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The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury

9 reviews

smallpanini's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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bearystarry's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

Well for the most part this was Fine. I'm not really a sci-fi sort of person so this was... not really what I was expecting. Basically all the stories were serviceable, if misguided in places, though this was written in the early 1950s what can you expect, except the last one which was horrifically fatphobic.

Oh also MUCH more Christian overtone than I would have thought.

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coballe's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective tense

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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andrewhatesham's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

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bearbookshelf's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Hit and Miss...
As always with Bradbury's writing, I found this collection was hit and miss. Some storurs were delightfully callous, cruel, and foreboding, but others felt like F451 if it was written at an appropriate length for its actual depth and breadth of content. I think to some degree a handful of the stories fall flat purely from being outdated politically, scientifically etc... But I suppose that is one of the tensions in the genre of sci-fi... Time tends to continue onward. All-in-all, worth the read and entertaining, but certainly a handful of stories I wouldn't feel guilty skipping on a reread.

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