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Forgotten Sci-Fi Classics: A Compilation from Galaxy Science Fiction Issues
MDP Publishing has once again compiled a collection of 6 stories from some of history's most prolific Science Fiction icons. These stories were originally published by Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine in the 1950's.
Stories include the 3 part full length novel The Fireman, by Ray Bradbury, the original story that his famous Farenheit 451 was based upon! Other stories include Arthur C. Clarke's The Stroke of the Sun, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s The Big Trip Up Yonder, and two short stories by Academy Award-winning actor Alan Arkin.
With all of the originally artwork from each issue of Galaxy, you can experience these stories the same way science fiction fans from the 1950's did!
Look for more editions of MDP'sGalaxy's Science Fiction series, available now at e-retailers worldwide.
Stories include the 3 part full length novel The Fireman, by Ray Bradbury, the original story that his famous Farenheit 451 was based upon! Other stories include Arthur C. Clarke's The Stroke of the Sun, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s The Big Trip Up Yonder, and two short stories by Academy Award-winning actor Alan Arkin.
With all of the originally artwork from each issue of Galaxy, you can experience these stories the same way science fiction fans from the 1950's did!
Look for more editions of MDP'sGalaxy's Science Fiction series, available now at e-retailers worldwide.
164 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 3, 2017
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Ray Bradbury
2,566 books25.4k followersRay Douglas Bradbury was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction.
Bradbury is best known for his novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and his short-story collections The Martian Chronicles (1950), The Illustrated Man (1951), and The October Country (1955). Other notable works include the coming of age novel Dandelion Wine (1957), the dark fantasy Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962) and the fictionalized memoir Green Shadows, White Whale (1992). He also wrote and consulted on screenplays and television scripts, including Moby Dick and It Came from Outer Space. Many of his works were adapted into television and film productions as well as comic books. Bradbury also wrote poetry which has been published in several collections, such as They Have Not Seen the Stars (2001).
The New York Times called Bradbury "An author whose fanciful imagination, poetic prose, and mature understanding of human character have won him an international reputation" and "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream".
Bradbury is best known for his novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and his short-story collections The Martian Chronicles (1950), The Illustrated Man (1951), and The October Country (1955). Other notable works include the coming of age novel Dandelion Wine (1957), the dark fantasy Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962) and the fictionalized memoir Green Shadows, White Whale (1992). He also wrote and consulted on screenplays and television scripts, including Moby Dick and It Came from Outer Space. Many of his works were adapted into television and film productions as well as comic books. Bradbury also wrote poetry which has been published in several collections, such as They Have Not Seen the Stars (2001).
The New York Times called Bradbury "An author whose fanciful imagination, poetic prose, and mature understanding of human character have won him an international reputation" and "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream".
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