Ray Bradbury tends to write excessively about space, so if you are a space fanatic, this is the book for you. Otherwise, you will soon realize Bradbury's style, and constantly you will find yourself knowing what will happen on the next page.

Bradbury's imagination and vivid descriptions are at times interesting, however. At times his writing style can get to be irritating. True potential, but not a thoughtfully put-together collection of Bradbury's works.


Jimmy Huh review   October 25, 2001
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The Illustarted Man by Ray Bradbury is a superior book filled with horror but same time class. I recommend this book to any person older then 11. This book if filled with short stories that let your mind fill in the ending. From all the other books I read by Ray Bradbury this is the most complete.


A Fantastic Book   November 29, 2001
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The Illustrated Man is the story of a man who is almost completely covered in tatoos. Durring the day, he can be seen as an ordinary man, but at night his illustrations come to life and tell thier own stories.

In Bradbury's fifth book, he once again proves that he can take the mind where it has never gone before. Through elaborate detail Bradbury makes you feel as if you were in the stories. The wild, yet interesting 20 stories vary from the love and inspiration on Mars, to the madness of Venus' eternal rains, to a lonely death in space between worlds.

I would highly recomend this book to all ages, for it is a fascinating book which leads the mind to wander and question. From adults to children this book can be greatly appreciated by all.