The Golden Apples of the Sun

Ray Bradbury is a modern cultural treasure. His disarming simplicity of style underlies a towering body of work unmatched in metaphorical power by any other American storyteller. And here, presented in a new trade edition, are thirty-two of his most famous tales--prime examples of the poignant and mysterious poetry which Bradbury uniquely uncovers in the depths of the human soul, the otherwordly portraits of outrÉ fascination which spring from the canvas of one of the century's great men of imagination. From a lonely coastal lighthouse to a sixty-million-year-old safari, from the pouring rain of Venus to the ominous silence of a murder scene, Ray Bradbury is our sure-handed guide not only to surprising and outrageous manifestations of the future, but also to the wonders of the present that we could never have imagined on our own.Ray Bradbury is a modern cultural treasure. His disarming simplicity of style underlies a towering body of work unmatched in metaphorical power by any other American storyteller. And here, presented in a new trade edition, are thirty-two of his most famous tales--prime examples of the poignant and mysterious poetry which Bradbury uniquely uncovers in the depths of the human soul, the otherwordly portraits of outre fascination which spring from the canvas of one of the centuries great men of imagination. From a lonely coastal lighthouse to a sixty-million-year-old safari, from the pouring rain of Venus to the ominous silence of a murder scene, Ray Bradbury is our sure-handed guide not only to surprising and outrageous manifestations of the future, but also to the wonders of the present that we could never have imagined on our own. Contents: · The Fog Horn [“The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms”] · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jun 23 ’51 · The Pedestrian · ss The Reporter Aug 7 ’51; F&SF Feb ’52 · The April Witch · ss The Saturday Evening Post Apr 5 ’52 · The Wilderness · ss F&SF Nov ’52; revised from Today Apr 6 ’52. · The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl [“Touch and Go!”] · ss Detective Book Magazine Nov ’48; EQMM Jan ’53 · Invisible Boy · ss Mademoiselle Nov ’45 · The Flying Machine · ss * · The Murderer · ss * · The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind · ss Epoch Win ’53 · I See You Never · vi New Yorker Nov 8 ’47 · Embroidery · vi Marvel Science Fiction Nov ’51 · The Big Black and White Game · ss The American Mercury Aug ’45 · A Sound of Thunder · ss Colliers Jun 28 ’52 · The Great Wide World Over There [“Cora and the Great Wide World Over There”] · ss Maclean’s Aug 15 ’52 · Powerhouse · ss Charm Mar ’48 · En La Noche [“Torrid Sacrifice”] · ss Cavalier Nov ’52 · Sun and Shadow · ss The Reporter Mar 17 ’53 · The Meadow · ss * · The Garbage Collector · ss The Nation Oct ’53 · The Great Fire · ss Seventeen Mar ’49 · Hail and Farewell · ss Today Mar 29 ’53 · The Golden Apples of the Sun · ss Planet Stories Nov ’53