The Illustrated Man (Voyager Classics)

240 pages

Published Aug. 19, 2002 by Voyager.

ISBN:
978-0-00-712774-0
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4 stars (1 review)

The Illustrated Man is a 1951 collection of eighteen science fiction short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. A recurring theme throughout the eighteen stories is the conflict of the cold mechanics of technology and the psychology of people. It was nominated for the International Fantasy Award in 1952.

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4 stars

Ray Bradbury is a master of short stories, and many of these have either a horror or soft science fiction aspect. The collection is framed by a description of the illustrated man, the tales appearing as moving images on his flesh. My version of this lacked The Fire Balloons and included The Illustrated Man as a final story in the book.

Most of these were published elsewhere, and included here with minor changes to the text. Some were great, some good, and some fair. I particularly enjoyed Zero Hour (obvious though it was) and The Rocket. My least favorite was The Illustrated Man, a poor way to close out this collection.