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01 May 2002, 05:37 PM
Alex
Looking for a collection of Bradbury's favorite
I am looking for a book that I believe is a compilation of Bradbury's favorite short stories. One of the stories is "Frost & Fire" and some of the authors are Issac Asimov and Roald Dahl.

Thanks.
15 June 2002, 03:08 AM
Mr. Dark
The book is "Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow". It is great. I loved a lot of the stories in this collection. His introduction is great, also.

A favorite quote of mine (by Bradbury) is from this introduction:

"I am no glib theorist or literary technician capable of diagramming these stories for you in great sweeps of logic and detail. And, the good Lord knows, the scientific method and I are only nodding acquaintances. I have had nothing but my emotions to go on, and what little I've learned in a few short years of writing in the field itself. It is all too easy for an emotionalist to go astray in the eyes of the scientific; and surely this is no handbook for the mathematician or the chemist or the specialist in physics. Somehow, though, I am compensated by allowing myself to believe that while the scientific man can tell you the exact size. location, pulse, musculature and color of the heart, we emotionalists can find and touch it quicker."

The copy I have was published by Bantam Press, copyrighted in 1952.

Hope this helps and is not too late to do you any good.
19 July 2002, 06:42 PM
douglasSP
Yes, but "Frost and Fire" wasn't in that book. I think the first time it appeared in a Bradbury book was "R is for Rocket" (1962).
02 August 2002, 04:39 PM
Greg Miller
Although "Frost and Fire" isn't in this one either, the only other anthology Ray ever edited was 'The Circus of Dr. Lao,' which includes stories by Charles Finney, Roald Dahl, E.B. White, Shirley Jackson, Oliver la Farge, Henry Kuttner, Robert M. Coates, "and others." Mine's an old Bantam paperback from the early '60's. It's a fine collection. Check out a used bookstore or two and you should be able to find one. Better yet, try bookfinder.com or abe.com. I bet you could find one there for under ten bucks.

Happy hunting,
-Greg
17 August 2002, 06:27 PM
Nard Kordell
With so many "Love Stories" that Ray has written, lots in the SatEvePost, (with great illustrations)...wish a collection of them would be published together.

"April Witch", published in the SatEve Post with full page illustration. Another...I'm not absolutely sure of the actual title, but I think it was something like, ..".And the Sailor Home from the Sea"...what a great!!great!! story.

Love stories all.!
18 August 2002, 04:34 AM
dandelion
Not to mention a book of love stories would be a perfect excuse to finally collect "Love Contest" and "They Knew What They Wanted," which have never appeared between book covers.