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The Playground was part of the first hardcover edition of Ray Bradbury's legendary work Fahrenheit 451, published in 1953. In the story, Charles Underhill is a widower who will do anything to protect his young son Jim from the horrors of the playground - a playground which he and the boy pass by daily and the tumult of which, the activity, brings back to Charles the anguish of his own childhood.

Step into the visionary imagination of Ray Bradbury with this powerful collection of classic science fiction and speculative tales that helped define the Golden Age of the genre. The Selected Works of Ray Bradbury brings together seven unforgettable short stories that explore humanity’s hopes, fears, and moral crossroads against the vast backdrop of space, time, and the unknown.

Ray Bradbury is a modern cultural treasure. His disarming simplicity of style underlies a towering body of work unmatched in metaphorical power by any other American storyteller. And here, presented in a new trade edition, are thirty-two of his most famous tales--prime examples of the poignant...

A Little Journey by Ray Bradbury is a poignant and quietly powerful science fiction short story that explores faith, aging, and the human hunger for transcendence. Written during Bradbury’s golden early-1950s period, the story follows Mrs. Bellowes, an elderly widow who joins a group of older women on what is promised to be a miraculous voyage to Mars—and ultimately, a path to God.

In I, Mars, Ray Bradbury delivers a haunting psychological science-fiction tale about isolation, identity, and the terrifying persistence of the past. Set against the silent red landscapes of Mars, this mid-century classic explores what happens when technology refuses to let loneliness end—and when the future becomes trapped in an endless conversation with its own younger self.

Jonah of the Jove-Run by Ray Bradbury is a poignant, thought-provoking science fiction novella that explores the fragile boundary between human intuition and machine precision in the age of space exploration. Set in a future where humanity has colonized Mars and pushes onward toward Jupiter, the story centers on Nibley—an aging, underestimated navigator whose instinctive grasp of cosmic movement defies the cold logic of computers.

Defense Mech by Ray Bradbury is a haunting and psychologically rich science fiction short story that explores the fragile boundary between reality and illusion. Set during a tense voyage from Earth to Mars, the narrative follows Halloway, a deeply anxious man whose terror of space threatens both his sanity and the mission itself. In a desperate bid to protect him, the ship’s psychiatrist deploys an experimental psychological “defense mechanism,” constructing an artificial reality in which Halloway believes he never left Earth.

Set amid an endless interstellar conflict, the narrative follows Sam Burnett, a weary coroner aboard the morgue ship Constellation, whose grim task is to retrieve and preserve the bodies of fallen soldiers drifting through space. As moral duty collides with personal conscience, Burnett is forced to reckon with the futility of violence, the machinery of war, and the humanity lost in its wake.

In 1953, the brilliant but terrifying titan of cinema John Huston summons the young writer Ray Bradbury to Ireland. The apprehensive scribe's quest is to capture on paper the fiercest of all literary beasts -- Moby Dick -- in the form of a workable screenplay so the great director can begin...

When space travelers Click Hathaway and Irish Marnagan are stranded on a barren asteroid after a catastrophic crash, they find themselves surrounded by horrifying alien creatures seemingly conjured by a ruthless pirate named Gunther. As oxygen dwindles and terror mounts, the men begin to realize a chilling truth: the monsters may not be physical beings at all, but manifestations of their own fears made real through belief and suggestion.

Nella serata che precede Ognissanti qualcosa di stupefacente è accaduto: un enorme albero è apparso e, dai suoi rami, pendono centinaia di zucche. Zucche in cui sono intagliati sorrisi inquietanti e occhi luminescenti che fissano otto ragazzini mascherati per l'occasione: Tom è vestito da scheletro, Henry da strega, Ralph è fasciato come una mummia, Georg è diventato uno spettro, J.J. scompigliato come un cavernicolo, Fred stracciato come un accattone, Wally indossa una maschera da grottesca, Pipkin... «Ehi, dov'è finito Pipkin?»...

Asleep in Armageddon by Ray Bradbury is a haunting and atmospheric science fiction tale that explores the thin boundary between consciousness and madness. After crash-landing on a desolate planetoid, space traveler Leonard Sale finds himself trapped in chilling isolation—until disembodied voices of ancient warriors begin to invade his mind.

There are very few writers who have ever written the sheer volume of epic (though not always in word count) tales, with a seemingly limitless stream of vibrant worlds, unique characters, and twisting-turning storylines that have kept thousands on the edges of their collective seats for a career spanning seven decades. But Ray Bradbury, the legend, did just that.

Green Town, anonimo centro dell'Illinois. Manca una settimana alla festa di Halloween, quando la sonnacchiosa cittadina viene sconvolta da un "carnevale nero". Un circo misterioso sembra promettere l'avverarsi di tutti i desideri, e l'eterna giovinezza. Saranno due amici tredicenni, James Nightshade e William Halloway, con tutta l'innocenza della loro età, a sconfiggere le forze del Male e a riscattare le anime dell'intera comunità. Ma impareranno anche troppo presto a fare i conti con i propri incubi.

Rocket Summer by Ray Bradbury is a haunting and visionary science fiction story that explores humanity’s uneasy relationship with progress. As the first rocket to the Moon prepares for launch, anticipation electrifies the world—but beneath the celebration lies unease. William Stanley, the man behind the mission, wrestles with the moral and existential weight of humanity’s leap into space.

Zero Hour by Ray Bradbury is a haunting science fiction short story that blurs the line between childhood fantasy and apocalyptic reality.

With its vivid world-building, psychological depth, and cosmic intrigue, Lorelei of the Red Mist is a timeless blend of pulp adventure and visionary storytelling from two of science fiction’s greatest masters.

The Creatures That Time Forgot by Ray Bradbury is a haunting and thought-provoking science fiction masterpiece set in a post-apocalyptic world where humanity’s existence has been compressed into a mere eight days. Following the tragic yet heroic journey of Sim, a boy born into a dying cave society, Bradbury explores the fragility of life, the relentlessness of time, and the desperate yearning for freedom and meaning.

Pillar of Fire by Ray Bradbury is a haunting and philosophical science fiction novella that explores the boundaries between life and death in a sterile, futuristic society that has abolished the very concept of mortality. When William Lantry, a man long dead, awakens in a world where death has been erased from memory and corpses are destroyed rather than buried, he becomes the last ghost of humanity’s forgotten fear. Driven by loneliness and rage, Lantry wages a one-man war against a civilization that refuses to remember its dead.

Charming and thought-provoking, this short story from American master of science fiction Ray Bradbury and narrated by Mike Vendetti follows the misadventures of a group of elderly women who have poured their life savings into a final trip to an outer-space paradise, only to find out that the promised journey doesn't pan out quite the way they expected it to.