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''The Stories of Ray Bradbury'' is an anthology containing 100 short stories 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 ...
, first published by
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in 1980. The hundred stories, written from 1943 to 1980, were selected by the author himself. Bradbury's work had previously been collected in various compilations, such as ''
The Martian Chronicles ''The Martian Chronicles'' is a science fiction fix-up novel, published in 1950, by American writer Ray Bradbury that chronicles the exploration and settlement of Mars, the home of indigenous Martians, by Americans leaving a troubled Earth th ...
'' and '' The October Country'', but never in such a large volume (912 pages) or spanning such a long period of time. In 2003, '' Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales'' was published, containing a further 100 stories from later in his career. The two anthologies have entirely different contents.


Contents

#"The Night", 1946 #"Homecoming", 1946 #"Uncle Einar", 1947 #"The Traveler", 1946 #"The Lake", 1944 #"The Coffin", 1947 #"The Crowd", 1943. #" The Scythe", 1943 #"There Was an Old Woman", 1944 #" There Will Come Soft Rains", 1950 #"
Mars Is Heaven! "Mars Is Heaven!" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, originally published in 1948 in ''Planet Stories''. "Mars Is Heaven!" was among the stories selected in 1970 by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of t ...
", 1948 #"The Silent Towns", 1949 #"The Earth Men", 1948 #"The Off Season", 1948 #"The Million-Year Picnic", 1946 #"The Fox and the Forest", 1950 #"Kaleidoscope", 1949 #"The Rocket Man", 1951 #"
Marionettes, Inc. "Marionettes, Inc." is a short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, originally published in '' Startling Stories'' (March 1949) and later reprinted in his collection of short stories ''The Illustrated Man''. In the story, Bradbury conjures a ...
", 1949 #"No Particular Night or Morning", 1951 #"The City", 1950 #"The Fire Balloons", 1951 #"The Last Night of the World", 1951 #" The Veldt", 1950 #" The Long Rain", 1950 #"The Great Fire", 1949 #" The Wilderness", 1952 #"
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 Murderer", 1953 #" The April Witch", 1952 #"Invisible Boy", 1945 #" The Golden Kite, The Silver Wind", 1953 #"
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 ...
", 1951. #"The Big Black and White Game", 1945 #"
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", 1951 #"The Golden Apples of the Sun", 1953 #"Powerhouse", 1948 #"Hail and Farewell", 1948 #"The Great Wide World over There", 1952 #"The Playground", 1953 #"Skeleton", 1943 #"The Man Upstairs", 1947 #"Touched by Fire", 1954 #"The Emissary", 1947 #"The Jar", 1944 #" The Small Assassin", 1946 #"The Next in Line", 1947 #"Jack-in-the-Box", 1947 #"The Leave-Taking", 1957 #"Exorcism", 1957 #"The Happiness Machine", 1957 #"Calling Mexico", 1950 #"The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit", 1958 #" Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed", 1949 #"The Strawberry Window", 1954 #"A Scent of Sarsaparilla", 1953 #"The Picasso Summer", 1957 #"The Day It Rained Forever", 1957 #"A Medicine for Melancholy", 1959 #"The Shoreline at Sunset", 1959 #"Fever Dream", 1959 #"The Town Where No One Got Off", 1958 #"
All Summer in a Day "All Summer in a Day" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, first published in the March 1954 issue of ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''. Plot synopsis The story is about a class of students on Venus, whi ...
", 1954 #" Frost and Fire", 1946 #"The Anthem Sprinters", 1963 #"And So Died Riabouchinska", 1953 #"Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!", 1962 #"The Vacation", 1963 #"The Illustrated Woman", 1961 #"Some Live Like Lazarus", 1960 #"The Best of All Possible Worlds", 1960 #"The One Who Waits", 1949 #"Tyrannosaurus Rex", 1962 #"The Screaming Woman", 1951 #"The Terrible Conflagration Up at the Place", 1969. #"Night Call, Collect", 1949 #"The Tombling Day", 1952 #"The Haunting of the New", 1969 #"Tomorrow's Child", 1948 #"I Sing the Body Electric!", 1969 #"The Women", 1948 #"The Inspired Chicken Motel", 1969 #"Yes, We'll Gather at the River", 1969 #"Have I Got a Chocolate Bar for You!", 1976 #"A Story of Love", 1951 #"The Parrot Who Met Papa", 1972 #"The October Game", 1948 #"Punishment Without Crime", 1950 #"A Piece of Wood", 1952 #"The Blue Bottle", 1950 #"Long After Midnight", 1962 #"The Utterly Perfect Murder", 1971 #"The Better Part of Wisdom", 1976 #"Interval in Sunlight", 1954 #"The Black Ferris", 1948 #"Farewell Summer", 1980 (first publication) #"McGillahee's Brat", 1970 #" The Aqueduct", 1979 #"Gotcha!" 1978 #"The End of the Beginning", 1956


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