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Originally posted by JRES100:
I'll add my own list of top 25 favorite Bradbury stories, 3 of which are already on Richard's list:

1. Hail and Farewell – 1953
2. The Fog Horn – 1951
3. Perhaps We Are Going Away – 1962
4. A Sound of Thunder – 1952
5. The Flying Machine – 1953
6. And the Rock Cried Out – 1953
7. There Will Come Soft Rains – 1950
8. The Fire Balloons – 1951
9. Bright Phoenix – 1963
10. And the Sailor, Home from the Sea – 1960
11. The Exiles – 1951 revision
12. The Veldt – 1950
13. R is for Rocket – 1962 revision
14. The Rocket Man – 1951
15. Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed – 1949
16. The Long Rain – 1950
17. Yes, We’ll Gather at the River – 1969
18. All Summer in a Day – 1954
19. Bang! You’re Dead! – 1944
20. Downwind from Gettysburg – 1969
21. The Dragon – 1955
22. I Sing the Body Electric! – 1969
23. Time in Thy Flight – 1953
24. Lafayette, Farewell – 1988
25. The Coffin (AKA Wake for the Living) – 1947

Of course, you can't go wrong if you start with THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, THE ILLUSTRATED MAN, THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN, or A MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY. Lots of great stories in those collections.