{"product_id":"ray-bradbury-the-illustrated-man-the-october-country-other-stories-loa-360-hardcover","title":"Ray Bradbury: The Illustrated Man, the October Country \u0026 Other Stories (Loa #360) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRay Bradbury\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJonathan R. Eller\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn one authoritative volume, here are two landmark story collections by one of America's most beloved authors, plus 27 stellar, speculative, and strange tales from other collections, including 7 restored to print\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author of over 400 short stories, Ray Bradbury was a master not only in the science fiction genre, for which he is best known, but also in speculative, horror, and dark fantasy. Here are two of Bradbury's most beloved collections, along with twenty-seven other stories, that together represent the best of Bradbury's stories of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Illustrated Man\u003c\/b\u003e--the more Earthbound science fiction companion to Bradbury's classic collection \u003ci\u003eThe Martian Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e--contains eighteen short stories bound together by the unifying metaphor of a strangely tattooed outcast. The stories explore both the dehumanizing possibilities of space-age technology--in \"The Veldt\" and \"The Rocket Man\"--and the pessimistic, dark side of humanity, as in \"The Visitor.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe October Country\u003c\/b\u003e collects nineteen short stories: macabre carnival tales, speculative horror, and strange fantasy. \"Uncle Einar\" and \"Homecoming\" concern the monstrous and immortal Elliott family. In \"The Next in Line,\" a woman becomes convinced that she'll never leave the small, Mexican town she's traveled to on vacation. And in \"Touched with Fire,\" two old men have learned to predict future murders. This edition restores the original artwork by Joe Mugnaini. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRounding out the volume are twenty-seven other short stories from the first half of Bradbury's career selected by Bradbury scholar Joanthan R, Eller, including \"Frost and Fire,\" in which humans on another planet live only eight days; \"The Pedestrian,\" about the only man in the world who does not watch television, and \"I Sing the Body Electric!,\" in which a family purchases a robotic grandmother. Also includes such hard to find stories as \"R is for Rocket,\" \"Asleep in Armageddon,\" and \"The Lost City of Mars.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRay Bradbury \u003c\/b\u003e(1920-2012) inspired generations of readers to dream, think, and create. A prolific author of hundreds of short stories and close to fifty books, as well as numerous poems, essays, operas, plays, and screenplays, Bradbury was one of the most celebrated writers of our time. His groundbreaking works include \u003ci\u003eFahrenheit 451\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Martian Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Illustrated Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDandelion Wine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSomething Wicked This Way Comes\u003c\/i\u003e. An Emmy Award winner for his teleplay \u003ci\u003eThe Halloween Tree\u003c\/i\u003e and an Academy Award nominee, he was the recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2004 National Medal of Arts, and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, among many honors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan R. Eller\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the definitive, three-volume Ray Bradbury biography, which includes \u003ci\u003eBecoming Ray Bradbury\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRay Bradbury Unbound\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBradbury Beyond Apollo\u003c\/i\u003e--and serves as general editor of the \u003ci\u003eCollected Stories of Ray Bradbury\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New Bradbury Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a Chancellor's Professor of English at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, where he directs the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 992\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51800014487840,"sku":"9781598537284","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4e2e6303ffd726a3e14cf26259b420c5.webp?v=1780829914","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ray-bradbury-the-illustrated-man-the-october-country-other-stories-loa-360-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}