| | Illustrated Man, The |  | Author: Ray Bradbury
Publisher: Bantam
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  208 reviews
Sales Rank: 2065290
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 186
ISBN: 0553132474
EAN: 9780553254839
ASIN: 0553254839
Publication Date: November 1, 1983
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Classic Science Fiction January 23, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Illustrated Man is a collection of 18 science fiction short stories by genre master Ray Bradbury circa 1950, loosely tied together as a series of living images viewed on the body of the title character. The stories are mostly cerebral, although you shouldn't expect hard science. Mars and Venus as depicted in these stories contradict what we now know about these planets, but these inaccuracy are largely irrelevent since the themes in many of the stories don't require a science fiction setting. Although it's easy to tell the stories were written fifty years ago, the stories themselves aren't really dated, but it is amusing to read a story where the author didn't put a technology far enough into the future to avoid the popularity of his work. Overall, it's a good book but it doesn't fall into the category of a must read. If you have trouble finding time to read, this is a perfect book for reading a story or two and then putting away for a while without losing any continuity.
English II H Review September 6, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The "Illustrated Man" was a pretty good novel for reading in the afternoon or for reading at night. I enjoyed most of the short stories in the novel. Some of the other stores were not very interesting because they would not carry the suspense like the other stories. The stories that were interesting were very suspeseful. Once I read about three paragraphs into each story I was able to tell if the story was going to be enjoyable or not.
I thnk this would be a pretty ok book to read durring down time. This novel would be interesting to all types of readers, not to just science fiction readers. I enjoyed it because of the suspese. I also like how the author wrote the novel in many stories. It was confusfing at first, but when I started to read it more I started to think more about it. When I thought more about it, the suspese started create more tension and I would be excited to read on and find out what would happen at the end of the story. If all the stories were suspesefull i would have gave it a 5.
shocking but interesting book November 17, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Bradbury, as I know, is the person who is on the spot of opposition of high technology we have today. He shows tragedic situation of influence that high technology can contain. For example, the story 'The Veldt' shows that children killing their parents because their parents didn't want their children to be with high technology. Also I felt that he is warning about the people who are trusting science so deeply. For instance, he is warning an atomic war, which he wrote in his book. It is shocking but interesting book because it shows big problem of science, but also he is warning to the people by writing the book.
 This is a Sci-fi Must Read November 21, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is simply a must read for anyone who loves sci-fi. The book is divided up into smaller chapters--"stories" that are represented in each tatoo on the illustrated man. It is one of Bradbury's best books as is a classic.
Marvelous, inventive stories January 27, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
These stories range from bizarre (The Exiles, The Fire Balloons) to thought-provoking (The Veldt, The Man, Marionettes, Inc., The Last Night of the World) to downright depressing (The Highway, The Long Rain, The Rocket Man, The City, Zero Hour). There is a common whimsical element in all the stories that I found enjoyable, even if most of the stories don't have happy endings. When I read a story, I had no idea where Bradbury is leading to until the last page or so. I always felt a "gotcha" feeling behind each tale. High recommendations for science fiction readers who want to read stories that don't take a lot of time but that are unforgettable (at least most of them endure in me in some form).
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