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Fahrenheit 451

AvRay Bradbury

Inbunden, Svenska, 2018

(5)

255 kr

Guy Montag är ingen vanlig brandman. Han tänder eldar i stället för att släcka dem. På statens uppdrag bränner han böcker, alla gamla tryckta böcker som kan kallas »litteratur« och som därigenom förväntas kunna få folk att spåra ur och inbilla sig att de kan förändra världen. Han bränner både böckerna och husen där han hittat dem - ibland även människorna i husen, om de knusslar. Sedan åker han hem till sin hustru Mildred, som tillbringar dagarna framför TV:n. Men så lär Guy känna Clarisse, en sjuttonårig granne, som får honom att börja tänka och han inser vilken kraft som finns i egna, självständiga tankar och vilken hjälp han får från den av alla så hatade litteraturen. Omgivningen registrerar hur Guy går från att vara en statens trogne tjänare till att bli statens fiende. Ray Bradburys Fahrenheit 451, betitlad efter den temperatur vid vilken papper självantänder, är en av världslitteraturens största klassiker i den dystopiska genren, en roman vars budskap i dag känns mer levande och relevant än någonsin. Här i svensk översättning av Siv Nordin.

RAY BRADBURY [1920-2012] var en amerikansk författare som skrev 27 romaner och mer än 600 noveller, mestadels i genrerna science fiction och skräck. Hans mest berömda verk är den dystopiska romanen Fahrenheit 451 [1953], mångfaldigt prisbelönt och ständigt omtryckt. Romanen filmatiserades 1966, av François Truffaut, och är nu under produktion som ny, stor TV-serie på HBO, med Michael B. Jordan i en av huvudrollerna.

»Briljant. Lika skrämmande som genial. Ray Bradburys uppgörelse med den här galna världen, vilken uppvisar många alarmerande likheter med vår egen, upphör aldrig att fascinera.« | The New York Times

Fahrenheit 451

AvRay Bradbury

Häftad, Engelska, 1993

(7)

119 kr

The hauntingly prophetic classic novel set in a not-too-distant future where books are burned by a special task force of firemen. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is discord in his marriage. Are books hidden in his house? The Mechanical Hound of the Fire Department, armed with a lethal hypodermic, escorted by helicopters, is ready to track down those dissidents who defy society to preserve and read books.The classic novel of a post-literate future, ‘Fahrenheit 451’ stands alongside Orwell’s ‘1984’ and Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’ as a prophetic account of Western civilization’s enslavement by the media, drugs and conformity.Bradbury’s powerful and poetic prose combines with uncanny insight into the potential of technology to create a novel which over fifty years from first publication, still has the power to dazzle and shock.

Fahrenheit 451

AvRay Bradbury

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

198 kr

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Dandelion Wine

AvRay Bradbury

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

(1)

129 kr

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An endearing classic of childhood memories of an idyllic midwestern summer from the celebrated author of ‘Farenheit 451’."He stood at the open window in the dark, took a deep breath and exhaled.The street lights, like candles on a black cake, went out.He exhaled again and again and the stars began to vanish.Douglas smiled. He pointed a finger.There, and there. Now over here, and here…Yellow squares were cut in the dim morning earth as house lights winked slowly on. A sprinkle of windows came suddenly alight miles off in dawn country.'Everyone yawn. Everyone up.'"In the backwaters of Illinois, Douglas Spaulding's grandfather makes an intoxicating brew from harvested dandelions. ‘Dandelion Wine’ is a quirky, breathtaking coming-of-age story from one of science fiction's greatest writers. Distilling his experiences into "Rites & Ceremonies" and "Discoveries & Revelations", the young Spaulding wistfully ponders over magical tennis shoes, and machines for every purpose from time travel to happiness and silent travel.Based upon Bradbury's own experiences growing up in Waukegan in the 1920s, ‘Dandelion Wine’ is a heady mixture of fond memory, forgiveness, magic, the imagination and above all, of summers that seemed to go on forever.

Fahrenheit 451

AvRay Bradbury

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

(1)

189 kr

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Voyager Classics – timeless masterworks of science fiction and fantasy. A beautiful clothbound edition of the internationally acclaimed Fahrenheit 451 – a masterwork of twentieth-century literature. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. The terrifyingly prophetic novel of a post-literate future.Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is discord in his marriage. Are books hidden in his house? The Mechanical Hound of the Fire Department, armed with a lethal hypodermic, escorted by helicopters, is ready to track down those dissidents who defy society to preserve and read books.The classic dystopian novel of a post-literate future, Fahrenheit 451 stands alongside Orwell’s 1984 and Huxley’s Brave New World as a prophetic account of Western civilization’s enslavement by the media, drugs and conformity.Bradbury’s powerful and poetic prose combines with uncanny insight into the potential of technology to create a novel which, decades on from first publication, still has the power to dazzle and shock.

Spawn Of Venus And Other Stories

AvWallace Wood,Al Feldsteinm. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

(1)

435 kr

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Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 1

AvRay Bradbury

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

279 kr

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One hundred classic stories from the celebrated author of Fahrenheit 451.In this, the first volume of Ray Bradbury's short stories, some of the author's finest works are published together, among them ‘Homecoming’, ‘Veldt’, ‘A Sound of Thunder’ and ‘The Long Rain’.Join an ill-fated crew of astronauts pushed to the brink of insanity by the incessant and highly corrosive rain on Venus, a high-tech virtual reality playroom that comes to life with terrible consequences, and a safari company offering tours for the wealthy back in time to the prehistoric era to stalk and kill dinosaurs, resulting in the present they return to being irrevocably altered.This collection is a rare treasure trove of wonder; as apprehensive about technology and the fate of humanity as it is elegiaic of its irrepressible progress. Each story presents an enlightening and poetic facet of Bradbury’s writing, every one as relevant now as when it was first written.

Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 2

AvRay Bradbury

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

(1)

254 kr

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A scintillating collection of stories from the master of science fiction.Since the beginning of his career in the 1940s, Ray Bradbury has become synonymous with great science fiction from the pulp comic books of his early work to his adaptations for television, stage and screen and most notably for his masterpiece, ‘Fahrenheit 451’.Bradbury has done a rare thing; to capture both the popular and literary imagination. Within these pages the reader will be transported to foreign and extraordinary worlds, become transfixed by visions of the past, present, and future and be left humbled and inspired by one of most absorbing and engaging writers of this century, and the last.This is the second of two volumes offering the very best of his short stories including 'The Garbage Collector', ‘The Machineries of Joy’ and ‘The Toynbee Convector’.

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Invasion på Mars

AvRay Bradbury

Häftad, Svenska, 2026

219 kr

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Baserad på 75-årsutgåvan, med ett nytt kapitel samt det återupptäckta förordet av författarenInvasion på Mars är en av science fiction-litteraturens stora klassiker. Boken består av sammanlänkade noveller som tillsammans bildar en episk berättelse om mänsklighetens drömmar, rädslor och undergång. Här skildras människans försök att kolonisera Mars – från de första trevande expeditionerna till planetens långsamma och ödesmättade förvandling.När ett förödande kärnvapenkrig bryter ut på jorden förändras allt. Mars blir både en tillflyktsort och en spegel för det som gått förlorat: civilisation, ansvar och mänsklighet. Bradbury visar hur människan, även långt från sin hemplanet, bär med sig samma rädslor, maktstrukturer och destruktiva mönster.

Ray Bradburys genombrottsverk är en milstolpe i amerikansk berättarkonst och knyter an till litteraturens tidlösa teman – hopp, besvikelse, okunnighet och människans destruktiva förbannelse. Karaktärsteckningen är fulländad, scenerna är oförglömliga – och kanske är det också den vackrast skrivna science fiction-romanen någonsin. Här återutges den i Olle Mobergs klassiska översättning och med nya partier översatta av Erik MacQueen.”Vad, undrar jag när jag slår igen den här boken, har denne man från Illinois skapat, vars glimtar ur en erövring av en främmande planet lämnar mig vettskrämd och ensam?” Jorge Luis Borges

”En mycket stor och unik talang … Bör redan mätas mot genrens stora mästare” Christopher Isherwood

Ray Bradbury (1920–2012) åtnjöt en sjuttio år lång karriär som författare och har inspirerat otaliga unga människor att drömma, tänka och skapa. Han upptäckte sin egen berättarådra när han som tolvåring vidrördes av trollkarlen Mr Electrico med uppmaningen ”Lev för evigt!” Han är mest känd för dystopin Fahrenheit 451.

Illustrated Man

AvRay Bradbury

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

(2)

139 kr

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A classic collection of stories – all told on the skin of a man – from the author of Fahrenheit 451.If El Greco had painted miniatures in his prime, no bigger than your hand, infinitely detailed, with his sulphurous colour and exquisite human anatomy, perhaps he might have used this man’s body for his art…Yet the Illustrated Man has tried to burn the illustrations off. He’s tried sandpaper, acid, and a knife. Because, as the sun sets, the pictures glow like charcoals, like scattered gems. They quiver and come to life. Tiny pink hands gesture, tiny mouths flicker as the figures enact their stories – voices rise, small and muted, predicting the future.Here are sixteen tales: sixteen illustrations… the seventeenth is your own future told on the skin of the Illustrated Man.

Illustrated Man

AvRay Bradbury

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

145 kr

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Martian Chronicles

AvRay Bradbury

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

197 kr

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Martian Chronicles

AvRay Bradbury

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

(2)

129 kr

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The strange and wonderful tale of man’s experiences on Mars, filled with intense images and astonishing visions.The classic work that transformed Ray Bradbury into a household name.Written in the age of the atom when America and Europe optimisitcally viewed the discovery of life on Mars as inevitable, Bradbury’s 1940s short stories of a brutal, stark and unforgiving martian landscape were as shocking and visionary as they were insightful.‘The Martian Chronicles’ tells the story of humanity’s repeated attempts to colonize the red planet. The first men were few. Most succumbed to a disease they called the Great Loneliness when they saw their home planet dwindle to the size of a pin dot. Those few that survived found no welcome. The shape-changing Martians thought they were native lunatics and duly locked them up.More rockets arrived from Earth, piercing the hallucinations projected by the Martians. People brought their old prejudices with them – and their desires and fantasies, tainted dreams. These were soon inhabited by the strange native beings, with their caged flowers and birds of flame.

Something Wicked This Way Comes

AvRay Bradbury

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

142 kr

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'The novel is drenched in darkness, every character a slice of night' GuardianIt's All Hallow's Eve, and Cooger and Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to town.Hear the music, see the lights, shrug off life's worries and enter a place where dreams are not dreams, and wishes can be real.All this awaits two boys trembling on the brink of manhood. But entering the smoke, mazes and mirrors, they will discover that not all dreams are worth the cost that must be paid . . .'A brilliant story brilliant executed. A must-read for fans of dark fantasy or horror, especially horror' SF Site

Stories of Ray Bradbury

AvRay Bradbury

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

289 kr

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p-Included here are famous tales like 'Sound of Thunder', in which the carelessness of a group of time-travellers leads to disastrous consequences, and 'The Veldt', in which two seemingly innocent young children transform their nursery into a lethal trap. Here are the Martian stories, tales that vividly animate the red planet with its brittle cities and double-mooned sky. Here are stories which speak of a special nostalgia for Green Town, Illinois, the perfect setting for a seemingly cloudless childhood - except for the unknown terror lurking in the ravine. Here are the Irish stories and the Mexican stories, linked across their separate geographies by Bradbury's astonishing inventiveness. Here, too, are thrilling, terrifying stories such as 'The Fog Horn' - perfect for reading under the covers.Read for the first time, these stories are a feast for the imagination; read again - and again - they reveal new, dazzling facets of a master storyteller's extraordinary art.

Farewell Summer

AvRay Bradbury

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

143 kr

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A poignant and brilliant sequel to Dandelion Wine from the author of Fahrenheit 451In Green Town Illinois, Douglas Spaulding is in the midst of a small civil war with the old pitted against the young in this, the second book in Bradbury’s semi-fictionalised account of his childhood. As the school board’s figure of authority Mr Calvin C. Quartermain attempts to outwit the boys at every turn, their antics increase and become ever more daring and mischevious. Once the shadow of winter draws across Green Town, the boys quickly realise that their enemy is not so much the senior members of their own community, but rather time itself which is ever ebbing away, just beyond the reach of their most daring trick yet: a bold attempt to sabotage the town’s clock.

Dandelion Wine

A Novel

AvRay Bradbury

Häftad, Engelska, 1985

(1)

187 kr

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Martian Chronicles

AvRay Bradbury

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

155 kr

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The strange and wonderful tale of man’s experiences on Mars, filled with intense images and astonishing visions. Now part of the Voyager Classics collection.The Martian Chronicles tells the story of humanity’s repeated attempts to colonize the red planet. The first men were few. Most succumbed to a disease they called the Great Loneliness when they saw their home planet dwindle to the size of a fist. They felt they had never been born. Those few that survived found no welcome on Mars. The shape-changing Martians thought they were native lunatics and duly locked them up.But more rockets arrived from Earth, and more, piercing the hallucinations projected by the Martians. People brought their old prejudices with them – and their desires and fantasies, tainted dreams. These were soon inhabited by the strange native beings, with their caged flowers and birds of flame.

Now and Forever

AvRay Bradbury

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

144 kr

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Two dazzling new novellas from the celebrated author of Fahrenheit 451.Two previously unpublished novellas comprise this astonishing new volume from one of science fiction's greatest living writers. In the first, 'Somewhere a Band is Playing', newsman James Cardiff is lured through poetry and his fascination with a beautiful and enigmatic young woman to Summerton, Arizona. The small town's childless population hold an extraordinary secret which has been passed on for thousands of years unbeknownst to the rest of human civilization.In the second novella, 'Leviathan '99', the classic tale of Herman Melville's ‘Moby Dick’ is reborn as an interstellar adventure. It recounts the exploits of the mad Captain Ahab, who, blinded by his first encounter with a gigantic comet called 'Leviathan', pursues his lunatic vendetta across the universe. Born in space and seeking adventure in the skies, astronaut Ishmael Jones joins the crew aboard the Cetus 7 and quickly finds his fate in the hands of an indefatigable captain.Published together for the first time in one volume, these two stories twinkle with Bradbury's characteristically intricate metaphors and lyrical phrases. Both are a lasting testament to an older generation of writers that, much like the Leviathan itself, are on the threshold of passing on into the realm of legend.

Zen in the Art of Writing

AvRay Bradbury

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

137 kr

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In this exuberant book, the incomparable Ray Bradbury shares the wisdom, experience, and excitement of a lifetime of writing.The first thing a writer should be is – excitedAuthor of the iconic FAHRENHEIT 451, THE ILLUSTRATED MAN and THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, Ray Bradbury is one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century.Part memoir, part masterclass, ZEN IN THE ART OF WRITING offers a vivid and exuberant insight into the craft of writing. Bradbury reveals how writers can each find their own unique path to developing their voice and style.ZEN IN THE ART OF WRITING offers a celebration of the act of writing that will delight, impassion, and inspire.

Killer, Come Back To Me

AvRay Bradbury

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

143 kr

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Celebrating Ray Bradbury's centenary, this collection commemorates his finest crime stories – tales as strange and wonderful as his signature fantasy. Time travellers…dark carnivals…living automata…and detectives? Honouring the 100th birthday of Ray Bradbury, renowned author of Fahrenheit 451, this new, definitive collection of the master's less well-known crime fiction features classic stories and rare gems, a number of which became episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Ray Bradbury Theater, including the tale Bradbury called ‘one of the best stories in any field that I have ever written’.Is it murder to destroy a robot if it looks and speaks and thinks and feels like a human being? Can a ventriloquist be incriminated by the testimony of his own dummy? Can a time traveller prevent his younger self from killing the woman they both loved? And can the survivor of a pair of Siamese twins investigate his own brother's murder? No other writer has ever rivalled the imagination and narrative gifts of Ray Bradbury, and the 20 unforgettable stories in this collection demonstrate this singular writer's extraordinary range, influence and emotional power.

Dark Carnival

AvRay Bradbury

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

129 kr

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'Let us now praise Ray Bradbury' THE TIMES Bradbury's first story collection is a must-read for any fan of the genre, spinning stardust and cobwebs in its wondrous wake.It contains twenty-seven stories, from science fiction’s master storyteller.