From one of the greatest living literary imaginations and the celebrated author of FAHRENHEIT 451 comes a collection of never-before-published effortlessly beautiful tales.

We'll Always Have Paris

A collection of three of Ray Bradbury's finest science fiction novels: FAHRENHEIT 451, THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES and THE ILLUSTRATED MAN.

 Contains:

 FAHRENHEIT 451

 The hauntingly prophetic classic novel set in a not-too-distant future where books are burned by a special task force of firemen.

 THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES

 The strange and wonderful tale of man's experiences on Mars, filled with intense images and astonishing visions.

 THE ILLUSTRATED MAN

 A classic collection of stories - all told on the skin of a man.

Ray Bradbury 3-Book Collection - Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man

A classic collection of Ray Bradbury's short fiction, available in ebook for the first time.

 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.

Long After Midnight

He is an American treasure; a clear-eyed fantasist without peer; a literary icon who has created wonder for the better part of seven decades. He has a moon crater named after him and a star on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame. He has been showered with accolades and honored with prizes galore, everything from an Emmy Award to the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He has inspired generations of readers to dream, think, invent, believe, and fly. When Ray Bradbury speaks, it pays dividends in gold to everyone who listens. Collected between these covers are memories, ruminations, opinions, prophecies, and philosophies from one of the most influential and admired writers of our time: indelible boyhood experiences that molded the man, as well as his eye-opening, sometimes hilarious true adventures in the realm of the famous and adored; insightful, piquant, often biting, always fascinating reflections on humankind's past and future, and where we stand in the universe today; provocative and deeply affecting musings on the present state of art and the unparalleled glory of creation. As unique, unabashed, and irrepressible as the artist himself, here is an intimate portrait, painted with the master's own words, of the one and only Bradbury -- far more revealing than any mere memoir, for it opens windows not only into his life and work, but into his mind and heart as well. Ray Bradbury has something wonderful to say.

Bradbury Speaks - Too Soon from the Cave, Too Far from the Stars

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.

A Graveyard for Lunatics - Another Tale of Two Cities

" Qu'est devenu l'artiste ? - Elle est retournée dans l'avenir.
Je ne plaisante pas. C'était une vieille femme qui vivait dans une petite maison au milieu du Wisconsin, quelque part près d'ici. Une vieille petite sorcière qui avait l'air d'avoir mille ans à certains moments, et vingt l'instant d'après. Mais elle disait qu'elle pouvait se déplacer dans le temps. J'ai ri. Je m'en garde bien à présent. " Il me raconta comment il l'avais rencontrée. Il avait vu son enseigne peinte, au bord de la route : Illustrations sur la peau ! Illustrations, et non tatouages ! Bien tourné ! Il était resté assis toute une nuit, tandis que ses aiguilles magiques dardaient sur lui des piqûres de guêpes mordantes et d'abeilles délicates.
Au matin, il avait l'apparence d'un homme tombé sous une presse d'imprimerie, polychrome, d'où on l'aurait retiré tout enluminé et coloré. " Je la cherche chaque été depuis cinquante ans, dit-il en étendant les bras. Quand j'aurai retrouvé cette sorcière, je la tuerai. ".

Trois automnes fantastiques

That The Illustrated Man has remained in print since being published in 1951 is fair testimony to the universal appeal of Ray Bradbury's work. Only his second collection (the first was Dark Carnival, later reworked into The October Country), it is a marvelous, if mostly dark, quilt of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. In an ingenious framework to open and close the book, Bradbury presents himself as a nameless narrator who meets the Illustrated Man--a wanderer whose entire body is a living canvas of exotic tattoos. What's even more remarkable, and increasingly disturbing, is that the illustrations are themselves magically alive, and each proceeds to unfold its own story, such as "The Veldt," wherein rowdy children take a game of virtual reality way over the edge. Or "Kaleidoscope," a heartbreaking portrait of stranded astronauts about to reenter our atmosphere--without the benefit of a spaceship. Or "Zero Hour," in which invading aliens have discovered a most logical ally--our own children. Even though most were written in the 1940s and 1950s, these 18 classic stories will be just as chillingly effective 50 years from now. --Stanley WiaterContents:· Prologue: The Illustrated Man · ss * · The Veldt [“The World the Children Made”] · ss The Saturday Evening Post Sep 23 ’50 · Kaleidoscope · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct ’49 · The Other Foot · ss New Story Magazine Mar ’51 · The Highway [as by Leonard Spalding] · ss Copy Spr ’50 · The Man · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb ’49 · The Long Rain [“Death-by-Rain”] · ss Planet Stories Sum ’50 · The Rocket Man · ss Maclean’s Mar 1 ’51 · The Fire Balloons [“‘In This Sign...’”] · ss Imagination Apr ’51 · The Last Night of the World · ss Esquire Feb ’51 · The Exiles [“The Mad Wizards of Mars”] · ss Maclean’s Sep 15 ’49; F&SF Win ’50 · No Particular Night or Morning · ss * · The Fox and the Forest [“To the Future”] · ss Colliers May 13 ’50 · The Visitor · ss Startling Stories Nov ’48 · The Concrete Mixer · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr ’49 · Marionettes, Inc. [Marionettes, Inc.] · ss Startling Stories Mar ’49 · The City [“Purpose”] · ss Startling Stories Jul ’50 · Zero Hour · ss Planet Stories Fll ’47 · The Rocket [“Outcast of the Stars”] · ss Super Science Stories Mar ’50 · Epilogue · aw *

L'homme illustré

Les lecteurs de Ray Bradbury savent déjà que le grand écrivain américain de science-fiction est non seulement romancier et nouvelliste, mais aussi poète et dramaturge. Ils connaissent Café irlandais, Théâtre pour demain... et après, ils ont peut-être assisté à l'une des nombreuses représentations de La Savane. Sans doute n'ignorent-ils pas non plus que l'auteur des Chroniques martiennes est en train de s'attaquer à un opéra. Ils découvriront ici trois pièces : La Colonne de feu, Kaléidoscope (tirée d'une nouvelle publiée dans L'homme illustré) et La Corne de brume (d'après une nouvelle intitulée «La Sirène» et incluse dans Les Pommes d'or du Soleil).

La colonne de feu

Des histoires de fantômes prétextes à des jeux interdits où les enfants rient pendant que leurs parents pleurent.Les studios de M.G.M. maquillés en usine d'armement pour abuser l'ennemi en 1940.D'étranges tours de cartes dans un train de nuit en direction de Cincinnati.Un bien curieux voleur qui s'empare des vieilles lettres d'amour d'une femme de quatre-vingt-deux ans.Une famille qui a acquis un broyeur à ordures d'un type tout nouveau, rugissant comme un lion dès qu'on lui donne à manger.Camouflage, illusion, gémellité, Bradbury renverse les rôles et retourne le gant en vingt et un récits espiègles et tendres.

We'll Always Have Paris

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