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Author | Ray Bradbury |
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Cover artist | Barclay Shaw |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction, fantasy, horror |
Publisher | Bantam Books |
Publication date | 1990 |
Media type | Print (paperback) |
Pages | 342 |
ISBN | 0-553-28637-4 |
OCLC | 21507483 |
Classic Stories 1: From The Golden Apples of the Sun and R is for Rocket is a semi-omnibus edition of two short story collections by Ray Bradbury: The Golden Apples of the Sun (1953) and R is for Rocket (1962).
The first 18 stories (17 prior to the third-printing's addition of the story "The Golden Apples of the Sun") are assimilated from the original Doubleday edition of The Golden Apples of the Sun. The stories appear in the original sequence, but with three omissions: "The Pedestrian" (1951), "Invisible Boy" (1945), and "Hail and Farewell" (1953). The final 14 stories in the collection are reproduced from R is for Rocket. Omitted are "The Gift" (1952) and two stories already present in The Golden Apples of the Sun.
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