Ray Bradbury StoriesVolume 1
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Copyright © 1980 Ray Bradbury Enterprises / A California Corporation
Copyright 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980 by Ray Bradbury.
Copyright renewed 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 by Ray Bradbury.
Originally published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
‘The Coffin’ was originally published in Dime Mystery. Copyright 1947 by Popular Publications. ‘The Man Upstairs’ was originally published in Harper’s magazine. Copyright 1947 by Harper & Brothers. ‘Punishment Without Crime’ was originally published in Other Worlds. Copyright 1950 by Other Worlds. ‘The Long Rain’, ‘Frost and Fire’, and ‘The Blue Bottle’ were originally published in Planet Stories. Copyright 1946, 1950 by Love Romances Publishing Company, Inc. ‘The City’ was originally published in Startling Stories, Copyright 1950 by Better Publications, Inc. “Kaleidoscope” was originally published in Thrilling Wonder Stories. Copyright 1949 by Standard Magazines.
Most of the stories in this book were previously published in the UK in the following: The Illustrated Man, first published in Great Britain by Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd 1952, and then by Grafton 1977, Flamingo Modern Classics 1995, Voyager Classics 2002, The Martian Chronicles, first published in Great Britain by Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd 1951 under the title Silver Locusts, Corgi 1956, Grafton 1977 publication also entitled Silver Locusts, published by Flamingo 1995; R is for Rocket, first published in Great Britain by Rupert-Hart Davis Ltd 1968; Machineries of Joy, first published in Great Britain by Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd 1966, and by Grafton 1977; S is for Space, first published in Great Britain by Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd 1968; Twice 22 (comprised of stories from Golden Apples of the Sun and A Medicine for Melancholy) first published in Great Britain by Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd 1953; Fahrenheit 451, first published in Great Britain by Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd 1954 and by Grafton 1976, by Flamingo 1993, and by Voyager Classics 2001; I Sing the Body Electric! first published in Great Britain by Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd 1970, Corgi 1971, and Grafton 1991; Dandelion Wine, published by Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd 1957, Corgi 1965 and Grafton 1977; Long After Midnight first published in Great Britain by Hart-Davis MacGibbon 1977; October Country (containing some stories published in Dark Carnival) first published in Great Britain by Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd 1953, New English Library 1963. Some stories also published in the United States in the following: American Mercury; Arkham Sampler; Charm; Collier’s; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine; Eros; Esquire; Famous Fantastic Mysteries; alaxy; Harper’s; MacLean’s; Mademoiselle; Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction; Marvel Science Fiction; McCall’s; Penthouse; Planet Stories; Playboy; Sai nt Detective; Saturday Evening Post; Seventeen; Shenandoah; Star Science Fiction Stories #3; Startling Stories; Super Science Fiction Stories; Thrilling Wonder Stories; Today; and Weird Tales.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
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Contents
Drunk, and in Charge of a Bicycle: An Introduction by Ray Bradbury