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This is a great collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury!!! I love them all.. Bradbury is indeed the master of short stories, a literary magician per excellense.. He creates worlds full of life out of ordinary peoples, events, circumstances and items!!! And yes, in his books he also loves and celebra Leggi tutto

Quicker Than the Eye is a collection of his own stories by that master wordsmith, weaving his magical tales, the writer Ray Bradbury. In it he includes 11 stories which had been published in various American magazines between 1994 and 1996, and 10 stories written especially for the anthology. Some I Leggi tutto

I have been a devoted Bradbury fan since I first read FARENHEIT 451 in high school. Some say he is over the top; I say they are too closed in their thinking. Granted, Bradbury is an acquired taste. His word choice is unique, confounding, and even sometimes bizarre. But after reading one of stories,

Eine tolle, emotionale und spannende Geschichtensammlung. Die abwechslungsreiche Sprache und ungewöhnlichen Situationen verleihen dem Buch seinen Charme und jeder Geschichte ihre eigene Daseinsberechtigung. Viele der Geschichten drehen sich um Literatur oder die Liebe dazu, wofür eine gewisse Affini Leggi tutto

Passend zur herbstlichen Jahreszeit, die ja immer mit Horror und Grusel verbunden wird, habe ich mich an einen Band mit Erzählungen von Ray Bradbury herangewagt, der zwar keinen Horror versprach, aber mysteriöse und magische Geschichten enthalten sollte. Da solch geheimnisvolle und unerklärliche Ele Leggi tutto

Definitely my least favorite Bradbury so far.

I picked up Quicker Than The Eye at the library this weekend, and read thru this short story collection as an antidote to Running with Scissors . The first few stories "Unterseaboat Doktor" and "Zaharoff/Richter Mark V" didn't do much to dispel my depressed mood. However, "Another Fine Mess" (his sec Leggi tutto

This 1996 collection of later short tales illustrates just how subjective the measurement of a literary genius can be. If these short stories were written by a new writer the critics would be raving. But these pieces are written by a older gentlemen whose genius has already been proven and proven ag Leggi tutto