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One More For The Road (2002)

One More for the Road (2002)

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0061032034 (ISBN13: 9780061032035)
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About book One More For The Road (2002)

This was an interesting, for Bradbury, mix of stories as most of them are general fiction. There is only one horror tale and only a few lie under the science fiction and/or fantasy category and they are light in that regard. What we do get is a lot of stories where religion pops up, cinema/movies are touched on multiple times, a few humor stories, and even a couple have homosexuality in them. So if you are in for something different than his early works than this might be for you, but unfortunately I only found a few of these stories to be really good – most were average at best.Some that stand out were the humorous tales: “The Dragon Danced at Midnight” and “The Enemy in the Wheat”. The first is a funny take where a drunk puts together film reels in the wrong order but the crowd goes crazy calling it the best avant-garde movie ever made, and the second tells the take of a farmer who believes a bomb has landed in his wheat field. Both were pretty funny. The one horror story “Beasts” was interesting, a direct phone call to hell that’s addictive. “My Son, Max” is another humorous story where the father decides to have an affair so he can have a son that will reproduce his family name because his current son is gay. And “Time Intervening” and “The Cricket on the Hearth” are both touching stories. The first deals with a man who is able to view his life in his house as a child, middle aged and as an old man and is able to interact with himself. And the second deals with the fact that a man and wife’s house gets bugged by a cricket for a few days, and the two decide they must act like ideal citizens which means they show love and caring for each other that they haven’t shown in years to fool the bug.So there are some good memorable stories here, but there are also a lot of stories that are filler or passed by and I forgot them quickly, which makes this a below average collection..

This is a short story collection from 2002 with stories written between 1947-2001. It's a good collection, there are a few running themes but mostly it's just a grouping of fun things to read. Some I liked more than others (I think Quid Pro Quo was my fave, I just KEPT going back to it...I even read it out loud to Lance).Mostly, following The Martian Chronicles with this collection has made me want to read more Bradbury. It's been a LONG time since I read Fahrenheit 451 or Something Wicked This Way Comes and I think I might want to revisit those, maybe a few others.So yay for that.I like how Bradbury reads like he's NOT American although he totally IS American and frequently his settings are American settings. I don't know how to explain that any better...it's like he manages to get a cultural distance that gives depth to the perspective while still being an actual participant in the culture. Also, his language is formal and stylized in a way that I really like.

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In this collection there are stories I didn't like, stories I liked, and stories I loved. Several stories were previously published in magazines. Many of the stories had main characters who were older so I could identify with them. I'm sure a younger reader would read without so much connection. Many of the stories were about lack of communication, unrequited love, or living alone...common themes. Some of them were fantasy or scifi stories, but most were just about the human condition with a fresh Bradbury slant.
—Judy

With the recent passing of Mr. Ray Bradbury, I wanted to read a collection of his stories. ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD is a great collection. Images drip from the pages. Scenes radiate long after a story has finished. Sometimes his words seem to be a flash of light, uttered by a being trying to be understood but can't because the limitations of imagination vary between every Reader. For this, I say thank you thank you thank you. You were truly a pioneer, Mr. Bradbury.If you don't want to read a full collection, read these ones:1. Heart Transplant2. In Memoriam 3. Tete-aTete4. The Dragon Danced at Midnight5. The Nineteenth 6. Autumn Afternoon 7. One More for the Road8. Time Intervening9. The Enemy in the Wheat 10. My Son, Max11. The F. Scott/Tolstoy/Ahab Accumulator 12. The Cricket on the HearthAnd if you really like to read about a writer and their writing process, be sure to read the afterword: Metaphors, the Breakfast of Champions. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
—TK421

"You sit at the bar while nursing your cold beer. You occasionally rub it against your sweating neck to cool off. Overdressed for the weather, you popped in here on a whim. The bar's fancy schmancy name drawing you in like a tourist to a souvenir shop. Caught in your own thoughts you barely notice Ray Bradbury plop down on the stool next to you. He orders something, you can't tell what it is, and begins mouthing off. He's telling a story or some other to no one, and because he's so close you can't quite seem to block him off so instead you opt to tune in, like you would a radio during a long drive. He tells one story after another and then don't really make sense to you but eventually something sticks. A nice word, a funny phrase, a character that you can relate to, something makes you put down your drink turn to Mr. Bradbury, and listen. Several hours (and rounds of drinks) pass as you listen intently, laughing and commenting to the flows of his stories. And with one last mug and one last laugh, Mr. Bradbury and you walk out of the bar into the sudden downpour of rain. Neither of you attempts to shield yourself, and with a smile and a handshake, Ray Bradbury leaves. You walk down a different road, enjoying the rain just like Ray Bradbury is, somewhere out there."Yeah, this book is like that.
—Carlos Arsenio Garcia

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