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Summary: Odd Little Stories That Are Hard to Follow
Review: Ray Bradbury is a terriffic writer. His stories are meaningful and fun to read. Bradbury has a unique writing style when it comes to the dialogue of his characters. His characters often use "slang" or shorcuts in their speech that often makes the dialogue hard to follow. I first noticed this in Farenheit 451 and Something Wicked This Way Comes.My chief complaint about this piece of work is that A)The stories are really, really short and don't alays make alot of sense and B)The dialogue is hard to follow because of the reason I mentioned before. To make this short, don't buy this book unless you feel you need to read everything that Ray Bradbury has written.
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Summary: Excellent anthology
Review: Ray Bradbury is one of the great writers of the last century and apparently based on this work this century too. ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD consists of twenty-five short stories and an afterward from Mr. Bradbury. The tales run the gamut of human emotion but metaphorically from an eerie looking glass. Most of Mr. Bradbury's contributions are brand new with only seven having seen previous light (or is that dark?). As expected from this grandmaster, each tale is taut, intelligent, and insightful as Mr. Bradbury still surgically renders opens the human condition for readers to explore. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Warning...this is straight fiction
Review: Ray Bradbury, as everyone will attest, is one of the greatest storytellers of our time. But because he wrote one story set on Mars and another tale set in a dystopian future, he was branded a science fiction writer. The truth is that his tales are short on science and long on fiction...
Not that there's anything wrong with that. But over the years, I've come to expect Bradbury to have at least some elements of fantasy or the fantastic in his stories. "One More for the Road" is almost totally lacking in any of that(there are three sci-fi/fantasty-ish stories).
That was disappointing to me. Most of the stories here are straight narrative fiction. The wonder and the imagination is gone. There were no new worlds, no fresh spins, no flashes of insight in any of these stories. True, his writing and imagery has never been better. But most of the stories are musings on his career, or getting old, or dealing with the past.
Don't get me wrong. The stories were okay. But I just expected a little more from one of America's greatest storytellers
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Summary: Warning...this is straight fiction
Review: Ray Bradbury, as everyone will attest, is one of the greatest storytellers of our time. But because he wrote one story set on Mars and another tale set in a dytopian future, he was branded a science fiction writer. The truth is that his tales are short on science and long on fiction... Not that there's anything wrong with that. But over the years, I've come to expect Bradbury to have at least some elements of fantasy or the fantastic in his stories. "One More for the Road" is almost totally lacking in any of that(there are three sci-fi/fantasty-ish stories). That was disappointing to me. Most of the stories here are straight narrative fiction. The wonder and the imagination is gone. There were no new worlds, no fresh spins, no flashes of insight in any of these stories. True, his writing and imagery has never been better. But most of the stories are musings on his career, or getting old, or dealing with the past. Don't get me wrong. The stories were okay. But I just expected a little more from one of America's greatest storytellers
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Summary: Agog with wonder
Review: The greatest guiding light a writer of short stories could have: Ray Bradbury. Witty, inane, thought provoking and (best of all) the greatest engine starter anyone could imagine. Ray is no kid
any more, but he loves writing and he loves writers. He came to our amateur writer's group meeting one night and answered every silly question any of us could come up with. If you like to write but get stuck trying to think of what to write, trust me: this one will wind you up.
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Summary: The anti-bradbury
Review: There's a reason most of these stories had never been published. Ray Bradbury is a master of unveiling events in such a way as to hold the readers interest and keep them guessing. Even until the the end the reader sure isn't quite sure just what is going on and how it will end. His endings are full of ironies that not even the most clarvoyant person can expect. Unfortunately most of these stories lack these tallents. Most of these stories are uneventfull, uninspiring, anticlimactic and contain little or no irony. If you're a Bradbury fan, and want to see a master fail, here's your chance to do it.
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Summary: A gem of a collection capturing the sheer excitement of life
Review: This collection, a treasure trove of new fiction for old and new Bradbury readers alike, is yet one more accomplishment in a roughly year-long period that has seen (and will continue to see) a truly prodigious output from Mr. Bradbury. With a new novel out last October ('From the Dust Returned'), another ('Let's All Kill Constance!') coming out in January, and his collected poems hitting shelves just last month, Ray Bradbury is clearly still living every day to the fullest, and thank God for that. 'One More for the Road,' fit snugly in between these publications, stands tall as one of Bradbury's best collections. "The Nineteenth" recounts a moving father and son reunion with a supernatural twist. Anyone who has lost an elder loved one will doubtless remember this one to re-read again and again. "First Day" addresses the issues of boyhood friendship and the vicissitudes of time, while "With Smiles as Wide as Summer" takes us back to "Dandelion Wine" country. The subjects of the remaining stories also run the gamut, impressive in their sheer variety and subtlety. Truly, this collection demands our attention and respect. Bravo!
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Summary: Better than Most
Review: This is not Ray Bradbury's best work. Yet, this is not a fair statement when he has written works such as Dandelion Wine and The Martian Chronicles. This is still very good stuff and is very enjoyable. The Enemy in the Wheat, The Dragon Danced at Midnight, and My Son Max ranks right up there some his best work. The rest of this material is still better than most of what is published by others today. I have been reading Bradbury for 30 years and have enjoyed him immensly. It is wonderful watching him look back at the twilight years of his career and write about life. He still has the magic. This book is a little more melancholy than some of his other work, but there are stories in this collection that are pure joy. He still acknoledges his childhood heros and pays them homage. The reader should be familiar with Bradbury to understand some of his stories or they will miss the point of why he wrote them. This is not the best Bradbury book to start reading him with, but do not miss this book either.
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Summary: Better than Most
Review: This is not Ray Bradbury's best work. Yet, this is not a fair statement when he has written works such as Dandelion Wine and The Martian Chronicles. This is still very good stuff and is very enjoyable. The Enemy in the Wheat, The Dragon Danced at Midnight, and My Son Max ranks right up there some his best work. The rest of this material is still better than most of what is published by others today. I have been reading Bradbury for 30 years and have enjoyed him immensly. It is wonderful watching him look back at the twilight years of his career and write about life. He still has the magic. This book is a little more melancholy than some of his other work, but there are stories in this collection that are pure joy. He still acknoledges his childhood heros and pays them homage. The reader should be familiar with Bradbury to understand some of his stories or they will miss the point of why he wrote them. This is not the best Bradbury book to start reading him with, but do not miss this book either.
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Summary: Unbelievable
Review: This is the best Bradbury collection yet. As for the negative reviews, they tend to be from people who seem to be focused more on Bradbury's sci-fi aspect. If you read BRadbury only for his sci-fi, then perhaps this is not the book for you. But if you can in any way appreciate brilliant writing, then read this book. It is, without a doubt, one of the most emotionally moving literary works I have ever read. A masterpeice from a master.
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