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The Illustrated Man
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
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Summary
The Illustrated Man, a seminal work in Ray Bradbury's career, whose extraordinary power and imagination remain undimmed by time's passage....
Ray Bradbury brings wonders alive. For this peerless American storyteller, the most bewitching force in the universe is human nature. In these 18 startling tales unfolding across a canvas of tattooed skin, living cities take their vengeance, technology awakens the most primal natural instincts, and dreams are carried aloft in junkyard rockets. Provocative and powerful, The Illustrated Man is a kaleidoscopic blending of magic, imagination, and truth - as exhilarating as interplanetary travel, as maddening as a walk in a million-year rain, and as comforting as simple, familiar rituals on the last night of the world.
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- Matthew Batterham
- 27-11-17
Great short stories
Would recommend. Really worth a listen and the narrating was fantastic. If you like stories with depth and plenty of them a reflection into modern life even after all this time.
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- Jon Davies
- 07-08-20
excellent sinister sci-fi short stories.
deeply unsettling and thought provoking. Would recommend. somewhat Martian focused but that was the trend at the time, even so many of the stories have aged remarkably well.
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- Billy Spillane
- 15-04-24
Absolutely incredible!
It is mind blowing that Ray Bradbury was able to create such a chilling view of the future back in 1951! I loved it!
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- Russell Willens
- 17-04-24
Old for new
These are old stories that still bring new shivers and awakenings. Excellent The Other Foot, should be made an educational tool.
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- Destiel
- 22-08-20
Good read
One of those books I've been meaning to read half my life. I feel I need to read it again to contemplate the full meaning. I love the imagery and illusions that Bradbury illustrates in my brain. I'm glad I read it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-02-24
beautiful
Bradbury places us in these imaginary elsewheres, which is his device to tenderly illustrate who we actually are - if we care to look.
The narration felt natural, like Rod Serling
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- Krystof Petrasek
- 31-03-22
New version not improved from the older version
I bought this new version of The Illustrated Man hoping they fixed some of the problems people complained about in the previous version. However that is not the case. The sound quality is poor. The volume is not normalized. The narrator switches from whispers to screams in a short scene (aka you cannot listen on one volume settings). There are basically no breaks in between the stories. Overall I am very disappointed and will go back to the paperback to finish the stories.
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- R. Maines
- 02-03-24
Best left in the past.
So many of these stories are terribly outdated in science and attitudes, the tropical Venus story being the least offender.
A few good ones (like Zero Hour and The Veldt) don’t make up for the others.
Best avoided unless it’s free with your Audible subscription.
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