''Classic Stories 1: From The Golden Apples of the Sun and R is for Rocket'' is a semi-omnibus edition of two

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collections by

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The Golden Apples of the Sun ''The Golden Apples of the Sun'' is an anthology of 22 short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. It was published by Doubleday & Company in 1953. The book's title is also the title of the final story in the collection. The words "the go ...

'' (1953) and '' R is for Rocket'' (1962). The first 18 stories (17 prior to the third-printing's addition of the story "The Golden Apples of the Sun") are assimilated from the original Doubleday edition of ''The Golden Apples of the Sun''. The stories appear in the original sequence, but with three omissions: "

The Pedestrian "The Pedestrian" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury. This story was originally published in the August 7, 1951 issue of '' The Reporter'' by The Fortnightly Publishing Company. It is included in the collection ''T ...

" (1951), " Invisible Boy" (1945), and " Hail and Farewell" (1953). The final 14 stories in the collection are reproduced from ''R is for Rocket''. Omitted are " The Gift" (1952) and two stories already present in ''The Golden Apples of the Sun''. When

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reprinted the book in 1997, they retitled it ''The Golden Apples of the Sun and Other Stories''.

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titled their 2005 edition as ''A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories''.

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The Fog Horn "The Fog Horn" is a 1951 science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, the first in his collection ''The Golden Apples of the Sun''. The story was the basis for the 1953 film ''The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms''. Plot summary The plo ...

" (1952) # " The April Witch" (1951) # " The Wilderness" (1952) # "

The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl "The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl" is a short story by Ray Bradbury. It was first published in ''Detective Book Magazine'' in November 1948 (cover date: Winter) as "Touch and Go". The story was re-titled and published as "The Fruit at the Bott ...

" (1948) # " The Flying Machine" (1953) # " The Murderer" (1953) # " The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind" (1953) # " I See You Never" (1947) # "

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" (1951) # " The Big Black and White Game" (1945) # " The Great Wide World Over There" (1953) # " Powerhouse" (1948) # " En La Noche" (1952) # " Sun and Shadow" (1953) # " The Meadow" (1947) # " The Garbage Collector" (1953) # " The Great Fire" (1949) # "

" (1953) (re-added in the third Doubleday printing) # " R Is for Rocket" (1943) # " The End of the Beginning" (1956) # " The Rocket" (1950) # " The Rocket Man" (1953) # "

A Sound of Thunder "A Sound of Thunder" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, first published in ''Collier's'' magazine in the June 28, 1952, issue and later in Bradbury's collection '' The Golden Apples of the Sun'' in 1953. P ...

" (1952) # " The Long Rain" (1950) # " The Exiles" (1950) # "

Here There Be Tygers "Here There Be Tygers" is a short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, originally published in the anthology '' New Tales of Space and Time'' in 1951. It was later collected in Bradbury's short story collections '' R is for Rocket'' and ''The ...

" (1951) # " The Strawberry Window" (1954) # " The Dragon" (1955) # " Frost and Fire" (1947) # " Uncle Einar" (1947) # "

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" (1957) # " The Sound of Summer Running" (1957)

Paperback editions in English

# #* The third Bantam Books printing (1995) adds "The Golden Apples of the Sun", and has 368 pages. # #

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* * {{Ray Bradbury, state=collapsed 1990 short story collections Short story collections by Ray Bradbury Bantam Books books

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Paperback editions in English

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