These stories are precipitously balanced on the edge between science fiction and crime fiction and most, if not all in some manner, contain serious elements of science fiction, fantasy, or supernatural. To say that this is a collection of Bradbury's crime fiction seemingly separates it from his hard science fiction.

Collected here for your reading enjoyment, Hard Case Crime has packaged in one reasonably-sized volume a whole plethora of Bradbury's crime fiction.ĭon't make the mistake of thinking that these are like the collections of long-lost, never published writings by other writers (most of which were properly rejected by publishers before those authors became famous). Best known as a science fiction writer and, indeed, best known as a giant in the science fiction world, Bradbury also penned numerous crime fiction tales, particularly in his early formative writing years.

That is, he is one of those people who is such a great storyteller that he could write in any genre or on any topic and every sentence would be a juicy morsel.

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 traveler 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 rivaled 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.Ray Bradbury is a master storyteller. Time travelers.dark carnivals.living automata.and detectives? Honoring the 100th birthday of Ray Bradbury, renowned author of Fahrenheit 451, this new, definitive collection of the master's less well-known crime fiction, published in a high-grade premium collectible edition, 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.' Celebrating Ray Bradbury's centennial, an illustrated commemorative collection of his finest crime stories - tales as strange and wonderful as his signature fantasy.

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