The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

BRADBURY, RAY(mond Douglas) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Fahrenheit 451 (Easton Press no ISBN, Mar ’92, no price, 192pp, hc) Reprint (Ballantine 1953) classic sf novel, with a new introduction by Eric S. Rabkin and the 1956 introduction by Bradbury plus frontis by Joseph Mugnaini. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Fahrenheit 451 (Flamingo 0-00-654606-4, Aug ’93, £4.99, 172pp, tp) Reprint (Ballantine 1953) classic sf novel.
• * _Fahrenheit 451 (Simon & Schuster 0-671-87036-X, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $21.00, 190pp, hc, cover by Mark Tauss) Reprint (Ballantine 1953) classic sf short novel, with the 1966 introduction plus a new foreword by the author. A special 40th anniversary edition.
• * _Fahrenheit 451 (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34296-8, 1995 [Jul ’95], $5.99, 179pp, pb) Reissue (Ballantine 1953) classic SF novel. This edition has the 1982 afterword and 1979 coda by Bradbury. 12th printing.
• * _Fahrenheit 451 (Thorndike, ME: G.K. Hall 0-7838-8313-7, 1997, hc) Reprint (Ballantine 1953) classic sf short novel, with a new foreword by the author. A special 40th anniversary edition in large print.
• * _Fahrenheit 451 (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41001-7, 1997 [Oct ’97], $10.00, 179pp, tp) Reprint (Ballantine 1953) classic SF novel. This edition has the 1987 afterword and 1979 coda by Bradbury. The copyright page indicates that this edition was first published in 1996, but was not seen until now. Second printing.
• * +Fahrenheit 451/The Illustrated Man/Dandelion Wine/The Golden Apples of the Sun/The Martian Chronicles (Octopus/Heinemann 1-85256-023-1, 1987 [Nov ’87], $11.98, 798pp, hc) Omnibus edition of 5 novels. First U.S. edition. (Contents)
• * *Fever Dream (St. Martin’s 0-312-57285-9, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $6.95, 32pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy story. A 1948 Bradbury fantasy tale with new illustrations by Darrel Anderson (each with a “glow in the dark” detail).
• * _The Fog Horn (Creative Education 0-88682-107-X, 1987, $14.25, 32pp, hc) Reprint, illustrated short story.
• * _The Golden Apples of the Sun (Grafton 0-586-04358-6, Jan ’93, £4.99, 222pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reissue (Doubleday 1953) fantasy collection.
• * _The Golden Apples of the Sun and Other Stories (Avon 0-380-73039-1, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $10.00, 338pp, tp, cover by Tim O’Brien) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1990 as Classic Stories 1) omnibus of The Golden Apples of the Sun (Doubleday 1953) and R is For Rocket (Doubleday 1962). Contains 32 stories, omitting three from The Golden Apples of the Sun. This follows the contents of the third printing (1995) which restored the title story “The Golden Apples of the Sun” omitted from the 1990 edition. (Contents)
• * *A Graveyard for Lunatics (Knopf 0-394-57877-5, Jul ’90, $18.95, 285pp, hc, cover by Wendell Minor) [Death Is a Lonely Business] Associational mystery novel set in a 1950s Hollywood studio, sequel to Death Is a Lonely Business.
• * _A Graveyard for Lunatics (Grafton 0-246-13744-4, Aug ’90, £13.95, 285pp, hc, cover by Francisco Goya) [Death Is a Lonely Business] Reprint (Knopf 1990) mystery novel of associational interest. Sequel to Death is a Lonely Business.
• * _A Graveyard for Lunatics (Grafton 0-586-21126-8, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], £3.99, 285pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) [Death Is a Lonely Business] Reprint (Knopf 1990) mystery novel of associational interest. Sequel to Death is a Lonely Business.
• * _A Graveyard for Lunatics (Bantam 0-553-35477-9, Jan ’92 [Nov ’91], $10.00, 285pp, tp, cover by Randy Nelson) [Death Is a Lonely Business] Reprint (Knopf 1990) associational mystery novel set in a 1950s Hollywood studio, sequel to Death Is a Lonely Business.
• * *Green Shadows, White Whale (Knopf 0-394-57878-3, May ’92 [Jun ’92], $21.00, 271pp, hc, cover by Edward Sorel) Associational autobiographical mainstream novel, telling the fictionalized story of Bradbury’s time in Ireland with John Huston, writing the screenplay for Moby Dick.
• * _Green Shadows, White Whale (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224105-6, Oct ’92, £14.99, 266pp, hc, cover by Catherine Havard) Reprint (Knopf 1992) associational mainstream novel, based on Bradbury’s time spent in Ireland with John Huston. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Green Shadows, White Whale (Bantam 0-553-56105-7, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $5.99, 266pp, pb, cover by Jack Unruh) Reprint (Knopf 1992) associational autobiographical mainstream novel, telling the fictionalized story of Bradbury’s time in Ireland with John Huston, writing the screenplay for Moby Dick.
• * _Green Shadows, White Whale (HarperCollins UK 0-00-647634-1, Jan ’94, £4.99, 266pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1992) autobiographical mainstream novel. (Contents)
• * _Green Shadows, White Whale (Avon 0-380-78966-3, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $10.00, 234pp, tp, cover by Tim O’Brien) Reprint (Knopf 1992) associational autobiographical mainstream novel.
• * _The Halloween Tree (Knopf Borzoi 0-394-82409-1, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $12.95, 145pp, hc) Reissue (Knopf 1972) children’s Halloween story, with a new jacket by the Dillons. Illustrated by Joseph Mugnaini.
• * _The Halloween Tree (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25823-0, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.95, 181pp, pb, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) Reissue (Knopf 1972) young-adult fantasy novel, with illustrations by Joseph Mugnaini; 15th printing.
• * _The Halloween Tree (Knopf Borzoi 0-394-82409-1, 1996 [Aug ’96], $19.95, 145pp, hc, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) Reissue (Knopf 1972) young-adult dark fantasy, with illustrations by Joseph Mugnaini. This follows the 1988 Borzoi edition; ninth printing.
• * _I Sing the Body Electric! (Grafton 0-586-21213-2, May ’91, £3.99, 331pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reissue (Knopf 1969) collection.
• * _I Sing the Body Electric! (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-671-01789-6, Aug ’98, £5.99, 331pp, pb, cover by Trevor Scobie) Reprint (Knopf 1969) collection of 17 stories and a poem. Further copyrighted 1977, suggesting a possible revision.
• * *I Sing the Body Electric! and Other Stories (Avon 0-380-78962-0, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $10.00, 322pp, tp) Omnibus/collection of 28 stories and one poem, with the full contents of I Sing the Body Electric! (1969) and 11 stories from Long After Midnight (1976). (Contents)
• * _The Illustrated Man (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27449-X, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.95, 186pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Reissue (Doubleday 1951) classic collection of 18 stories; 47th printing.
• * _The Illustrated Man (Grafton 0-586-04359-4, Oct ’90, £3.50, 240pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reissue (Hart-Davis 1952) sf collection - the contents are as for previous UK editions, rather than as in the original US edition (Doubleday 1951).
• * _The Illustrated Man (Flamingo 0-00-647922-7, Nov ’95 [Jan ’96], £5.99, 240pp, tp, cover by George Snow) Reprint (Doubleday 1951) SF collection.
• * _The Illustrated Man (Gauntlet Press 1-887368-06-X, May ’96 [Jul ’96], $65.00, 332pp, hc, cover by Ray Bradbury) Reprint (Doubleday 1951) classic SF collection, a “45th anniversary” edition. There is a new preface by Bradbury, an afterword by Ed Gorman, and an introduction by William Nolan. This edition adds the short story “The Illustrated Man” dropped from the original as too repetitious with the beginning. This is a slipcased edition signed by all authors involved, and limited to 600; a lettered edition ($150.00) was also announced. Gauntlet, 309 Powell Rd., Dept L, Springfield PA 19064; 610-328-5476. Add $5.00 postage.
• * _The Illustrated Man (Avon 0-380-97384-7, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $15.00, 276pp, hc, cover by Tim O’Brien) Reprint (Doubleday 1951) classic collection of connected stories. There is a new introduction by Bradbury. Second in a new series of low-priced hardcover reissues of Bradbury’s works.
• * *Long After Ecclesiastes (Santa Anna, CA: Gold Stein Press, 1985, 19pp, hc) Reprint poem printed as a miniature (7 x 9 cm) book.
• * _Long After Midnight (Grafton 0-586-04790-5, Feb ’93, £4.99, 272pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reissue (Knopf 1976) collection.
• * _The Martian Chronicles (SFBC #02150, Apr ’87 [May ’87], $4.50, 222pp, hc) Reissue (Doubleday 1950) sf classic collection/novel.
• * _The Martian Chronicles (Easton Press no ISBN, Sep ’89, no price, 309pp, hc) Reprint (Doubleday 1950) collection of loosely-connected stories of man’s colonization of Mars, with a new introduction by Damon Knight and the 1974 illustrations by Joseph Mugnaini. This special, leatherbound, gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _The Martian Chronicles (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27822-3, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.95, 181pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) Reissue (Doubleday 1950) classic collection of connected stories; 71st printing.
• * _The Martian Chronicles (Doubleday 0-385-05060-7, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $19.95, 204pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (Doubleday 1950) classic collection of connected stories, with a new introduction by the author. This edition follows the 1983 Doubleday revised text. This is a special 40th anniversary edition.
• * *The Martian Chronicles (Le Livre de Poche: Paris 8621, Feb ’91, 224pp, pb) Abridged bilingual edition of Bradbury’s classic collection, edited by Henri Yvinec with notes by William B. Barrie. (Contents)
• * _The Martian Chronicles (Grafton 0-586-04362-4, Feb ’93, £4.99, 235pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) Reissue (Doubleday 1950) sf collection.
• * _The Martian Chronicles (Flamingo 0-00-647923-5, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], £5.99, 235pp, tp, cover by George Snow) Reprint (Doubleday 1951) SF collection of 26 stories and vignettes set on Bradbury’s personal dream Mars. This follows the text of the first UK edition (Hart-Davis, 1951 as The Silver Locusts) which eliminated “Usher II” and added “The Fire Balloons”. (Contents)
• * _The Martian Chronicles (Avon 0-380-97383-9, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $15.00, 268pp, hc, cover by Tim O’Brien) Reprint (Doubleday 1950) classic collection of connected stories. There is a new introduction by Bradbury, and some of the stories have been “updated and revised”; the dates of the stories have been pushed back 31 years. It includes “The Wilderness” from the 1973 Doubleday edition, and drops “Way in the Middle of the Air”. First in a new series of low-priced hardcover editions of Bradbury’s works.
• * _A Medicine For Melancholy and Other Stories (Avon 0-380-73086-3, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $10.00, 307pp, tp, cover by Tim O’Brien) Reprint (Bantam 1990 as Classic Stories II) omnibus/collection of 31 stories from A Medicine for Melancholy (Doubleday 1959) and S is for Space (Doubleday 1996). Four stories from the originals are omitted.
• * *A Memory of Murder (Dell 0-440-15559-2, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.95, 192pp, pb) Non-sf/fantasy, associational. Collection of 15 stories of crime and terror written for the mystery pulps. “Revealed — for the first time! The skeletons in Ray Bradbury’s closet!”, the blurb announces. (Contents)
• * *Nouvelles (Presses Pocket 2-266-02552-X, 1989 [1991], 219pp, pb) Bilingual (English and French) collection of five Bradbury stories, with annotations on English vocabulary and grammar (in French), and an index of English words (with their French translations). Introduction, annotations, and translation by Annie Richelet. (Contents)
• * _The October Country (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-25040-0, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $4.95, 276pp, pb) Reissue (Ballantine 1955) collection of 19 stories; 25th printing.
• * _The October Country (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40785-7, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $10.00, 306pp, tp, cover by Janet Woolley) Reprint (Ballantine 1955) collection of 19 stories. There is a new introduction by Bradbury.
• * _The October Country (Springfield, PA: Gauntlet, 1997, hc) Reprint (Ballantine 1955) collection. Includes the original introduction written in 1955 by Bradbury but never used.
• * _The October Country (Gauntlet Press 1-887368-15-9, Sep ’97 [May ’98], $65.00, 234pp, hc, cover by Ray Bradbury) Reprint (Ballantine 1955) collection, with the original illustrations by Joe Mugnaini, plus previously unpublished working sketches by Mugnaini and Bradbury. There is an introduction by Dennis Etchison and an afterword by Robert R. McCammon, plus a preface by Bradbury written for the original edition, but never published. This special 40th anniversary edition is slipcased, signed by all authors involved, and limited to 500 copies. This is dated 1997, but not seen until now.
• * _The October Country (Earthlight 0-671-01791-8, Oct ’98, £5.99, x+306pp, pb, cover by Trevor Scobie) Reprint (Ballantine 1955) collection of 19 stories. Includes the new introduction by Bradbury from the 1976 Del Rey edition. Illustrated by Joe Mugnaini.
• * *On Stage: A Chrestomathy of His Plays (Donald I. Fine/Primus 1-55611-305-6, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $12.95, 376pp, tp) Omnibus edition of three collection of plays (10 plays in all), The Anthem Sprinters and Other Antics (Dial 1963), The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit and Other Plays (Bantam 1973), and Pillar of Fire and Other Plays (Bantam 1973). The original introductory and afterword material for each volume is intact. (Contents)
• * _The Other Foot (Creative Education, 1987, $14.25, hc) Reprint, illustrated short story.
• * *Quicker than the Eye (Avon 0-380-97380-4, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $22.00, 262pp, hc, cover by Bernie Fuchs) Collection of 21 recent stories (9 previously unpublished), and an afterword by Bradbury. (Contents)
• * _Quicker than the Eye (Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1997, hc) Reprint (Avon 1996) collection of 21 stories. Includes a new introduction by Bradbury.
• * _Quicker than the Eye (Thorndike, ME: Thorndike Press, 1997, hc) Reprint (Avon 1996) collection of 21 stories. Large print edition.
• * _Quicker than the Eye (Avon 0-380-78959-0, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $5.99, 294pp, pb, cover by Bernie Fuchs) Reprint (Avon 1996) collection of 21 stories.
• * _Quicker than the Eye (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-671-01784-5, Apr ’98, £5.99, 261pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Avon 1996) Collection of 21 recent stories (nine previously unpublished), and an afterword by Bradbury. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Selected from Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed (Writer’s Voices 0-929631-24-2, 1991, $3.50, 64pp, pb) Reprint short story with other material. (Contents)
• * _The Smile (Creative Education, 1991, pb) Reprint, illustrated short story.
• * _Something Wicked This Way Comes (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28032-5, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.95, 215pp, pb, cover by J. K. Potter) Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1962) classic fantasy novel; 35th printing.
• * _Something Wicked This Way Comes (Grafton 0-586-04357-8, Oct ’91, £3.99, 220pp, pb, cover by J. K. Potter) Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1962) fantasy/horror novel.
• * _Something Wicked This Way Comes (Avon 0-380-72940-7, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $5.99, 293pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1962) classic fantasy novel.
• * _Something Wicked This Way Comes (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-671-01790-X, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], £5.99, 215pp, pb, cover by J. K. Potter) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1962) classic dark fantasy novel.
• * *A Sound of Thunder (Genova, Italy: Cideb 88-7754-149-0, Jan ’94, 48pp, pb) Reprint short story with introduction, notes and activities by Peter Foreman.
• * *Stars (Santa Anna, CA: Gold Stein Press, 1993, hc) Reprint poem printed as a miniature (7 x 9 cm) book in a limited edition of 95 copies signed by the author.
• * _The Stories of Ray Bradbury (BOMC no ISBN, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $24.95, hc) Reprint (Knopf 1980) collection of 100 stories. This is identical to the Knopf reprint edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back.
• * *A Story of Love and Other Non-Science Fiction Stories (Le Livre de Poche 2-253-05187-X, Jun ’91, 190pp, pb, cover by E. Hopper) Associational collection of seven stories and a new preface by Bradbury used for teaching English, with annotations on English vocabulary and grammar (in French), and an index of English words (with their French translations). Selection and annotations by Liliane and Marielle Yvinec, introduction by Henri Yvinec. There is a companion tape cassette containing four of the stories, some read by Bradbury. (Contents)
• * _Switch on the Night (Knopf 0-394-80486-4, Oct ’93, $8.99, unpaginated, hc, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) Reprint (Pantheon 1955) children’s picture book, the original text by Bradbury with new full-color illustrations by the Dillons in the style of M.C. Escher.
• * _There Will Come Soft Rains (Perfection Form, 1989, pb) Reprint short story.
• * *The Toynbee Convector (Knopf 0-394-54703-9, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $17.95, 275pp, hc) Collection of 23 stories, sf, fantasy, horror, and mainstream. The sf is weak, but a number of these works are excellent. (FCM) (Contents)
• * _The Toynbee Convector (Grafton 0-246-13430-5, Mar ’89, £12.95, 277pp, hc, cover by Wendell Minor) Reprint (Knopf 1988) collection of 23 stories, sf, fantasy, horror, and mainstream. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Toynbee Convector (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27957-2, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 225pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1988) collection of 23 stories.
• * _The Toynbee Convector (Grafton 0-586-20578-0, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], £3.50, 277pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Knopf 1988) sf/fantasy collection.
• * _The Toynbee Convector (Turner 1-878685-15-5, Apr ’92 [Jun ’92], $10.95, 30pp, hc, cover by Anita Kunz) Sf story that originally appeared in Playboy, and in the eponymous collection; illustrations by Anita Kunz.
• * _The Veldt (Creative Education 0-88682-108-8, 1987, $14.25, hc) Reprint short story.
• * _The Vintage Bradbury (Vintage 0-679-72946-1, Jul ’90, $8.95, 329pp, tp) Reprint (Vintage 1965) collection of 22 stories plus an excerpt from Dandelion Wine.
• * *With Cat for Comforter (Gibbs-Smith 0-87905-752-1, 1997, hc, cover by Louise Reinoehl Max) Long poem. Originally appeared as a broadside; “Christmas Greeting 1986.”
• * *World Interdependence Fund (Beverly Hills, CA: World Interdependence Fund, Apr ’85, unpaginated, quarto) Promotional brochure and conference program for the orginization, of which Bradbury was chairman. (Contents)
• * *Yestermorrow: Obvious Answers to Impossible Futures (Capra Press 1-877741-04-3, Feb ’92, $19.95, 240pp, hc, cover by Barbara de Wilde) Collection of 24 essays on various subjects mostly connected with sf in some way. Available from Capra Press, 1209 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara CA 93120. (Contents)
• * _Yestermorrow: Obvious Answers to Impossible Futures (Capra Press 1-877741-08-6, Apr ’93 [Jun ’93], $12.95, 240pp, tp, cover by Barbara de Wilde) Reprint (Capra Press 1992) collection of 24 essays on various subjects mostly connected with sf in some way. Available from Capra Press, 1209 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara CA 93120.
• * *Zen in the Art of Writing (Capra Press 1-877741-02-7, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $18.95, 154pp, hc, cover by Garcia & James) Non-fiction, a collection of 9 essays on writing plus a series of poems. This is a much expanded version of the chapbook Zen & the Art of Writing (Capra 1973). (Contents)
• * _Zen in the Art of Writing (Bantam 0-553-29634-5, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $4.99, 158pp, pb) Reprint (Capra 1990) non-fiction collection of nine essays on writing plus a series of poems and a preface by the author. This is a much expanded version of the chapbook Zen & the Art of Writing (Capra 1973).
• * *Zen in the Art of Writing (Joshua Odell Editions 1-877741-09-4, Apr ’94 [Nov ’94], $10.95, 176pp, tp) Non-fiction collection of 11 essays on creativity and writing, plus a series of poems and preface by the author. This is a much-expanded third edition of what began as a chapbook; Zen & the Art of Writing (Capra 1973). The expanded essays are mostly introductions to later books and anthologies.

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• * *The Ray Bradbury Chronicles Volume 1 (Bantam Spectra 0-553-35125-7, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $10.00, unpaginated, tp, cover by Dave Gibbons) A collection of six graphic adaptations of Bradbury’s short stories, with an introduction and notes by Bradbury. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. Hardcover and limited editions from NBM were announced but not seen.
• * *The Ray Bradbury Chronicles Volume 2 (Bantam Spectra 0-553-35126-5, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $10.00, unpaginated, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) A collection of six graphic adaptations of Bradbury stories, with an introduction and notes by Bradbury. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. Hardcover and limited editions from NBM were announced but not seen.
• * *The Ray Bradbury Chronicles Volume 3 (Bantam Spectra 0-553-35127-3, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $10.00, unpaginated, tp, cover by Timothy Truman & Steve Fastner) A collection of six graphic adaptations of Bradbury stories, five original and one EC comics classic, with an introduction and notes by Bradbury. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. Hardcover and limited editions were announced by NBM but not seen.