Author: raybradbury
Welcome to a land Ray Bradbury calls “the Undiscovered Country” of his imagination–that vast territory of ideas, concepts, notions and conceits where the stories you now hold were born. America’s premier living author of short fiction, Bradbury has spent many lifetimes in this remarkable place–strolling through empty, shadow-washed fields at midnight; exploring long-forgotten rooms gathering … dust behind doors bolted years ago to keep strangers locked out.. and secrets locked in. The nights are longer in this country. The cold hours of darkness move like autumn mists deeper and deeper toward winter. But the moonlight reveals great magic here–and a…
Make storytime a little spookier this fall with fantasy master Ray Bradbury as he takes readers on a riveting trip though space and time to discover the true origins of Halloween. Join the shadowy Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud as he takes eight trick-or-treaters on an unforgettable journey to find their missing friend, Pip. Travel through space and time, from the tombs of ancient Egypt … of ancient Egypt to the gargoyles of Notre-Dame Cathedral, all the way to the cemeteries of Mexico on el Día de Los Muertos, the Day of the Dead. Is Pip still alive? And if so, can…
Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of twentieth-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of twentieth-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, … literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. 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…
From a giant of American literature comes a dazzling collection imagining humanity’s future on the Red Planet. “A modern classic” (The Washington Post) with over 67,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads!
From the celebrated author of Fahrenheit 451: Young Douglas Spaulding leads a rebellion against the elders of Green Town, Illinois — and against time itself. “Poignant, wise” (Publishers Weekly starred review).
From the renowned author of Fahrenheit 451 comes an enchanting collection of stories about magic, technology, space travel, and more! “Deftly plotted, beautifully written… There is no writer quite like Ray Bradbury” (The New York Times).
Few American novels written this century have endured in th heart and mind as has this one-Ray Bradbury’s incomparable masterwork of the dark fantastic. A carnival rolls in sometime after the midnight hour on a chill Midwestern October eve, ushering in Halloween a week before its time. A calliope’s shrill siren song beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. In this … season of dying, Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery. And two inquisitive boys standing precariously on…
From the acclaimed author of Fahrenheit 451 comes an enchanting collection: These thought-provoking pieces from a preeminent storyteller will take you on a journey far and wide, through the strange and familiar.
From the acclaimed author of Fahrenheit 451: Over the course of a summer, young Douglas explores his small Midwestern town — and learns the joys and pains of growing up. “A haunting, nostalgic novel… Among the best of his earthbound works” (The Washington Post).