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ferrari8608onMar 26, 2015

Really just about anything by Bradbury is a good read. We read that one in high school, Fahrenheit 451. I liked it so much that my mother also bought me The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man, both of which are collections of related short stories and are very good.

trykondevonSep 29, 2020

I'd recommend something by Ray Bradbury -- one of my favorite short story collections of all time is his "The Illustrated Man".

Also a big fan of Asimov's "Robot Dreams".

dudeguy999onJune 6, 2012

His other early short story collections are on par with "The Illustrated Man". Don't miss them! I have fond memories of "The Toynbee Convector".

jdmoreiraonJan 25, 2015

If you like short stories I recommend Nine Tomorrows by Issac Asimov & The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury

gojomoonJune 21, 2009

Bradbury has had a distrust of the purely-virtual forever. Check out, for example, his 1951 short story "The Veldt" from "The Illustrated Man" collection. (You can find the story text online or easily read in a library or bookstore -- it's only 19 paperback pages.)

Also from 1951, check out the story "The Pedestrian".

Because written text is still so important in our online communications -- TV hasn't become the final media -- the future isn't quite as he'd feared. But there's still wisdom in his warnings.

In particular, watch out for anyone who says, "Now that we have the Kindle, we can use all these old books as kindling!"

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