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Title: One More for the Road by Ray Bradbury ISBN: 0-06-103203-4 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 31 December, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.93 (14 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Bradbury never fails to enchant
Comment: "One More For The Road" is the latest short story collection by Ray Bradbury, one of the two still living giants of classic science fiction literature (the other being Arthur C. Clarke). The volume collects tales mostly published over the last few years, though one from 1947 slips into the mix, as well as a couple from the 60s.
Overall the work is not top-to-bottom essential, though few short story collections are. What is most striking about this volume is that Bradbury, now in his 80s, can still flex the creative muscle that made him such an honored writer.
In "One For The Road," Bradbury mixes human drama and classic science fiction "what ifs" with ease. With a few scattered exceptions, the mix works splendidly.
These stories, by and large, are more noticeably "human" than previous works (though Bradbury has always woven tales of ordinary people with tales of the extraordinary). The first hint of science fiction does not appear until the third story in the volume, for instance, one of just a handful.
Bradbury can still connect. His ability to strike a chord with the reader is as potent as it was when he was 30, 40, 50 years old. Certainly Bradbury is not as consistently good as he once was, yet he retains his skill at touching on the human condition with elegance and simplicity. Emotionally impacting his readers is not a weapon lost to Bradbury's arsenal.
So, does "One For The Road" fare well against Bradbury's best work? Bradbury's best is among the greatest works of fiction over the last 50 years, making the question almost unfair. No, this new collection is not the equal of his best. Precious few books are. But it is a wonderful group of stories presented by one of the great authors of our time, sure to please science fiction fans and non-genre readers alike.
Rating: 4
Summary: Better than Most
Comment: This is not Ray Bradbury's best work. Yet, this is not a fair statement when he has written works such as Dandelion Wine and The Martian Chronicles. This is still very good stuff and is very enjoyable. The Enemy in the Wheat, The Dragon Danced at Midnight, and My Son Max ranks right up there some his best work. The rest of this material is still better than most of what is published by others today. I have been reading Bradbury for 30 years and have enjoyed him immensly. It is wonderful watching him look back at the twilight years of his career and write about life. He still has the magic. This book is a little more melancholy than some of his other work, but there are stories in this collection that are pure joy. He still acknoledges his childhood heros and pays them homage. The reader should be familiar with Bradbury to understand some of his stories or they will miss the point of why he wrote them. This is not the best Bradbury book to start reading him with, but do not miss this book either.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not his best, but still worth reading
Comment: I have decided that short stories must be more difficult to write than novels. I absolutely adored Ray Bradbury's Fareheit 451, but his short story collection One More For the Road only had a few good stories. It is also possible that his writing ideas are inversly proportional to his age. Some of the stories were thought provoking, some were entertaining, some were skin crawling, and some were just boring. I would recommend the Illustrated Man as a substitution.
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Title: From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury ISBN: 0380789612 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Quicker than the Eye by Ray Bradbury ISBN: 0380789590 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Golden Apples of the Sun, The by Ray Bradbury ISBN: 0380730391 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories by Ray Bradbury ISBN: 0380730863 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The October Country by Ray Bradbury ISBN: 034532448X Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 April, 1985 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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