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R is for Rocket (Hardcover)

by Michael Marshall-Smith (Afterword), Ray Bradbury (Author), Ray Harryhausen (Introduction)
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5.0 out of 5 stars The future that never was, Mar 9 2001
This review is from: R IS FOR ROCKET (Mass Market Paperback)
I am quite baffled by the previous review of this book. Our reviewer from Maine insists that Mr. Bradbury has produced much better material than this "junk" and that this "novel" was a weird, disappointing read. R is For Rocket is an anthology, not a novel, and does not (nor is it intended to) provide any semblance of a sequential story line. Furthermore, R is For Rocket is largely a collection of previously released material, containing some of Bradbury's most popular and acclaimed works from earlier anthologies (such as The Golden Apples of the Sun), and includes such landmark works as "A Sound of Thunder", easily among Bradbury's Top 10 Short Fiction Works. Every story in this anthology is not a masterwork, but there are enough masterworks present to make up for the occasional misstep. Anyone who has ever had childhood fantasies of becoming an astronaut cannot help but be moved by the title story. And mainstream fiction stories like "The Sound of Summer Running" should tweak the heartstrings of anyone who has ever taken pleasure in being a child, even if one has never harbored a burning desire for space flight or distant worlds. Bradbury's timeless prose evokes nostalgia for a time that never was, a future that never occurred, but oh, it should have. Most of these stories have been rendered obsolete by technology, but the style and mythic quality present in them will ensure their continued presence long after many of Ray Bradbury's contemporaries are forgotten. Weird, perhaps. Junk, most definitely not. If flowery flights of fantasy and fond remembrances of childhood don't float your boat, then perhaps you should try Thomas Disch.
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1.0 out of 5 stars R is for Rocket, maybe in your world bub!, April 10 2000
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This review is from: R IS FOR ROCKET (Mass Market Paperback)
This has got to be the wierdest book I have ever read in my entire life. It has the numbest little stories with utterly ridiculous themes that make no sense to me whatsoever. Never have I been so disapionted in a book that was recomended to me. I hated this, so called "novel." Ray Bradbury has definitly had a lot better books than this junk.
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