The Illustrated Man

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Summary: It's a classic!
Review: I was first introduced to Ray Bradbury when i had to read Farenheit 451 for a summer assignment in my freshman accelerated english class. I enjoyed the book and decided to give his other works a try. I have read this book about 3 times now because it is so great!

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Summary: Bradbury Strikes Again!
Review: The book I am reviewing is The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury. Before I start summarizing the book, I have to say that this book was an ingenius idea for a collection of short stories. The book is about a man who meets the Illustrated man, a former circus freak who claims that his tattoos,covering him from shoulder to toe, were drawn by a woman who came from the future. He also claims that she said that each tattoo tells a story about the future. The man soon finds that this is true, seeing stories about space travel and the end of the world. This plot serves as a great way to tell the stories, with the man describing what he sees on the illustrated man1s back. The stories themselves are a great amount of fun to read and are very descriptive, in the Bradbury tradition.The stories are about everything from spaceships to Mars colonies. All in all, this is a great book

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Summary: ZzZzZ...
Review: I don't mean to offend Ray Bradbury, but I didn't understand half of this book. I mean, some of the stories are quite unique, but once I read on and on about the other stories, I got so confused and bored. I didn't like this book much.

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Summary: Really does earn all five stars
Review: This was an extremely good one-day read. It's short, entertaining, and completely worth devoting a few aimless hours to. This was my first exposure to Bradbury, and it did not disappoint in the least. Though probably classified as sci-fi due to the overall themes and the author's writing history, this book belongs, in my opinion, in the horror genre. Not all of the stories are particularly frightening, but many of them convey such a sense of dread and terror, much appealing to the psychological aspect, that it left me a bit less prepared to sleep in a dark room that night. One in particular that stands out is 'the Veldt', in which future-modern home technology turns devastatingly bad on some of its owners' intended victims. This book is worth a look, for certain, but can be picked up in most decent used book stores for much less than the new list price.

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Summary: The Illustrated Man By:Ray Bradbury
Review: The Illustrated Man is an exciting science fovction book, filled with many short stories, one of my favorite stories in the book is the "Rocket Man," a young boy named James finds out what it's like to be an astonaunt. A boy who never gets the chanced to see his father, but James heard about his fathers conflicts with his job and his family. Another story I have enjoyed is "Kaleidiscope," this is where Applegate, a young farm boy, is looking through a kaleidiscope. He eventually finds a shipgoing down in space. You have lto pay very close attention to the book because it does get a little confusing. I would just recommend this book to serious readers and who are atleast 13 years old. This book klis filled kwith conflicts, such as "Vedle," a daycare center goes bad, bytaking the lives of young babies, find out what happens yourself. I gave this book a four and a half stars, because it was very confusing, but fun. So if you get the chance to read a good book, read this book.I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did.

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Summary: Im A Rocket Man, No No... that's wrong. Weeeeee!
Review: "The Illustrated Man" is the ultimate culmination of mystery, suspense, action, intrigue, and science fiction. The book grabbed me from the moment I started reading it, I couldn't put it down. It was gripping and inventive at the same time, the fact that the novel was a collection of short stories tied together by one character gives sort of a fourth person perspective. There is a morbid, almost mean spirited side to the stories, but that only adds to the philosophical and intellectual value of the book. All science fiction readers would love this novel.

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Summary: SCIENCE FICTION BLAST
Review: Wow! This book was inspiring, dazzling, brilliant, and all of the above. This was most definitely the best science fiction literature I've read in my memory. I enjoyed each of the different stories equally. It combines everything from astrophysics to imaginative fantasy. It shows how amazing the author Ray Bradbury truly is. I STRONGLY recommend this book to anyone.

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Summary: One of Raybury's finest
Review: Although it's not his best work, it is certainly up there. This book is as twisted, thought provoking and ironic as any other of Bradbury's work. This book is an intricate entanglement of carefully concocted stories that range from creepy to depressing to simply wonderful. The only problem is that after awhile you start to guess the end and that's very unlike Bradbury. I recommend it for everyone...Not just adults.

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Summary: This book tells the tales of the future.
Review: This book was wicked but it was still great. I would recomend this book for anyone who likes science fiction. I personally loved this book!

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Summary: A great work of science fiction.
Review: It is a good book ,but it is dark and violent. In the story "The Visitor" Saul learns that if many people fight over one thing it ends up wrong.Saul says "We did not want to kill we killed." I learned that to much of one thing can drive people insane. The book has good ideas , but makes them dark.