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R Is for Rocket Mass Market Paperback – January 1, 1966

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184 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Bantam Books
Publication date

January 1, 1966
ISBN-10

0553234102
ISBN-13

978-0553234107
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bantam Books; Later Printing edition (January 1, 1966)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 184 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0553234102
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0553234107
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.01 pounds

Best Sellers Rank: #1,890,794 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In a career spanning more than seventy years, Ray Bradbury, who died on June 5, 2012, at the age of 91, inspired generations of readers to dream, think, and create. A prolific author of hundreds of short stories and close to fifty books, as well as numerous poems, essays, operas, plays, teleplays, and screenplays, Bradbury was one of the most celebrated writers of our time. His groundbreaking works include Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. He wrote the screen play for John Huston's classic film adaptation of Moby Dick, and was nominated for an Academy Award. He adapted sixty-five of his stories for television's The Ray Bradbury Theater, and won an Emmy for his teleplay of The Halloween Tree. He was the recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2004 National Medal of Arts, and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, among many honors.

Throughout his life, Bradbury liked to recount the story of meeting a carnival magician, Mr. Electrico, in 1932. At the end of his performance Electrico reached out to the twelve-year-old Bradbury, touched the boy with his sword, and commanded, "Live forever!" Bradbury later said, "I decided that was the greatest idea I had ever heard. I started writing every day. I never stopped."

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Tom Darin

as excpected

Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2023

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Perhaps his best collection

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2019

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R is for Rocket is perhaps one of Bradbury's greatest short story collections. Written at a time when our journey to space was on the horizon but not yet a reality, his stories show a hope for and vision of the future that ranges from utopia to dystopia to extinction.

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Stephen Bridge

A collection of stories that influenced my thinking for years

Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2024

*R is for Rocket* is a collection of stories specially assembled by Bradbury for “all boys who wonder about the Past, run swiftly in the Present, and have high hopes for our Future.” These are stories mostly written for adults but which have special resonance for young readers, too.

It was here I first felt the desire to travel to space (“R is for Rocket” and some other stories), where I understood the loneliness of being one of a kind (“The Foghorn”), and where I began to understand the appeal and dangers of time travel (“A Sound of Thunder,” The Dragon,” and “The Time Machine”). Maybe reading “Uncle Einar” for the first time gave me those life-long night dreams of being able to fly. “Frost and Fire” is about a group of humans stranded on a strange planet, where they are born, mature, give birth, and die in 8 days. I know this gave me insight into the fragility of human life and in understanding that even 80 years is too short.

Reading this book again for the first time in 50 years (although I have re-read some of the stories in other collections since then), I suddenly discovered how this book had changed me. In a very real way, I now understand that this book was my first door into becoming an adult. It was the first book for me which dealt with the interface between childhood and adulthood, which gave me insight into what I could become. It was heady stuff back then and still is today.

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ino endio

Its Ray Bradbury..What else could I say?

Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2016

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This series of short stories have facinated me as as a kid in the seventies. As an adult, I am still intrigued by them. This book is a real gem!

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Not Free SF Reader

Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2008

As you can probably guess from the title, a collection that is largely science fiction, including the famous dinosaur story (or two, if you like). Some of which of course will seem (and is) very old-fashioned. The novella 'Frost and Fire' perhaps being something of a different stripe.

R Is for Rocket : R Is for Rocket - Ray Bradbury
R Is for Rocket : The End of the Beginning - Ray Bradbury
R Is for Rocket : The Fog Horn - Ray Bradbury
R Is for Rocket : The Rocket - Ray Bradbury
R Is for Rocket : The Rocket Man - Ray Bradbury
R Is for Rocket : The Golden Apples of the Sun - Ray Bradbury
R Is for Rocket : A Sound of Thunder - Ray Bradbury
R Is for Rocket : The Long Rain - Ray Bradbury
R Is for Rocket : The Exiles - Ray Bradbury
R Is for Rocket : Here There Be Tygers - Ray Bradbury
R Is for Rocket : The Strawberry Window - Ray Bradbury
R Is for Rocket : The Dragon - Ray Bradbury
R Is for Rocket : The Gift - Ray Bradbury
R Is for Rocket : Frost and Fire - Ray Bradbury
R Is for Rocket : Uncle Einar - Ray Bradbury
R Is for Rocket : The Time Machine - Ray Bradbury
R Is for Rocket : The Sound of Summer Running - Ray Bradbury

Astronaut desire.

4 out of 5

Space station countdown.

3.5 out of 5

Mating hopes crushed.

3.5 out of 5

Nifty ride for the kids.

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Planetary road trip father.

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Trip temperature variation.

3 out of 5

Stay in the lines, you dino hunting dumbarse.

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Venus very wet.

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Scary little dude.

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You can't trust planets.

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Blowing it all on Mars.

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Iron monster.

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Starry night.

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Fast dying people escape hope.

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Flying drying zapped.

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Shooting trick backfire, maybe.

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New sneakers better.

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Honey West

Not his best, but still really good

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2016

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Classic Ray Bradbury. Some of the stories in this collection are slower than others. Not his best, but still really good.

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2016

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B Is for Beautiful Book of Bradbury.

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2016

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Good condition, great book.

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Damien

Fills my heart with wonder

Reviewed in Australia on May 1, 2023

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This book has a wonderful way to tell stories, it's basic enough to understand, but also paints a complex picture in your mind, brilliant read and some of the stories will leave a tear in your eye

Fernald

一作一作で作風がまるで異なる

Reviewed in Japan on December 27, 2019

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この筆者がSFの大家だということを知り、まずはページ数が少なめの本書を読んでみようと思ったのだが、短編集であると知ったのは読み始めてから。短編は、日本語でもそうだが、限られた分量の言葉で話を紡ぐので、スキミングが困難。しかも、この筆者の作品は、SFというか、怪奇的な作品も多く、またオーソドックスな短編もありで、頭の切り替えが難しい。英語のネイティブにとっても読解は容易ではないと思うが、ましてノンネイティブの私にとっては読解は至難だった。

ただ、その中にあっても、宇宙開発の意味や、人類誕生の奇跡、戦争の不毛さについて考えさせてくれるセリフが随所に散りばめられており、これらを読み解けた時は嬉しかった。

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CasioB

And the fun bit? The stories are still great 40 years ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 2, 2016

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Takes me way back to my childhood reading SF for the first time in the Dordogne sunshine. And the fun bit? The stories are still great 40 years later! the passage of time doesn't affect them, because they were so far in our future. Bradbury tells the stories so well from the observer's eye - often a child.

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Steve Simpson

Thanks

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2021

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Excellent condition for year published

JHvW

Classic SciFi

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 2, 2017

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