Anybody got the scoop on this? Amazon.com lists it as due August 2003 from William Morrow.

Not much to consider:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/006054242...7846#product-details

Maybe some other searches will open up additional background.

The Stories of RB, 884 pages, by Alfred Knopf, 1981. This is still available, I believe.

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It could be a second volume of "The Stories of Ray Bradbury." A long time ago I heard something about one but am not sure it ever appeared, so this could be it.

Hmmm. Different title and different publisher. I wonder if it isn't a second volume, as Dandelion speculates. I went ahead and pre-ordered based on that assumption. If it turns out differently, I have plenty of time to cancel the order.

Interesting! But why not simply do a "second edition" of the Stories of Ray Bradbury, again with 100 stories, but including the stories of the last 20 years?

To make it especially interesting, the story selections could be reconsidered completely, making it possible to include unjustly omitted stories. For me, "The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl" is the best example of such a story.

I reckon a good 60 to 80 of the originally included stories would again make the final list, though.

I was disappointed that it neglected "The Pedestrian".

I definitely missed "Downwind from Gettysburg."

Well, anyone hoping for a really nice cover is probably not going to be real thrilled with this:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/006054242X.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

It's not as bad as the other Bradbury Stories cover, but it isn't exactly inspiring.

Hope the inside is better.

Is that supposed to be patriotic? I don't like it.

Pretty gaudy. Would have been nice to have one of Ray's paintings as a cover.

Is there anywhere online that I can see Ray's art work? (I've never had the privilege.)

Gauntlet Press has used Ray's art for cover of a couple of their special editions:
http://www.gauntletpress.com/cgi-bin/gauntletpress/perl...k&ORDER_ID=144655059

and
http://www.gauntletpress.com/cgi-bin/gauntletpress/perl...k&ORDER_ID=144655059

Ray also did the art for their edition of Illustrated Man I believe.

Some of his paintings are in "An Illustrated Life" including the ones that Gauntlet has used. He did a great painting of "The Halloween Tree" which I beleive according to an interview I had seen of his, inspired him to write that book. Gauntlet should publish an edition of that book using his painting as the cover.It would also be great if there was some source where we could purchase large size prints of his art.

Thanks, I enjoyed looking at those. I can't afford the books, but it was fun to look at some of his art work. (Maybe some day....)

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This just in. Wonder no longer as to the contents. On Tuesday I received a mystery package from...*someone*...at HarperCollins. The fact that no one has e-mailed could be accounted for by my inbox being so full it's not accepting all mail, but you'd think they'd at least enclose a NOTE or something! I've been trying to find out for four months who I'm supposed to be in touch with there...and still no copy of "Let's All Kill Constance." (Could that be on its way, *with* a note? One can hope....) Anyhow, *whoever* it was sent an uncorrected proof of "Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales," so I will post the table of contents 10 stories at a time. Here are the first 10:
The Whole Town's Sleeping
The Rocket
Season of Disbelief
And the Rock Cried Out
The Drummer Boy of Shiloh
The Beggar on O'Connell Bridge
The Flying Machine
Heavy-Set
The First Night of Lent
Lafayette, Farewell