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Shadow Show

All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury

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What do you imagine when you hear the name . . . Bradbury?

You might see rockets to Mars. Or bizarre circuses where otherworldly acts whirl in the center ring. Perhaps you travel to a dystopian future, where books are set ablaze . . . or to an out-of-the-way sideshow, where animated illustrations crawl across human skin. Or maybe, suddenly, you're returned to a simpler time in small-town America, where summer perfumes the air and life is almost perfect . . . almost.

Ray Bradbury—peerless storyteller, poet of the impossible, and one of America's most beloved authors—is a literary giant whose remarkable career has spanned seven decades. Now twenty-six of today's most diverse and celebrated authors offer new short works in honor of the master; stories of heart, intelligence, and dark wonder from a remarkable range of creative artists.

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Almost every story here evokes the warm memories of reading Ray Bradbury for the first time. A few take a little while to get going but almost every single one pays homage to the great man. A few of the stories stumble: Margaret Atwood's contribution is fine but Bradbury would have told the story far more elegantly and without resorting to cursing. The story is saved by the magnificent George Takei, but it is a little jarring, especially next to the sublime effort of Neil Gaiman. Mort Castle's entry is the weakest and can be safely skipped but otherwise every story is suffused with love, ideas and even some outright laughter. Worth a blind buy

Near-perfect homage

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