R is for Rocket by Ray Bradbury (EPUB)

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One of Ray Bradbury’s classic short story collections, available in ebook for the first time.Science fiction, fantasy, small town life, and small town people are the materials from which Ray Bradbury weaves his unique and magical stories of the natural and supernatural, the past, the present , and the future.This book contains seventeen of Bradbury’s most popular science fiction stories, from one of the genre’s master storytellers.

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⭐R is for Rocket is perhaps one of Bradbury’s greatest short story collections. Written at a time when our journey to space was on the horizon but not yet a reality, his stories show a hope for and vision of the future that ranges from utopia to dystopia to extinction.

⭐This series of short stories have facinated me as as a kid in the seventies. As an adult, I am still intrigued by them. This book is a real gem!

⭐Classic Ray Bradbury. Some of the stories in this collection are slower than others. Not his best, but still really good.

⭐B Is for Beautiful Book of Bradbury.

⭐Good condition, great book.

⭐One of my favorite books of all time.

⭐A very good choice for science fiction fans. A collection of short stories from the early work of Ray Bradbury.

⭐Ray Bradbury’s R is for Rocket is a book about and for dreamers… and those who truly desire to understand them. A common character type in his work is the wide-eyed, yearning dreamer who reaches too high, often for a dream beyond his capacity, and who inevitably teeters on the brink of success and failure.It’s no surprise that Bradbury produced so many pieces that gave voice to themes of blue skies since he himself was a dreamer, a voracious reader and enthusiastic writer from an early age, a man who thrilled himself (and his fortunate readers) on the wild imaginings of his literary soul.In R is for Rocket, the story “The Rocket” is an excellent example of the author’s heartfelt kindness and sympathy for — and identification with — the hopes and heartaches of a dreamer, in this case one Fiorello Bodoni, a middle-aged, married-with-many-children man obsessed with dreams of rocket travel and space exploration in the face of those who are quick to discourage him.Excerpts from the story:“I will ride up in one someday,” said Bodoni.“Fool!” cried Bramante. “You’ll never go. This is a rich man’s world.” … “No! We live in shacks like our ancestors before us.”“Perhaps my sons—” said Bodoni.“No, nor their sons!” the old man shouted. “It’s the rich who have dreams and rockets!” … “No, Bodoni, buy a new wrecking machine, which you need, and pull your dreams apart with it, and smash them to pieces.”The old man subsided, gazing at the river in which, drowned, images of rockets burned down the sky.“Good night,” said Bodoni.“Sleep well,” said the other.I have read and loved Ray Bradbury’s stories for over forty years because his prose is beautifully delivered and because, as a dreamer myself — who often reaches too high for his own good — I identify deeply with his wonderfully tragic heroes. There were many times that his captivating tales allowed me to escape from grim childhood days and nights, and for that I say to him, now in the Great Beyond for Great Writers: “Thank you!”This review was written by Kevin Polman, author of THE EXTRA KEY and STORIES.Takes me way back to my childhood reading SF for the first time in the Dordogne sunshine. And the fun bit? The stories are still great 40 years later! the passage of time doesn’t affect them, because they were so far in our future. Bradbury tells the stories so well from the observer’s eye – often a child.

⭐Excellent condition for year published

⭐この筆者がSFの大家だということを知り、まずはページ数が少なめの本書を読んでみようと思ったのだが、短編集であると知ったのは読み始めてから。短編は、日本語でもそうだが、限られた分量の言葉で話を紡ぐので、スキミングが困難。しかも、この筆者の作品は、SFというか、怪奇的な作品も多く、またオーソドックスな短編もありで、頭の切り替えが難しい。英語のネイティブにとっても読解は容易ではないと思うが、ましてノンネイティブの私にとっては読解は至難だった。ただ、その中にあっても、宇宙開発の意味や、人類誕生の奇跡、戦争の不毛さについて考えさせてくれるセリフが随所に散りばめられており、これらを読み解けた時は嬉しかった。

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