Ray Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, screenwriter and poet, was born August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois. He graduated from a Los Angeles high school in 1938. Although his formal education ended there, he became a "student of life," selling newspapers on L.A. street corners from 1938 to 1942, spending his nights in the public library and his days at the typewriter. He became a full-time writer in 1943, and contributed numerous short stories to periodicals before publishing a collection of them, Dark Carnival, in 1947. His reputation as a writer of courage and vision was established with the publication of The Martian Chronicles in 1950, which describes the first attempts of Earth people to conquer and colonize Mars, and the unintended consequences. Next came The Illustrated Man and then, in 1953, Fahrenheit 451, which many consider to be Bradbury's masterpiece, a scathing indictment of censorship set in a future world where the written word is forbidden. In an attempt to salvage their history and culture, a group of rebels memorize entire works of literature and philosophy as their books are burned by the totalitarian state. Other works include The October Country, Dandelion Wine, A Medicine for Melancholy, Something Wicked This Way Comes, I Sing the Body Electric!, Quicker Than the Eye, and Driving Blind. In all, Bradbury has published more than thirty books, close to 600 short stories, and numerous poems, essays, and plays. His short stories have appeared in more than 1,000 school curriculum "recommended reading" anthologies. Ray Bradbury's work has been included in four Best American Short Story collections. He has been awarded the O. Henry Memorial Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award, the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America, the PEN Center USA West Lifetime Achievement Award, among others. In November 2000, the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters was conferred upon Mr. Bradbury at the 2000 National Book Awards Ceremony in New York City. Ray Bradbury has never confined his vision to the purely literary. He has been nominated for an Academy Award (for his animated film Icarus Montgolfier Wright), and has won an Emmy Award (for his teleplay of The Halloween Tree). He adapted sixty-five of his stories for television's Ray Bradbury Theater. He was the creative consultant on the United States Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. In 1982 he created the interior metaphors for the Spaceship Earth display at Epcot Center, Disney World, and later contributed to the conception of the Orbitron space ride at Euro-Disney, France. Married since 1947, Mr. Bradbury and his wife Maggie lived in Los Angeles with their numerous cats. Together, they raised four daughters and had eight grandchildren. Sadly, Maggie passed away in November of 2003. On the occasion of his 80th birthday in August 2000, Bradbury said, "The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me. The feeling I have every day is very much the same as it was when I was twelve. In any event, here I am, eighty years old, feeling no different, full of a great sense of joy, and glad for the long life that has been allowed me. I have good plans for the next ten or twenty years, and I hope you'll come along."

451° Fahrenheita

Ray Bradbury

“W poniedziałek spal Millay, w środę Whitmana, w piątek Faulknera. Spal ich na popiół, a potem spal popiół. To nasz oficjalny slogan” Antyutopijna opowieść o świecie przyszłości, w którym indywidualizm jest całkowicie stłamszony, wiedza nikomu niepotrzebna, a analfabetyzm mile widziany. Książki są złem, za ich posiadanie grozi kara, a strażacy palą je na wielkich stosach. 451 stopni Fahrenheita to temperatura, w której zaczyna palić się papier. Najsłynniejsza powieść Raya Bradbury'ego, wciąż szokuje i wzbudza pozytywne emocje. Kiedyś odbierana jako głos przeciwko totalitaryzmowi, teraz ukazuje drugie dno i zmusza do namysłu nad losem cywilizacji. Reżyseria: Waldemar Raźniak Wystąpili: Narrator - Adam Ferency Guy Montag - Eryk Lubos Mildred Montag - Kamilla Baar-Kochańska Clarisse McClellan - Michalina Łabacz Kapitan Ridley Beatty - Mirosław Zbrojewicz Faber - Wiesław Komasa W pozostałych rolach: Michał Breitenwald, Jacek Brzostyński, Stanisław Brudny, Paulina Dylewska, Grzegorz Gutkowski, Justyna Kowalska, Józef Obertyn, Maciej Orłoś, Waldemar Raźniak, Szymon Roszak, Ziemowit Pędziwiatr, Henryk Sajewicz, Katarzyna Skarżanka, Jacek Szczepanek, Wiktoria Wolańska Gwary: Piotr Szwajgier, Tomasz Bogacki Muzyka – Wojciech Błażejczyk Miks i opracowanie muzyczne – Kamil Sajewicz Realizacja atmosfer i efektów dźwiękowych – Tomasz Bogacki Realizacja nagrań i montaż dialogów - Grzegorz Gutkowski Realizacja – Stereotyp Studio Produkcja – Audioteka

451 stopni Fahrenheita

Ray Bradbury

Przerażająco prorocza powieść o przyszłości w świecie postliterackim… Guy Montag jest strażakiem. Jego praca polega na niszczeniu najbardziej zakazanego ze wszystkich dóbr, źródła wszelkich niesnasek i nieszczęść: książek. Nie przychodzi mu do głowy, że mógłby kwestionować swoje nijakie życie – dopóki nie zostanie mu objawiona przeszłość, w której ludzie nie żyli w strachu, i teraźniejszość, w której można postrzegać świat przez pryzmat idei. Zaczyna ukrywać w domu książki, które wkrótce zagrożą jego życiu.

451° по Фаренгейту

Ray Bradbury

451° по Фаренгейту — температура, при которой воспламеняется и горит бумага. Философская антиутопия Брэдбери рисует беспросветную картину развития постиндустриального общества: это мир будущего, в котором все письменные издания безжалостно уничтожаются специальным отрядом пожарных, а хранение книг преследуется по закону, интерактивное телевидение успешно служит всеобщему оболваниванию, карательная психиатрия решительно разбирается с редкими инакомыслящими, а на охоту за неисправимыми диссидентами выходит электрический пес… Роман, принесший своему творцу мировую известность.

Addio all'estate

Ray Bradbury

1929: l'estate si rifiuta di finire e l'ottobre si rivela inaspettatamente caldo. Ma nella cittadina di Green Town, Illinois, è scoppiata la guerra civile: quel conflitto vecchio come il mondo che oppone i giovani agli anziani. A scatenare le ostilità sono il tredicenne Douglas Spaulding - già protagonista de "L'estate incantata" - e i suoi coetanei che hanno deciso di non voler invecchiare. Comincia così un duro confronto che oppone le declinanti forze della vecchiaia all'entusiasmo e alla scanzonata determinazione della gioventù. Ma alla fine l'unico vincitore sarà il Tempo e la vita riuscirà a irretire Doug con il più affascinante dei misteri: l'irresistibile richiamo dell'amore e del sesso, la resa davanti al primo bacio...

A Graveyard for Lunatics: Another Tale of Two Cities (Crumley Mysteries, #2)

Ray Bradbury

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 him into a maelstrom of intrigue and mystery—and into the dizzy exhilaration of the movie industry at the height of its glittering power.

All Summer in a Day

Ray Bradbury

Margot is a nine-year-old girl whose family moved from Earth to Venus when she was four. She remembers the sun shining on Earth, something it rarely does on Venus. "All Summer in a Day" takes place on the one day when Venus's rain will stop, and the sun will shine for a couple of hours only.

All Summer in One Day

Ray Bradbury

A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories

Ray Bradbury

A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories

Ray Bradbury

Grandmaster of American Letters Ray Bradbury presents the 16 vintage stories and novellas that informed and prefigured the creation of his dystopian classic, Fahrenheit 451. Collecting rare and unknown tales as well as notable early triumphs,A Pleasure to Burn offers an unparalleled window into Bradbury’s creative process, and a unique glimpse at the evolution of one of the greatest works of 20th century American literature. Absolutely essential for fans of Bradbury books like Dandelion Wine, Something Wicked This Way Comes,The Illustrated Man, and The Martian Chronicles—and for readers of William Golding, George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, and other titans of speculative fiction—A Pleasure to Burn illuminates the unusual hidden corners of Bradbury’s expansive imagination, revealing a creative force as vivid and powerful as the hottest burning flame.

A Sound of Thunder

Ray Bradbury

Free online fiction. The short story, A Sound of Thunder, involves a Time Travel Safari where rich businessmen pay to travel back to prehistoric times and hunt real live dinosaurs.

A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories

Ray Bradbury

Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales

Ray Bradbury

For more than sixty years, the imagination of Ray Bradbury has opened doors into remarkable places, ushering us across unexplored territories of the heart and mind while leading us inexorably toward a profound understanding of ourselves and the universe we inhabit. In this landmark volume, America's preeminent storyteller offers us one hundred treasures from a lifetime of words and ideas. The stories within these pages were chosen by Bradbury himself, and span a career that blossomed in the pulp magazines of the early 1940s and continues to flourish in the new millennium. Here are representatives of the legendary author's finest works of short fiction, including many that have not been republished for decades, all forever fresh and vital, evocative and immensely entertaining.

Cadılar Bayramı Ağacı

Ray Bradbury

Özel günler için yazılmış, hem çocukların hem de yetişkinlerin okuyabileceği bazı benzersiz öyküler vardır; Charles Dickens’ın Bir Noel Şarkısı örneğin. Ya da Ray Bradbury’nin ürkütücü romanı Cadılar Bayramı Ağacı. Sekiz erkek çocuğu Cadılar Bayramı gecesinde kasabanın kıyısındaki perili evde toplanmışlardı. Ancak arkadaşları Balbağı beklenmedik bir şekilde ortadan kaybolduğunda onu bulmak zorunda olduklarını biliyorlardı. Onlara yardım edebilecek tek kişi ise uzun boylu ve gizemli biri adamdı. İşte bu adamın anlatacağı geçmişe dair hikâyelerle çocuklar, uzak diyarlardaki sonbahar manzaralarında esen siyah rüzgâra binip yılın bu karanlık döneminde başka yerlerde bu bayramın nasıl kutlandığına şahit olacaklardı. Sonbahar Ülkesi ve Uğursuz Bir Şey Geliyor Bu Yana gibi korku edebiyatı başyapıtlarının yazarı Ray Bradbury’den Cadılar Bayramı ve tarihi üzerine yazılmış tüyler ürperten bir klasik.

Cadrà dolce la pioggia e altri racconti

Ray Bradbury

"Oggi è il 4 agosto, 2026," disse un'altra voce scendendo dal soffitto della cucina "nella città di Allendale, California." La data fu ripetuta tre volte, in modo che nessuno potesse dimenticarla. "Oggi è il compleanno del signor Featherstone. Oggi è l'anniversario delle nozze di Titila. Bisogna pagare la rata dell'assicurazione, più le bollette dell'acqua, del gas e della luce."

Cemitério de lunáticos (Trilogia de Hollywood Livro 2) (Portuguese Edition)

Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury expõe o lado sombrio da indústria do cinemaLançado pela primeira vez em 1990, Cemitério de lunáticos é o segundo volume da Trilogia de Hollywood de Ray Bradbury, que teve início com A morte é um negócio solitário.Considerado um de seus trabalhos mais emblemáticos e com fortes traços autobiográficos, a obra — repleta de mistério e terror — mistura de forma magistral ficção e realidade, denunciando o lado mais sombrio do cinema norte-americano.Noite de Halloween, 1954. Um roteirista obcecado por seu trabalho consegue o emprego dos sonhos em um dos maiores estúdios de Los a poderosa Maximus Filmes. No entanto, logo ele percebe que há algo de muito errado por lá.Decidido a descobrir os mistérios por trás da empresa, ele se depara com algo nos limites dos estúdios, separado apenas por um muro, há um cemitério com um ar ainda mais tenebroso do que se poderia esperar de um lugar como esse.A partir de então, o protagonista sem nome se envolve em um turbilhão de intrigas e mistérios que o fará mergulhar de cabeça no glamour vertiginoso da época de ouro de Hollywood — e em seu poder que ameaça todos aqueles que ousam revirar seus segredos.

Chroniques martiennes

Ray Bradbury

« J'ai toujours voulu voir un Martien, dit Michael. Où ils sont, p'pa ? Tu avais promis. - Les voilà", dit papa. Il hissa Michael sur son épaule et pointa un doigt vers le bas. Les Martiens étaient là. Timothy se mit à frissonner. Les Martiens étaient là - dans le canal - réfléchis dans l'eau. Timothy, Michael, Robert, papa et maman. Les Martiens leur retournèrent leurs regards durant un long, long moment de silence dans les rides de l'eau...»

Classic Stories 1: From the Golden Apples of the Sun and R Is for Rocket

Ray Bradbury

Cronache marziane

Ray Bradbury

Dalle prime fallimentari esplorazioni umane all'invasione e infine al declino: Cronache marziane (1950) è il resoconto della conquista e della colonizzazione di Marte da parte dei terrestri. Tutto avviene in meno di trent'anni, tra il 2030 e il 2057, quando lo scoppio di una guerra atomica costringe i terrestri a rientrare e Marte, pianeta antichissimo, resta nuovamente abbandonato. Sui suoi immensi mari di sabbia privi di vita passano i grandi velieri degli ultimi marziani, creature simili a fantasmi, ombre e larve di una civiltà che gli ingombranti terrestri venuti da un mondo sordo e materialista non hanno saputo vedere né comprendere. Capolavoro della fantascienza, Cronache marziane è in realtà molto di più: in queste pagine ricche di inventiva e di poeticissime immagini, Bradbury travolge i limiti della letteratura di genere, ritrovando l'universalità simbolica della fiaba e dell'epos: « Cronache marziane » scrive infatti nell'Introduzione «sono Tutankhamon che esce dalla tomba quando avevo tre anni, le saghe norrene quando avevo sei anni, e gli dèi greco-romani che mi affascinavano tantissimo quando avevo dieci anni: insomma mito puro». Ma non solo: Bradbury sente l'urgente bisogno di parlare del mondo che lo circonda: il "suo" Marte è il ricettacolo dei fantasmi dell'epoca, un pianeta dell'immaginario americano degli anni Quaranta che racchiude sogni, desideri, speranze di un Paese partito alla conquista dello spazio che assiste allo sgretolarsi delle proprie ambizioni e illusioni.

Cronache marziane, Fahrenheit 451 e 20 racconti

Ray Bradbury

Cominciate a scrivere nel 1946 e raccolte in volume nel 1951, le CRONACHE MARZIANE di Ray Bradbury segnarono una svolta nella storia della letteratura americana di fs; che passò allora per la prima volta dal piano del puro svago a quello dell’arte. Nel 1953 uscì l’allucinante romanzo “anti-utopistico” FAHRENHEIT 451, che filmato nel ‘65 da François Truffaut portò a sua volta a livello d’arte il cinema di fs. Poi Bradbury passò a occuparsi lui stesso di cinema e di teatro, e non ha scritto finora altri romanzi; ma ha continuato a pubblicare short-stories di vario genere che confermano la sua eccezionale statura letteraria. Da questa sua produzione abbiamo scelto i 20 RACCONTI, tutti naturalmente di fs o di fantasy, che completano il presente volume e comprendono indimenticabili capolavori come "Ora zero", "Il piccolo assassino", "Il pedone", "Pioggia senza fine", "L'abisso di Chicago".

Crónicas marcianas

Ray Bradbury

The strange and wonderful tale of man’s experiences on Mars, filled with intense images and astonishing visions. Now part of the Voyager Classics collection. The Martian Chronicles tells the story of humanity’s repeated attempts to colonize the red planet. The first men were few. Most succumbed to a disease they called the Great Loneliness when they saw their home planet dwindle to the size of a fist. They felt they had never been born. Those few that survived found no welcome on Mars. The shape-changing Martians thought they were native lunatics and duly locked them up. But more rockets arrived from Earth, and more, piercing the hallucinations projected by the Martians. People brought their old prejudices with them – and their desires and fantasies, tainted dreams. These were soon inhabited by the strange native beings, with their caged flowers and birds of flame. Contents: Rocket Summer Ylla The Summer Night The Earth Men The Taxpayer The Third Expedition -And the Moon Be Still As Bright The Settlers The Green Morning The Locusts Night Meeting The Shore Interim The Musicians Way in the Middle of the Air The Naming of Names Usher II The Old Ones The Martian The Luggage Store The Off Season The Watchers The Silent Towns The Long Years There Will Come Soft Rains The Million Year Picnic

Dandelion Wine

Ray Bradbury

The summer of '28 was a vintage season for a growing boy. A summer of green apple trees, mowed lawns, and new sneakers. Of half-burnt firecrackers, of gathering dandelions, of Grandma's belly-busting dinner. It was a summer of sorrows and marvels and gold-fuzzed bees. A magical, timeless summer in the life of a twelve-year-old boy named Douglas Spaulding—remembered forever by the incomparable Ray Bradbury. Woven into the novel are the following short stories: Illumination, Dandelion Wine, Summer in the Air, Season of Sitting, The Happiness Machine, The Night, The Lawns of Summer, Season of Disbelief, The Last--the Very Last, The Green Machine, The Trolley, Statues, The Window, The Swan, The Whole Town's Sleeping, Goodbye Grandma, The Tarot Witch, Hotter Than Summer, Dinner at Dawn, The Magical Kitchen, Green Wine for Dreaming.

Dark Carnival

Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury. Dark Carnival - With Signed Bookplate. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. First edition, limited to 3000 copies. Octavo. 313 pages. "The author's first book and his most representative story collection. Similar but not identical to the later collection The October Country" (Chalker 30).

Death is a Lonely Business (Crumley Mysteries, #1)

Ray Bradbury

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 the looming palm trees and decaying bungalows, a struggling young writer (who bears a resemblance to the author) spins fantastic stories from his fertile imagination upon his clacking typewriter. Trying not to miss his girlfriend (away studying in Mexico), the nameless writer steadily crafts his literary effort--until strange things begin happening around him. Starting with a series of peculiar phone calls, the writer then finds clumps of seaweed on his doorstep. But as the incidents escalate, his friends fall victim to a series of mysterious "accidents"--some of them fatal. Aided by Elmo Crumley, a savvy, street-smart detective, and a reclusive actress of yesteryear with an intense hunger for life, the wordsmith sets out to find the connection between the bizarre events, and in doing so, uncovers the truth about his own creative abilities.

El árbol de las brujas

Ray Bradbury

Como cada año en la noche de Halloween, un grupo de niños se disfrazan y salen a la calle para pedir premio o prenda. Cuando van a buscar al último chico de la pandilla, Pipkin, lo encuentra alicaído, y éste les pide que le esperen en la casa Fantasmal de la Cañada. Allí les aguarda un peculiar personaje que les descubrirá los orígenes de la fiesta de Halloween. Bradbury es un autor referencial en el mundo de la ciencia ficción con obras clásicas como Crónicas Marcianas o Fahrenheit 451.

El hombre ilustrado

Ray Bradbury

En esta colección de historias entrelazadas, el narrador anónimo conoce a El Hombre Ilustrado, un curioso personaje con el cuerpo completamente cubierto de tatuajes. Sin embargo, lo más remarcable e inquietante es que las ilustraciones están mágicamente vivas y cada una de ellas empieza a desarrollar su propia historia, como en La pradera donde unos niños llegan un juego de realidad virtual más allá de sus límites. O en Calidoscopio, el sobrecogedor relato de un astronauta que se dispone a reentrar en la atmósfera terrestre sin la protección de una nave espacial. O en La hora cero, en el que los invasores extraterrestres han encontrado unos aliados lógicos y sorprendentes: los niños terrícolas. Cada uno de los dieciocho relatos que componen esta colección es una muestra de la maestría narrativa de Bradbury y no han perdido ni su vigor ni su actualidad desde que fueron publicados por primera vez.

El ruido de un trueno

Ray Bradbury

La historia es una exploración ficticia del efecto mariposa (o la "dependencia sensible en condiciones iniciales" según palabras de Edward Lorenz) a través del tópico de la ciencia ficción del viaje en el tiempo. De modo interesante, la historia precede el trabajo de Edward Lorenz por casi 10 años, mucho antes de que el término fuera acuñado y los principios entendidos por la comunidad científica. El mismo efecto ocurre en la dinámica planetaria y fue estudiado por Henri Poincaré en los años 1900, pero no bajo su nombre moderno. Estos temas son agrupados en el campo matemático de la teoría del caos.

Eve Dönüş

Ray Bradbury

Bu hikâyeyi yazdığında yirmili yaşlarındadır Bradbury, ancak alışıldık kalıpların dışına çıkan çizgisini çoktan oluşturmaya başlamıştır. Şiirsel bir dille yazılan bu özgün hortlak hikâyesi sıradan insanı anlatır aslında. Eve Dönüş Bradbury'nin kendi çocukluğundan izler taşır. Kendisini sevgi dolu bir ailenin içinde bile uyumsuz, yabancı ve sıradışı hissettiği bir dönemin yansımasıdır belki de... Ray Bradbury'nin kısa hikâyesi Eve Dönüş, ilk olarak 1946 yılında Mademoiselle dergisinde yayımlandığından beri kelimenin tam anlamıyla bir Cadılar Bayramı klasiği olmuştur. Bradbury'nin kendi çocukluğundan izler taşıyan bu hikâye, Cadılar Bayramı arifesinde bir araya gelen devasa bir hortlak ailesinin onlara hiç benzemeyen çocuğunun öyküsüdür.

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

Sixty years after its original publication, Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known.

Fahrenheit 451: Graphic Novels

Ray Bradbury

Faranheyt 451

Ray Bradbury

Farenhajt 451

Ray Bradbury

Alternate Cover Edition ISBN 10: 8674360726 / ISBN 13: 9788674360729 Sistem je bio jednostavan. Svako ga je razumeo. Knjige su bile za spaljivanje, zajedno s kućama u kojima su bile sakrivane... Gaj Montag je požarni brigadir čiji je posao da potpaljuje vatre i on je u njemu pronašao sebe. Time se bavi već deset godina i nikada nije dovodio u pitanje uživanje u ponoćnim racijama niti zadovoljstvo koje je donosio pogled na stranice koje nestaju u plamenu... Nikada se nije ni o čemu zapitao sve dok nije upoznao sedamnaestogodišnju devojku koja mu je ispričala o prošlim vremenima kada se ljudi nisu plašili... Potom je upoznao profesora koji mu je ispričao o budućnosti u kojoj će ljudi moći da razmišljaju. I Gaj Montag iznenada shvata šta mu valja činiti...

Farewell Summer

Ray Bradbury

A poignant and brilliant sequel to Dandelion Wine from the author of Fahrenheit 451In Green Town Illinois, Douglas Spaulding is in the midst of a small civil war with the old pitted against the young in this, the second book in Bradbury's semi-fictionalised account of his childhood. As the school board's figure of authority Mr Calvin C. Quartermain attempts to outwit the boys at every turn, their antics increase and become ever more daring and mischevious. Once the shadow of winter draws across Green Town, the boys quickly realise that their enemy is not so much the senior members of their own community, but rather time itself which is ever ebbing away, just beyond the reach of their most daring trick yet: a bold attempt to sabotage the town's clock.

From the Dust Returned

Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury, America's most beloved storyteller, has spent a lifetime carrying readers to exhilarating and dangerous places, from dark street comers in unfamiliar cities and towns to the edge of the universe. Now, in an extraordinary flight of the imagination a half-century in the making, he takes us to a most wondrous destination: into the heart of an Eternal Family. They have lived for centuries in a house of legend and mystery in upper Illinois -- and they are not like other midwesterners. Rarely encountered in daylight hours, their children are curious and wild; their old ones have survived since before the Sphinx first sank its paws deep in Egyptian sands. And some sleep in beds with lids. Now the house is being readied in anticipation of the gala homecoming that will gather together the farflung branches of this odd and remarkable family. In the past-midnight stillness can be detected the soft fluttering of Uncle Einars wings. From her realm of sleep, Cecy, the fairest and most special daughter, can feel the approach of many a welcome being -- shapeshifter, telepath, somnambulist, vampire -- as she flies high in the consciousness of bird and bat. But in the midst of eager anticipation, a sense of doom pervades. For the world is changing. And death, no stranger, will always shadow this most singular family: Father, arisen from the Earth; Mother, who never sleeps but dreams; A Thousand Times Great Grandmére; Grandfather, who keeps the wildness of youth between his ears. And the boy who, more than anyone, carries the burden of time on his shoulders: Timothy, the sad and different foundling son who must share it all, remember, and tell...and who, alone out of all of them, must one day age and wither and die. By turns lyrical, wistful, poignant, and chilling, From the Dust Returned is the long-awaited new novel by the peerless Ray Bradbury -- a book that will surely be numbered among his most enduring masterworks.

Il popolo dell'autunno

Ray Bradbury

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

I Sing the Body Electric! and Other Stories

Ray Bradbury

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 all his work is united by one common thread: a vivid and profound understanding of the vast set of emotions that bring strength and mythic resonance to our frail species. Ray Bradbury characters may find themselves anywhere and anywhen. A horrified mother may give birth to a strange blue pyramid. A man may take Abraham Lincoln out of the grave—and meet another who puts him back. An amazing Electrical Grandmother may come to live with a grieving family. An old parrot may have learned over long evenings to imitate the voice of Ernest Hemingway, and became the last link to the great man. A priest on Mars may confront his fondest dream: to meet the Messiah. Each of these magnificent creations has something to tell us about our humanity—and all of their fates await you in this new trade edition of twenty-eight classic Bradbury stories and one luscious poem. Travel on an unpredictable and unforgettable literary journey—safe in the hands of one the century's great men of imagination.

I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories

Ray Bradbury

Kaleidoscope

Ray Bradbury

This story was later published in Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1949.

Killer, Come Back To Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

Celebrating Ray Bradbury's centenary, this collection commemorates his finest crime stories – tales as strange and wonderful as his signature fantasy. Time travellers…dark carnivals…living automata…and detectives? Honouring the 100th birthday of Ray Bradbury, renowned author of Fahrenheit 451, this new, definitive collection of the master's less well-known crime fiction features classic stories and rare gems, a number of which became episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Ray Bradbury Theater, including the tale Bradbury called ‘one of the best stories in any field that I have ever written’. Is it murder to destroy a robot if it looks and speaks and thinks and feels like a human being? Can a ventriloquist be incriminated by the testimony of his own dummy? Can a time traveller prevent his younger self from killing the woman they both loved? And can the survivor of a pair of Siamese twins investigate his own brother's murder? No other writer has ever rivalled the imagination and narrative gifts of Ray Bradbury, and the 20 unforgettable stories in this collection demonstrate this singular writer's extraordinary range, influence and emotional power.

La feria de las tinieblas

Ray Bradbury

Dos adolescentes descubren, una noche de octubre, que en unos pocos minutos, unas pocas vueltas en el carrusel de una feria ominosa, pueden apresurar el tiempo y transformarse en adultos, o en viejos centenarios, o ir hacia atrás y volver a los balbuceos de la primera infancia...

L'albero di Halloween

Ray Bradbury

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?»... Indossava una maschera bianca e portava una lunga falce. Ma ora è sparito! Che fine ha fatto? Scortati da Mr Moundshroud, una guida davvero particolare, i sette ragazzi partono alla ricerca dell’amico e strada facendo si imbatteranno in una fitta serie di avventure grottesche e allucinanti. E... riusciranno a salvare Pipkin?

Le Pays d'Octobre

Ray Bradbury

Le Pays d'Octobre... Ce pays de brouillard, de brume, composé essentiellement de caves, de cryptes sous les caves, de soutes à charbon, de cabinets, de mansardes, de placards et d'offices tournés à l'opposé du soleil... C'est vers cette destination multiple, fantastique et poétique que vous invite Ray Bradbury, pour découvrir les gens d'automne et leurs secrets.

L'estate incantata

Ray Bradbury

Avere l'aria di sapere tutto è il vanto degli adulti. Accorgersi di essere vivi è la sconvolgente scoperta dei bambini. In mezzo, c'è l'incanto di una lontana estate piena di meraviglie e terrori. Come è piena di meraviglie e terrori Green Town, la piccola città dell'Illinois dove nel 1928 il dodicenne Douglas Spaulding vive l'ultima stagione della sua infanzia, tra alberi di mele e petardi mezzo scoppiati, denti di leone in fiore e scarpe nuove. Una stagione attraversata da ricordi dolci e sognanti, ma anche da segrete inquietudini, ombre nere e dolori senza nome. La stagione in cui si diventa grandi rievocata in quello che è uno dei romanzi più personali e poetici di Ray Bradbury.

Let's All Kill Constance (Crumley Mysteries, #3)

Ray Bradbury

On a dismal evening in the previous century, an unnamed writer in Venice, California, answers a furious pounding at his beachfront bungalow door and again admits Constance Rattigan into his life. An aging, once-glamorous Hollywood star, Constance is running in fear from something she dares not acknowledge -- and vanishes as suddenly as she appeared, leaving the narrator two macabre twin listings of the Tinseltown dead and soon to be dead, with Constance's name included among them. And so begins an odyssey as dark as it is wondrous, as the writer sets off in a broken-down jalopy with his irascible sidekick Crumley to sift through the ashes of a bygone Hollywood -- a graveyard of ghosts and secrets where each twisted road leads to grim shrines and shattered dreams ... and, all too often, to death.

L’home il·lustrat

Ray Bradbury

L’home il·lustrat està considerat el millor recull de contes de Ray Bradbury, i una de les obres més visionàries del creador de Farenheit 451. Les seves històries aprofundeixen en la psicologia i les emocions més íntimes posant-les en contrast amb els avenços tecnològics, l’exploració espacial i tot allò que la humanitat ha somniat al llarg dels segles. Aquí hi descobrirem un matrimoni que manté la seva rutina diària fins a les portes de la fi del món, una civilització il·luminada per l’arribada del messies, un grup d’exploradors caminant sota una pluja infinita o una colla d’escriptors obligats a conviure amb els monstres que han creat. En aquest volum, ple d’una imaginació desbordant, hi trobem relats que han influït en diverses generacions d’escriptors, músics, artistes i cineastes. Perquè la capacitat per a crear històries evocadores, i la tendresa que ens desperten els personatges, virtuts incontestables dels contes de Bradbury, aquí es revelen en tota la seva plenitud.

Long After Midnight

Ray Bradbury

In twenty-two stories of amazing range and variety, Ray Bradbury once again works his special magic, sounding out life's mysteries in the past, present, and the future. Stories: A Piece of Wood (1952) A Story of Love (1976) variant of These Things Happen (1951) Darling Adolf (1976) Drink Entire: Against the Madness of Crowds (1976) Forever and the Earth (1950) G.B.S. - Mark V • (1976) Getting Through Sunday Somehow (1962) Have I Got a Chocolate Bar for You! (1973) Interval in Sunlight (1954) Long After Midnight (1963) One Timeless Spring (1946) Punishment Without Crime (1950) The Better Part of Wisdom (1976) The Blue Bottle (1950) The Burning Man(1975) The Messiah (1973) The Miracles of Jamie (1946) The October Game (1948) The Parrot Who Met Papa(1972) The Pumpernickel (1951) The Utterly Perfect Murder (1971) The Wish (1973)

L'uomo illustrato

Ray Bradbury

Ritorna, in questa che è giustamente considerata una delle migliori antologie di racconti di Ray Bradbury, l’Uomo illustrato, forse il fulcro più affascinante della poetica di questo autore. Dalle figure tatuate sul corpo di questo enigmatico personaggio errante prendono infatti vita le magiche storie che parlano del nostro futuro senza mai scordare quanto le radici della «trasformazione» siano già profonde nel nostro presente. All’interno dell’indimenticabile cornice offerta dall’Uomo illustrato, simbolo di ogni speculazione sul futuro e del futuro stesso, si muovono temi come i robot e le catastrofi, le invasioni e i mondi alieni, i viaggi nel tempo e nello spazio, ma ogni volta i canoni più classici della fantascienza vengono reinterpretati e arricchiti dai toni essenzialmente «umani» di una grande fantasia lirica. Non a caso un critico acuto come James Blish ha definito Bradbury «lo scrittore di fantascienza eternamente preferito anche da coloro che non hanno mai letto fantascienza ma vorrebbero averla letta o vorrebbero darsi l’aria di averla letta»... Il volume contiene i racconti La savana, Caleidoscopio, A parti invertite, L'autostrada, L'Uomo, La lunga pioggia, Usher II, L'ultima notte del mondo, Il razzo, Una notte o un mattino qualunque, La volpe e la foresta, Il visitatore, Marionette S.p.A., La città, Ora Zero, Il parco giochi.

Marionettes, Inc.

Ray Bradbury

In Marionettes, Inc., Ray Bradbury offers his devoted readers something both special and unexpected: a unified view of one small corner of a varied fictional universe. In five stories (one of them original to this collection, plus a rare, previously unpublished screen treatment), Bradbury explores the concept of Robotics and examines its impact on the day-to-day lives of ordinary people.Several of these tales, including Changeling and Punishment Without Crime, are set in a world in which the eponymous company, Marionettes, Inc., has successfully created incredibly detailed replicas of existing men and women. When these surrogate people take their place in the real, often messy realm of human relationships, the results are sometimes tragic, sometimes ironic, and always surprising. But the true heart of this resonant collection is the classic novella, I Sing the Body Electric. In this quintessential Bradbury story, an electric Grandma enters the lives of a grieving, newly motherless family, and slowly restores their capacity for wonder and joy. Like the very best of Bradbury s fiction, it is a magical, deeply felt account of hope, growth, survival, and change, and a moving meditation on what it really means to be human.

Mars Yıllıkları

Ray Bradbury

“BİZ DÜNYALILAR, BÜYÜK VE GÜZEL ŞEYLERİ YIKMAK KONUSUNDA HÜNERLİYİZDİR." Ray Bradbury sadece bilimkurgunun değil fantastik edebiyatın ve korkunun da yirminci yüzyıldaki ustalarından biri. Bilimkurgunun “iyi edebiyat” da olabileceğini kanıtlayan belki de ilk yazar. 1950’de yayımlanan Mars Yıllıkları ise insana dair yazılmış en naif ve en karanlık eserlerden biri. İnsanlık atom savaşlarının gölgesindeki, sorunlarla boğuşan Dünya’yı terk etmek için Mars’ta koloni kurmaya karar verir. İlk roketler umut dolu kızıl gezegene iniş yaptıklarında yolcular hiç beklemedikleri sorunlarla karşı karşıya kalır. Mars’ta yalnız değillerdir. Marslılar şekil değiştiren, zihin okuyan, belirli bir gelişmişlik seviyesine erişmiş canlılardır ve gezegene gelen bu istenmeyen ziyaretçiler için orada yeni bir hayat kurmak hiç kolay olmayacaktır. Bradbury’nin yer yer ürkütücü yer yer dramatik anlatımı da burada sahne alır. Irkçılık ve hümanizm gibi fikirler Mars’ta kendine yer bulur. Yazar, âdeta tarihle ve insanlıkla yüzleşir. Bilimkurgu edebiyatının en önemli eserlerinden Mars Yıllıkları, okura insanlığın nihai düşmandan nereye giderse gitsin kurtulamayacağını sert ve vurucu bir biçimde anlatıyor: Kendisinden.

Memoria de Crimenes

Ray Bradbury

Antes de ser reconocido como uno de los grandes maestros de la literatura fantástica contemporánea, Ray Bradbury siguió durante un tiempo las huellas de Chandler, Hammet y Cain, escribiendo cuentos para revistas como Detective Tales y Dime Mystery Magazine durante lo que fue para el genero "la edad dorada de los 40". Estos admirables cuentos policiales, reunidos ahora en el volumen, son en conjunto una extraordinaria colección de personajes y situaciones insólitas, dramáticas o macabras, que muestran la notable versatilidad y la extraña imaginación del joven Bradbury.

Molto dopo mezzanotte

Ray Bradbury

Avvertiamo subito che degli undici racconti qui riuniti da Bradbury per la prima volta in volume soltanto quattro ("La bottiglia Azzurra", "Angelo guarda il futuro", "Un pezzo di legno" e "Breve storia del Quarto Reich") sono di fantascienza in senso stretto. Due ("In trappola" e "I miracoli di Jamie") sono piuttosto di fantasy, mentre un altro ("Gioco d'ottobre") è piuttosto di horror. Ma come classificare i quattro che rimangono? Non li classifichiamo. Ricordiamo invece il giudizio che Kingsley Amis dette di Bradbury nel 1960: "Un autore di fantascienza con un'ampiezza di visione che eccede il campo della fantascienza". E' un giudizio che questo nuovo volume, a diciassette anni di distanza, conferma a ogni racconto e a ogni pagina. Indice: La bottiglia azzurra (The Blue Bottle) In trappola (On Timeless Spring) Un pezzo di legno (A Piece of Wood) Delitto senza castigo (The Utterly Perfect Murder) Castigo senza delitto (Punishment Without Crime) Tempo fermo (A Story of Love) Angelo, guarda il futuro (Forever and the Earth) Breve storia del Quarto Reich (Darling Adolf) I miracoli di Jamie (The Miracles of Jamie) Gioco d'ottobre (The October Game) Molto dopo mezzanotte - (Long After Midnight) Copertina di Karel Thole

Now and Forever

Ray Bradbury

Two never-before-published novellas by one of America's finest living writers, Ray Bradbury. A journalist bearing terrible news leaps from a still-moving train into a small town of wonderful, impossible secrets . . . The doomed crew of a starship follow their blind, mad captain on a quest into deepest space to joust with destiny, eternity, and God Himself . . . Now and Forever is a bold new work from an incomparable artist whose stories have reshaped America's literary landscape; two bewitching novellas that have never before appeared in print—each distinctly different, yet uniquely Bradbury—demonstrating the breathtaking range of the master's talent and the irrepressible vitality of his mind, spirit, and heart. In Somewhere a Band Is Playing, a writer is drawn by poetry and dreams to tiny Summerton, Arizona, a community hidden in plain view, where no small children play, and where the residents never seem to age. Enchanted by its powerful rural magic—and by a beautiful, enigmatic lady who bears the name of an Egyptian queen—the writer sets out to uncover Summerton's mysteries before the inevitable arrival of a ruthless destruction. With Leviathan '99, the author who once colonized Mars returns to the cosmos to brilliantly reimagine Herman Melville's classic masterwork of obsession and the sea, transforming a great whale into a worlds-devouring comet. In the year 2099, fledgling astronaut Ishmael Hunnicut Jones boards the Cetus 7, placing his fate in the hands of a relentless madman who is blindly chasing the celestial monster's tail. And in the merciless void, a crew of earthborn and alien star-travelers will face a divine judgment, and an "enemy" wielding the most fearsome weapon of all . . . Time. More than a half century into his remarkable career, Ray Bradbury continues to delight and astound with grand visions, lyrical prose, and provocative thought. Rich in poetry, wonder, imagination, and truth, here is proof positive that the words and stories of the inimitable Bradbury will live on . . . Now and Forever.

Omul ilustrat

Ray Bradbury

Omul Ilustrat reunește optsprezece povești în care fantasticul și science-fictionul se împletesc cu umorul negru, fatalismul și macabrul. În deschiderea cărții, naratorul relatează prima lui întâlnire cu Omul Ilustrat – un personaj fantastic, ale cărui tatuaje prind viață atunci când sunt privite, fiecare spunând o poveste diferită. Cititorul este indirect invitat să privească imaginile și să asiste la „punerea lor în scenă“ – un pretext pentru Bradbury pentru a explora natura umanității și a relațiilor interumane în contextul abolirii barierelor temporale și spațiale. Autorul nu ezită să se amuze de personajele sale, să le arate defectele și limitele și să le demaște naivitatea.

One More for the Road

Ray Bradbury

From Ray Bradbury, the recipient of the National Book Foundation's 2000 Medal comes a magical collection of short fiction. Ray Bradbury is one of the most celebrated fiction writers of the 20th century. He is the author of such classics as Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. Bradbury has once again pulled together a stellar group of stories sure to delight readers young and old, old and new. In One More For The Road we are treated to the best this talented writer has to offer : the eerie and strange, nostalgic and bittersweet, searching and speculative. Here are a father's regrets, a lover's last embrace, a child's dreams of the future 栬l delivered with the trademark Bradbury wit and style. First day -- Heart transplant -- Quid pro quo -- After the ball -- In memoriam -- Tete-a-tete -- Dragon danced at midnight -- Nineteenth -- Beasts -- Autumn afternoon -- Where all is emptiness there is room to move -- One-woman show -- Laurel and Hardy alpha centauri farewell tour -- Leftovers -- One more for the road -- Tangerine -- With smiles as wide as summer -- Time intervening -- Enemy in the wheat -- Fore! -- My son, Max -- F. Scott/Tolstoy/Ahab accumulator -- Well, what do you have to say for yourself? -- Diane de Foret -- Cricket on the hearth -- Afterword: Metaphors, the breakfast of champions

Otras crónicas marcianas

Ray Bradbury

Otras crónicas marcianas es un hallazgo editorial extraordinario y el resultado de una exhaustiva pesquisa por parte de Marcial Souto ―editor y traductor de la obra―, quien ha logrado reunir en esta antología excelentes relatos marcianos, algunos inéditos en castellano y otros publicados de forma dispersa, que quedaron fuera de la edición original de la obra cumbre de Ray Bradbury, Crónicas marcianas, en 1950. En estos relatos aparecen las primeras familias que han emigrado a Marte; exploradores solitarios que se rinden a sus visiones; colonizadores que empiezan a sentirse cada vez más peligrosamente extraterrestres; un joven marciano atraído por una muchacha terrestre a la que no comprende; entre otros. Esta edición cuenta con ilustraciones de David de las Heras, cuya capacidad técnica y enfoque surrealista resulta muy afín a los relatos del autor norteamericano.

O Zen e a Arte da Escrita

Ray Bradbury

Neste livro exuberante, o incomparável Ray Bradbury compartilha sua sabedoria, experiência e estímulo de uma vida de escritor. Aqui estão dicas sobre a arte da escrita dadas por um mestre do ofício. Um livro que reúne tudo, desde encontrar ideias originais até desenvolver a própria voz e o estilo, bem como leituras, impressões da infância e os bastidores da notável carreira de Bradbury como um autor fecundo de romances, contos, poemas, roteiros de filmes e peças de teatro. O Zen e a arte da escrita é mais do que um simples manual para o aspirante a escritor, é uma celebração do ato da escrita, que vai encantar, exaltar e inspirar o escritor em você.

Quicker Than The Eye

Ray Bradbury

Twenty-one stories are set in the 1920s and 1930s of the author's childhood and include the tales of a man who creates bird symphonies, an assassination competition, and a Witch Door that links two intolerant centuries

Resimli Adam

Ray Bradbury

Tüm vücudu, hareket eden dövmelerle kaplı Resimli Adam bu durumundan dolayı neredeyse kırk yıldır kalıcı bir iş bulamamıştır hatta karnavallarda bile çalışamıyordur artık. Çünkü lanetli bedeninin üzerindeki dövmeler geleceği göstermektedir. Yanında belli bir süre geçiren kişinin kaderi Resimli Adam’ın bedeninde görünüverir. Dövmeleri üzerinden hikâyeler bir bir ortaya dökülür. Bir çocuğun hayalleri kadar naif, bir bilim insanının gerçekleri kadar kuvvetli toplam on yedi öykü Resimli Adam’ın vücudunda hayat bulur. Ölümden inançlara, nükleer savaştan ırkçılığa, dünyanın sonundan uzaydaki yalnızlığımıza kadar insanlığa dair birçok konuya değinen Bradbury, hayallerimizle hakikati karşı karşıya getirip eleştiren, düşündüren ve dehşete düşüren bir bilimkurgu klasiği ortaya çıkarıyor.

Short Stories Collection: A Little Journey. Zero Hour. Morgue Ship. Lazarus Come Forth. Jonah of the Jove-Run. Defense Mech. Rocket Summer. The Monster Maker

Ray Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction. Bradbury was mainly known for his novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and his short-story Little JourneyZero HourMorgue ShipLazarus Come ForthJonah of the Jove-RunDefense MechRocket SummerThe Monster Maker