Journal Entry 1 by 16stepper from Gilbert, Arizona USA on Thursday, May 06, 2004

22 short stories that only Bradbury could tell.

I am sending this out as a bookray. PM me if you are interested. Current participants in mailing order:

caligula03 (CA)
jamieh2003 (WV)
Kitten22 (CT)
nyassa (UK)
gerenggat (UK)
billhookbabe (UK)
DianeO (UK)
sqdancer (Alberta, CA)
Lauraloo29 (CA) 

Journal Entry 2 by caligula03 from Hayward, California USA on Saturday, July 17, 2004

The book arrived today at my old address. This is the last weekend I'll be at the old address. Anyway, great postcard inclosed of a huge saguaro cactus that has flattened a car! 

Journal Entry 3 by caligula03 from Hayward, California USA on Tuesday, September 21, 2004

I'm thoroughly enjoying these short stories. They're the perfect length, each about 10 to 15 pages, just enough to build up the story and knock it over with a classic Bradbury twist. My favorite stories for far are "The Burning Man", which asks the reader to reexamine his or her own prejudices in the setting of a typical lone road hitchhiker horror story, and "The Perfect Murder" which shows that time is the ultimate judge and jury. I plan to finish reading the remaining stories and mail the book on Saturday. 

Journal Entry 4 by caligula03 at on Tuesday, September 21, 2004

Released 7 yrs ago (9/25/2004 UTC) at

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Mailing on Saturday to jamieh2003. 

Journal Entry 5 by jamieh2003 from Wiley Ford, West Virginia USA on Thursday, October 21, 2004

This arrived in yesterday's mail. Thanks so much for including me on the ring! I will be starting this today and try and have it out to Kitten22 before the end of the week.

This book includes the storiesand I've indicated which ones were my favorites with an asterisk.
The Blue Bottle
One Timeless Spring*
The Parrot Who Met Papa
The Burning Man*
A Piece of Wood
The Messiah
G.B.S.-Mark V
The Utterly Perfect Murder
Punishment without Crime
Getting Through Sunday Somehow
Drink Entire: Against the Madness of Crowds
Interval in Sunlight*
A Story of Love*
The Wish
Forever and the Earth
The Better Part of Wisdom
Darling Adolf
The Miracles of Jamie
The October Game*
The Pumpernickel
Long After Midnight
Have I Got a Chocolate Bar for You!


Though all of these stories are excellent. I've managed to narrow it down to my three favorites in the collection. I also would like to add, "Long After Midnight" as a runner-up;-) I think it illustrates so well the difference between age and experience over youth and passion and all with the trademark Bradbury twist at the end. I want to write more about it but I'm afraid that if I did I would spoiler it for future readers on the ring.

One Timeless Spring I liked this little paranoiac tale. Filled with elements of rebellion, bulemia, and a child's resistance to change this story seems just as pertinant now as it did when it was published.

Interval in Sunlight Perhaps it's my personal history of staying too long in a very bad relationship that made this tale so nightmarishly real to me, but I found myself feeling trapped along with the protagonist and was chilled by the subsumation of her person.

The October GameI first read this story years ago, and it remains my very favorite of the "gotcha" style stories. You feel the suspense building and the last line is a hoot! Bradbury was at the top of his game with this one.



 

Journal Entry 6 by jamieh2003 from Wiley Ford, West Virginia USA on Saturday, October 23, 2004

Kitten22 has asked to be skipped so I have contacted nyassa for her address. I will be shipping as soon as I receive her addy. 

Journal Entry 7 by jamieh2003 at International Post in postal mail, A Bookray -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, November 02, 2004

Released on Tuesday, November 02, 2004 at about 9:00:00 AM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at International Post in postal mail, A Bookray Controlled Releases.

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Sorry it took me so long to get this mailed. It went out in this morning's post to nyassa. 

Journal Entry 8 by 16stepper from Gilbert, Arizona USA on Monday, April 11, 2005

I have a PM from nyassa that this bookray has not arrived at her location, so I am presuming it is lost in the mail. Will attempt to find another copy. 

Journal Entry 9 by lostbookisland on Monday, March 06, 2006