Ray Bradbury

THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN by Ray Bradbury

Here, for the connoisseur, for the devotee of the SF genre, and for those who like their reading to combine excitement with good writing, is the Corgi SF Collector's Library - a series that brings, in uniform edition, many of the Greats of SF - standard classics, contemporary prizewinners, and contraversial fiction, fantasy and fact...

THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN is a collection of stories in which Ray Bradbury's imagination turns inside out, revealing the strange desires and incredible obsessions of men and monsters. This is the book that the New York Times described as "Nightmare novelties, imaginative sprees that in turn terrorize or tantalize the mind..."

Originally published in Great Britain by Rupert Hart-Davies Ltd. 1953
This Corgi edition 1973
© 1952, 1953 Ray Bradbury.

The illustrations below were drawn by Joe Mugnaini, who also did the covers for many other US Bradbury books. (Thanks to "John Doe" for that information)


Hail and Farewell


The Garbage Collector


The Meadow


The Pedestrian

FAHRENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury

THE IMAGINATION OF RAY BRADBURY

Montag stopped and touched the muzzle. The Mechanical Hound growled and its deadly silver needle extended upon the air, pulled back, extended again. The growl simmered in the beast and it looked at him. Montag sensed that the Mechanical Hound had, somewhere in its fantastic chemical mind, stored a dislike for him. With good reason, he felt fear...
"As a science fiction writer, Ray Bradbury has long been streets ahead of anyone else". - Daily Telegraph

Originally published in England by Rupert Hart-Davis, Ltd. 1954
This Corgi edition 1965

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