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Dive into a captivating anthology of short science fiction stories meticulously curated by Ray Bradbury. Featuring the imaginative works of renowned authors such as Lyle Monroe, J. E. Kelleam, Hank Kuttner, J. H. Haggard, Ron Reynolds, Damon Knight, and Hannes V. Bok, this collection promises to ignite your imagination and transport you to extraordinary realms. (Summary by Lois Hill)

We cannot classify this story in the usual way. Its magnitude defies our typical narrative structure. We are both excited and honored to share this extraordinary tale with you. - Summary by Planet Stories, Summer 1948

Nella serata che precede Ognissanti qualcosa di stupefacente è accaduto: un enorme albero è apparso e, dai suoi rami, pendono centinaia di zucche. Zucche in cui sono intagliati sorrisi inquietanti e occhi luminescenti che fissano otto ragazzini mascherati per l'occasione: Tom è vestito da scheletro, Henry da strega, Ralph è fasciato come una mummia, Georg è diventato uno spettro, J.J. scompigliato come un cavernicolo, Fred stracciato come un accattone, Wally indossa una maschera da grottesca, Pipkin... «Ehi, dov'è finito Pipkin?»...

The internationally acclaimed author of The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, and Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury is a magician at the height of his powers, displaying his sorcerer's skill with twenty-one remarkable stories that run the gamut from total reality to light fantastic, from high...

On a dismal evening, an unnamed writer in Venice, California, answers a furious pounding at his beachfront bungalow door -- and once again admits a dangerous icon into his life. Constance Rattigan, an aging, once-glamorous Hollywood star, stands soaked and shivering in his foyer, clutching two...

Ray Bradbury, the undisputed Dean of American storytelling, dips his accomplished pen into the cryptic inkwell of noir and creates a stylish and slightly fantastical tale of mayhem and murder set among the shadows and the murky canals of Venice, California, in the early 1950s. Toiling away amid...

Halloween Night, 1954. A young, film-obsessed scriptwriter has just been hired at one of the great studios. An anonymous investigation leads from the giant Maximus Films backlot to an eerie graveyard separated from the studio by a single wall. There he makes a terrifying discovery that thrusts...

He is an American treasure, a clear-eyed fantasist without peer, and a literary icon who has created wonder for the better part of seven decades. On subjects as diverse as fiction, the future, film, famous personalities, and more, Ray Bradbury has much to say, as only he can say it. Collected...

A crazy scheme to bring peace to the world with the aid of rust. A martian who could be Jesus. An author, plucked from his grave, is thwarted by one Melissa Toad, the mysterious witch of New York. This is a collection of tales which demolish the old saying: truth is stranger than fiction...

From the winner of the National Book Foundations' 2000 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters comes a "sweet, funny . . . thought–provoking" (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) collection of short stories. As in his most recent major fiction collections, One More for the Road (1999)...

Over the course of a long and celebrated career, Ray Bradbury has traveled many roads: cruising down country highways that wound through the unseen heart of small-town America; exploring rutted backwoods paths that led to dark and dangerous places; racing at mach-speed along shimmering celestial...

Visionary writings from the protean Bradbury, America's preeminent master of the fantastic who has enchanted millions worldwide. Part memoir, part commentary, these writings are an exploration and celebration of ideas. Bradbury reflects on art, literature, history, architecture, science fiction...

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...

Travel on an unpredictable and unforgettable literary journey—safe in the hands of one the century's great men of imagination. The mind of Ray Bradbury is a wonder-filled carnival of delight and terror that stretches from the verdant Irish countryside to the coldest reaches of outer space. Yet...

Ray Bradbury is a painter who uses words rather than brushes--for he created lasting visual images that, once observed, are impossible to forget. Sinister mushrooms growing in a dank cellar. A family's first glimpse at Martians. A wonderful white vanilla ice-cream summer suit that changes...

In 1953, the brilliant but terrifying titan of cinema John Huston summons the young writer Ray Bradbury to Ireland. The apprehensive scribe's quest is to capture on paper the fiercest of all literary beasts -- Moby Dick -- in the form of a workable screenplay so the great director can begin...

Asleep in Armageddon by Ray Bradbury is a haunting and atmospheric science fiction tale that explores the thin boundary between consciousness and madness. After crash-landing on a desolate planetoid, space traveler Leonard Sale finds himself trapped in chilling isolation—until disembodied voices of ancient warriors begin to invade his mind.

There are very few writers who have ever written the sheer volume of epic (though not always in word count) tales, with a seemingly limitless stream of vibrant worlds, unique characters, and twisting-turning storylines that have kept thousands on the edges of their collective seats for a career spanning seven decades. But Ray Bradbury, the legend, did just that.

Green Town, anonimo centro dell'Illinois. Manca una settimana alla festa di Halloween, quando la sonnacchiosa cittadina viene sconvolta da un "carnevale nero". Un circo misterioso sembra promettere l'avverarsi di tutti i desideri, e l'eterna giovinezza. Saranno due amici tredicenni, James Nightshade e William Halloway, con tutta l'innocenza della loro età, a sconfiggere le forze del Male e a riscattare le anime dell'intera comunità. Ma impareranno anche troppo presto a fare i conti con i propri incubi.

Rocket Summer by Ray Bradbury is a haunting and visionary science fiction story that explores humanity’s uneasy relationship with progress. As the first rocket to the Moon prepares for launch, anticipation electrifies the world—but beneath the celebration lies unease. William Stanley, the man behind the mission, wrestles with the moral and existential weight of humanity’s leap into space.