The Illustrated Man
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4.4 • 7 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
You could hear the voices murmuring, small and muted, from the crowds that inhabited his body.
A peerless American storyteller, Ray Bradbury brings wonders alive. The Illustrated Man is classic Bradbury— eighteen startling visions of humankind’s destiny, unfolding across a canvas of decorated skin. In this phantasmagoric sideshow, living cities take their vengeance, technology awakens the most primal natural instincts, Martian invasions are foiled by the good life and the glad hand, and dreams are carried aloft in junkyard rockets. Provocative and powerful, Ray Bradbury’s The Illustrated Man is a kaleidoscopic blending of magic, imagination, and truth—as exhilarating as interplanetary travel, as maddening as a walk in a million-year rain, and as comforting as simple, familiar rituals on the last night of the world.
Customer Reviews
A classic of classics.
Ray Bradbury was one of the greatest authors of all time. He would or could not be pigeonholed into one genre.
These stories are equal parts funny, horrific, and most importantly, thought provoking. Yes, some are just good fun. But others deal with our own morality, as relevant as when this book was first published, to this very moment.
If you’ve never read a book by Ray Bradbury, this is one that I’d recommend.