This is a very enjoyable book with Bradbury short stories. You have a lot to choose from: prehistoric dinosaurs attacking a lighthouse to a murder drama and classic 50's sci fi. He is a great writer and I look forward to reading more from him.

Ray Bradbury's "The Golden Apples of the Sun" short stories have been around for quite a while. Bradbury is Bradbury, a gifted man with an extraordinary imagination, the lyrical writing skill of a poet, and the magic of a master story teller. His stories pull you intuitively into his worlds and carry you along to achieve what Hemingway advocated for fiction writers: that they become a part of our experience.

This hardbound edition is unusual in the way that it is beautifully bound. The silver and lime green cover and jacket design repeat within the text where the book title and the capital letters at the beginning of each story are colored the same green. Not a big deal, but nice.

And two of the stories are repeated at the end of the book in the form of plays, duplicated exactly in the form Mr. Bradbury typed them (like photocopies).

Highly recommended, easily worth the money, and then some.

I have been a Bradbury fan for many years. His prose is poetry. I frequently go back and reread paragraphs for the sheer pleasure of hearing the resonances of the words he chooses. I bought this collection on audio books. I would have preferred to hear the author himself reading, but the actor did an adequate job. The collection has some of Bradbury's best-loved stories, such as The Lighthouse and April Witch. (I don't have the table of contents in front of me so actual titles may vary slightly).

About half these stories are science fantasy (the author's own term), the others are mainstream. Many writers criticize Bradbury for writing with thin plots and I have to say this collection has some examples of that. A few of the stories are just situations without much happening at all. I actually fast forwarded through a couple--something I never imagined doing to a Bradbury story. His science fantasy stories typically have more "story" to them.

Bradbury is best when writing nostalgia fiction. Even his science fiction stories typically appeal to that particular emotion: people on Mars and Venus pining for the way things were on Earth, or struggling to recreate on some far-off world what people have managed to destroy here on Earth. There are some gems here that deserve greater than five stars, true classics such as The Sound of Thunder, but also some less-than-stellar pieces that would never have gotten published but for the author's unique voice (and possibly his name recognition). Overall this is a worthy collection though his 100-Best collection is probably the thing to buy.

I need to read a little Bradbury every now and then to be amazed. His writing is lyrical, the plots clever, short stories are bits of genius. I feel refreshed after every story.

The Golden Apples of the Sun and Other Stories by Ray Bradbury

xi+339-page Kindle Ebook

Genre: Short Stories, Anthology, Science Fiction, General Fiction

Featuring: Epigraph, Table of Contents, Lighthouse, Creatures, Witches, Independence, Missouri; Mars, Sisters, Travel, Forensics, Murder, Technology, China,

Author's Bibliography, Fear, Racism, Misogyny, Atomic Bomb, Space Age, Boys, Illinois, Mexico, Astronauts, Book Bans, Author's Bibliography

Rating as a movie: R for adult content, ideas, and situations

My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️📚🍏🦋

My thoughts: 🌫🎺 The Fog Horn - I should have known better than to start this book at night. This was very suspenseful; I almost got scared. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

💐🧙🏻‍♀️💘 The April Witch - This one kind of reminded me of The Host by Stephenie Meyer. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

🔖Page 21 of 339 The Wilderness - I'm switching again, this is a daytime book, not scary, just a bit creepy.

🌎🚀🌌 The Wilderness - This was very good. I was disappointed there was more story. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🔍🧽 The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl - It's a good thing this is an ebook because I needed the dictionary. Authors don't use just the right word as often as before, physiognomy, I liked it. Anyway, this story was very good even though I guessed the ending early on. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

🔖43 The Flying Machine - The last 2 stories were pretty good. I think Bradbury was ahead of his time. I want to continue, but I also want to finish my book before the meeting tonight, so I'm stopping here. I'm not excited about The Flying Machine, but I am anticipating The Murderer.

🪁🐉 The Flying Machine - I didn't like this one. Its obvious message feels dated for the 50s. I wish someone would do away with AI, so maybe it's a timeless message.⭐️⭐️⭐️

📻📡📞 The Murderer - This was disappointing for me. ⭐️⭐️

🔖58 The Golden Kite, The Silver Wind - I didn't like the last 2 stories much.

🍊🐖🪁💨 The Golden Kite, The Silver Wind - It was okay. There's a lesson here, but the foundation was thin. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

🚨🇲🇽 I See You Never - This was interesting but basic.⭐️⭐️½

🪡🧵 Embroidery - I almost reread this one, but I got it, so I changed my mind. ⭐️⭐️⭐️½

🔖71 The Big Black and White Game - These last couple of stories have been okay. I wish I could read this book straight through, but I keep starting at night or in the morning, and then the stories are draining. I need to start with full energy and free time.

⚾️🧔🏿🧔‍♂️ The Big Black and White Game - This was good, but of course, there were some animalistic remarks made, which made me roll my eyes. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📨📬 The Great Wide World Over There - This was crazy in an old-fashioned way. I kinda enjoyed it, but the ending was lost on me, so I'll have to think about it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🔋⛪️ Powerhouse - Meh. ⭐️⭐️

🙇🏽‍♂️🙇🏽‍♀️🙇🏽En La Noche - Weird. I didn't care for it. ⭐️⭐️

📸🌤 Sun and Shadow - This was kinda funny. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

🔖119 The Meadow - This portion has been very interesting. I'm breaking for family time and rejuvenating my mind.

⚒️🔨 The Meadow - I didn't get this one at all. ⭐️

🗑 The Garbage Collector - Ugh! I'm sure it has a deep meaning, but he lost me at the mention of the fly babies. ⭐️

🔥💍 The Great Fire - Meh. ⭐️⭐️

🍏☀️ The Golden Apples of the Sun

🚀👨‍🚀 R Is for Rocket - It was boring at first but then it got better. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

🛰🌌👨‍🚀The End of the Beginning

🚀The Rocket - This was a nice family story. ⭐️⭐️⭐️½

👨‍🚀 The Rocket Man - This was interesting but bland overall, but for the 50s I get it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

🔖203 A Sound of Thunder - After all of the similar stories about astronauts and rockets I need a break.

🦖 A Sound of Thunder - That was interesting and unexpected. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🔖216 The Long Rain - I plan on finishing this today. I'm only stopping because I need to drive.

🌧The Long Rain - This reminded me of Survivor when their hands and feet are white from the rain, plus After Earth. It would make a good horror movie. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🦇📚The Exiles - I wonder if Justin Cronin read this because I can see bones of The Passage. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

🌍🐅Here There Be Tygers - Weird story but very interesting. Would have made a nice Star Trek episode. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

🍓🪟The Strawberry Window - Half of this book is about Mars and rockets. ⭐️⭐️½

🐲The Dragon - If you blink, you'll miss it. ⭐️½

❄️🔥🤱🏼Frost and Fire - Trippy! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

🧚‍♂️Uncle Einar - This was surprisingly good. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

⏳️📠👴🏻The Time Machine - Not Bad. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

🔊☀️🏃‍♂️The Sound of Summer Running - This made me laugh. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

I don't understand why, deep into the future, there are new technologies and life on Mars but no progression for women and Negros.

Recommend to others: Maybe there are some gems here, but a lot of the ideas are outdated.

Ray Bradbury is an amazing author. He's best known for his science-fiction (The Martian Chronicles), but most of his work is fantasy or philosophical. This collection of short stories is a good example of the breadth of his style. He takes to places in imagination like no one else can.

His writing leaves you feeling good, or thoughtful. I thoroughly recommend this book. It's also an excellent book to get younger reader interested in reading. The short-story format eases them into the pleasures of reading without demanding a long commitment, and leaves them wanting more.

I read these stories and marvel. Such art. They say Hart Crane the poet composed while listening to opera and smoking cigars. That sounds like a good synopsis/summary of this work. A series of tiny operas complete with characters, costumes, scenes and lovely, lovely music

I read this when I was about 11 years old, and recently found it's name by searching on a phrase I remembered within the book. It made a powerful impression on me as a youngster, and looking again at it now I see why. Bradbury's ability to forecast the issues in the future, the tensions, the degree of change, is brilliant. Wow.

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Such a beautiful book, each story was better than the last!!! Which is saying something as they were all great

On the first one I get, letters were printed on half of the pages only, it is impossible to read !!! I return and ask for a new one, the SAME! Don't waste your time and money with that crappy thing

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