)
There Will Come Soft Rains	76	(5)
Mars Is Heaven	81	(13)
The Silent Towns	94	(8)
The Earth Men	102	(12)
The Off Season	114	(9)
The Million-Year Picnic	123	(8)
The Fox and the Forest	131	(12)
Kaleidoscope	143	(7)
The Rocket Man	150	(9)
Marionettes, Inc	159	(6)
No Particular Night or Morning	165	(8)
The City	173	(6)
The Fire Balloons	179	(14)
The Last Night of the World	193	(3)
The Veldt	196	(12)
The Long Rain	208	(11)
The Great Fire	219	(5)
The Wilderness	224	(7)
A Sound of Thunder	231	(10)
The Murderer	241	(6)
The April Witch	247	(8)
Invisible Boy	255	(7)
The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind	262	(4)
The Fog Horn	266	(6)
The Big Black and White Game	272	(9)
Embroidery	281	(3)
The Golden Apples of the Sun	284	(5)
Powerhouse	289	(7)
Hail and Farewell	296	(6)
The Great Wide World over There	302	(10)
The Playground	312	(12)
Skeleton	324	(12)
The Man Upstairs	336	(10)
Touched with Fire	346	(9)
The Emissary	355	(6)
The Jar	361	(11)
The Small Assassin	372	(14)
The Next in Line	386	(26)
Jack-in-the-Box	412	(13)
The Leave-Taking	425	(4)
Exorcism	429	(10)
The Happiness Machine	439	(7)
Calling Mexico	446	(5)
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit	451	(18)
Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed	469	(12)
The Strawberry Window	481	(6)
A Scent of Sarsaparilla	487	(6)
The Picasso Summer	493	(4)
The Day It Rained Forever	497	(8)
A Medicine for Melancholy	505	(8)
The Shoreline at Sunset	513	(7)
Fever Dream	520	(6)
The Town Where No One Got Off	526	(6)
All Summer in a Day	532	(5)
Frost and Fire	537	(32)
The Anthem Sprinters	569	(10)
And So Died Riabouchinska	579	(10)
Boys Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar	589	(13)
The Vacation	602	(6)
The Illustrated Woman	608	(9)
Some Live Like Lazarus	617	(8)
The Best of All Possible Worlds	625	(5)
The One Who Waits	630	(6)
Tyrannosaurus Rex	636	(10)
The Screaming Woman	646	(12)
The Terrible Conflagration up at the Place	658	(12)
Night Call, Collect	670	(9)
The Tombling Day	679	(6)
The Haunting of the New	685	(12)
Tomorrow's Child	697	(12)
I Sing the Body Electric	709	(28)
The Women	737	(7)
The Inspired Chicken Motel	744	(8)
Yes, We'll Gather at the River	752	(7)
Have I Got a Chocolate Bar for You	759	(9)
A Story of Love	768	(8)
The Parrot Who Met Papa	776	(11)
The October Game	787	(6)
Punishment Without Crime	793	(7)
A Piece of Wood	800	(4)
The Blue Bottle	804	(8)
Long After Midnight	812	(4)
The Utterly Perfect Murder	816	(6)
The Better Part of Wisdom	822	(10)
Interval in Sunlight	832	(19)
The Black Ferris	851	(7)
Farewell Summer	858	(6)
McGillahee's Brat	864	(9)
The Aqueduct	873	(1)
Gotcha	874	(6)
The End of the Beginning	880