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Don't think I'm crazy, but about 30 years ago I borrowed a small paperback book of Ray Bradbury stories from my cousin. Unfortunately, I lost it. Well here is it 30 years later and he's still busting my chops about that missing book. I don't remember the title, but the cover had a picture of a human hand with several eyes that were part of the hand. Does anyone know of this book and perhaps know the title?

I'd love to send it to him for Christmas (after reading it again, of course) and put this whole ugly incident behind me. Thanks for your help!

Fitzz
 
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Hmmm!?
Try Philnic's site with loads of pictures: Illustrated Man and Something Wicked come to mind at first, but then again... Good luck!

Click "Books" for a start:
http://www.bradburymedia.co.uk/
 
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I just looked through Jerry Weist's book, Bradbury: An Illustrated Life, and the only book cover that featured a hand was a German edition of The Martian Chronicales. The hand is stretched upward, palm away, and the hand is holding what appears to be a minture planet Mars.
 
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You're absolutely sure you're not thinking of Stephen King's "Night Shift"?



This paperback version, however, appeared only 26 years ago.

The maker of this page http://www.darkfiber.com/eyeinhand/ collected every such image they could, and I find none of Bradbury, so if one exists, this collector would be interested.

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Great research, dandelion! The web page you pointed us to is quite fascinating as well.


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I had that book but gave it away, quite intentionally, in the days before I was saving a copy of every book I ever read.
 
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hi all, i'm trying to find the name of a story concerning people that were all the same. noone smarter than anyone else.. the guys name was horatio. can anyone tell me the name of the story?
 
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I think I'm batting something around 10 out of 10 'right' on these.

So on my 11th try, I'd say... NOT a Bradbury story.
 
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Jason,
Could be Kurt Vonnegut's HARRISON BERGERON. If so, this has come up a few times on this site as mistakenly attributed to Bradbury.
 
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Hey, I found a copy of that exact same paperback edition of "Night Shift" at a book sale yesterday.
 
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My bad. It was most definitely "Night Shift" by Stephen King. Now that I know the title, I've already found a copy. Thanks for all your help.

Fitzz
 
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Good, glad we cleared that up!
 
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