R Is For Rocket: Ray Bradbury

A fabulous Bradbury circus of rocket bursts, sea monsters, frost and fire, an unusual wedding, a safari to the past, Christmas recaptured...In this volume: R Is For Rocket: a lad who spends his childhood gazing beyond the fence enclosing the Space Administration is finally admitted to the Astronaut Board. The End Of The Beginning: A man and his wife watch the launch of the manned rocket carrying their son and the others who will build the first space station. The Fog Horn: A lighthouse foghorn attracts a lonely sea monster. The Rocket: A poor man dreams of being able to take his family on a holiday to Mars. The Rocket Man: In a day and age when astronauts are the highly-paid elite, a little lad dreams of following in his astronaut father's footsteps. The Golden Apples Of The Sun: A spaceship captain is determined to fly to the Sun and bring back a part of it to Earth. A Sound Of Thunder: A time safari to any year in the past sounds exciting - except when the trip back is to a new reality. The Long Rain: Four astronauts are stranded on Venus, where the rain almost never, ever stops...The Exiles: The crew of a Mars-bound rocket are slowly dying, plagued by nightmarish visions...and on Mars, authors such as Poe, Blackwood, Dickens and Shakespeare are also slowly dying, outlawed for their superstitous themes...Here There Be Tygers: A paradisical planet seems to provide whatever is desired, even as it is thought of... The Strawberry Window:A family living on a desolate Mars outpost try their best to make a home. The Dragon: Two valiant knights are on a mission to slay a fearsome, fire-breathing, one-eyed dragon. Frost And Fire: On a planet awash in radiation, life is short - very short...Uncle Einar:Uncle Einar has a special gift, but he has to hide it from the world - until he finds a unique way to show it! The Time Machine: A group of youngsters break into an old, allegedly haunted mansion to find the legendary time machine rumoured to be hidden there. The Sound Of Summer Running: A young lad believes that summer is embodied in the feel of a new pair of sneakers - a belief that influences and motivates his life. Cover art by Ian Miller.