''R Is for Rocket'' (1962) is a short story collection by American writer
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery fictio ...
, compiled for
Young Adult
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library sections. It contains fifteen stories from earlier Bradbury collections, and two previously uncollected stories.
Contents
# "R Is for Rocket" (first published as "King of the Gray Spaces")
# "The End of the Beginning"
# "
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
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# "
The Rocket"
# "
The Rocket Man"
# "The Golden Apples of the Sun"
# "
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 ...
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# "
The Long Rain"
# "
The Exiles"
# "
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 ...
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# "The Strawberry Window"
# "
The Dragon"
# "The Gift"
# "
Frost and Fire"
# "Uncle Einar"
# "The Time Machine"
# "The Sound of Summer Running"
References
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1960 short story collections
Short story collections by Ray Bradbury
Doubleday (publisher) books
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