*Starred Review* The 18 magical stories in Bradbury's second collection are linked by a now-celebrated framing device: the young narrator, on a walking tour, encounters a vagabond whose body is covered with fantastic tattoos that, when darkness falls, become animated and tell the tales that make up the collection. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA (c) Copyright 2010. A must for sci-fi fans!-Claudia Moore, W.T. The wicked, colorful tattoos make a very eye-catching cover. Only a few of the shortest stories are two on a side. Efficient production so that most stories are completed on a single side of a tape will enable teachers to locate easily a desired story for class presentation. He changes pitch for the women characters, and modulates volume and speed to depict the full spectrum of emotions. His speech presents a full variety of techniques. This is contrasted with the gentle tones of devotion of religious clerics. Resonant with authority, Hecht's voice presents rocket men in difficult circumstances, and yet he is able to be detached from their impending deaths. The unnamed narrator in the introduction watches the Illustrated Man's tattoos come to life presenting the 19 short stories. Gr 7 Up-Paul Hecht's calm, assured voice narrates this classic science fiction anthology by Ray Bradbury that brings to life the social and political fears prevalent in post World War II America, when they were first published. He died after a long illness on Jat the age of 91. He was the idea consultant and wrote the basic scenario for the United States pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair, as well as being an imagineer for Walt Disney Enterprises, where he designed the Spaceship Earth exhibition at Walt Disney World's Epcot Center. The film The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit was written by Ray Bradbury and was based on his story The Magic White Suit. He adapted 65 of his stories for television's The Ray Bradbury Theater, and won an Emmy for his teleplay of The Halloween Tree.
He wrote the screen play for John Huston's classic film adaptation of Moby Dick, and was nominated for an Academy Award. He won numerous awards for his works including a World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 1977, 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. His books include The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and Bradbury Speaks. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 600 stories, poems, essays, plays, films, television plays, radio, music, and comic books. At the age of fifteen, he started submitting short stories to national magazines.
Ray Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois on August 22, 1920.
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