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A review by nilocennis
Bradbury Classic Stories #1: From The Golden Apples of the Sun and R is for Rocket by Ray Bradbury
4.0
Bradbury is one of the greatest to ever do it, and this collection is pretty solid evidence as to why. Though the first volume, The Golden Apples of the Sun , is a little uneven, the back half, which comprises most of R is for Rocket , is truly spectacular.
There's a through-line to these stories that is subtler by the nigh-omnipresent rockets throughout much of this text; instead, the stories carry within them a palpable yearning, a desire to see more, to do more, than that which is allowed us. The best stories seize that feeling and allow the reader to join Bradbury and share his sense of wonder at the possibilities of the universe around us.
Some of my favourite stories are:
"The Fog Horn"
"The Great Wide World Over There"
"R is for Rocket"
"The Rocket"
"The Rocket Man"
"The Dragon"
"Frost and Fire"
There's a through-line to these stories that is subtler by the nigh-omnipresent rockets throughout much of this text; instead, the stories carry within them a palpable yearning, a desire to see more, to do more, than that which is allowed us. The best stories seize that feeling and allow the reader to join Bradbury and share his sense of wonder at the possibilities of the universe around us.
Some of my favourite stories are:
"The Fog Horn"
"The Great Wide World Over There"
"R is for Rocket"
"The Rocket"
"The Rocket Man"
"The Dragon"
"Frost and Fire"