
Books and Publications by Ray Bradbury

Books and Publications by Ray Bradbury

Dark Carnival (1947) -- Stories

The Martian Chronicles (1950) (Published in England under the title
The Silver Locusts) -- Stories

The Illustrated Man (1951) -- Stories

No Man is an Island (1952) -- by Ray Bradbury.  A ten-page pamphlet
published by Brandeis University Women's Committee. 

Fahrenheit 451 (1953) -- Novel

The Golden Apples of the Sun (1953) -- Stories

The October Country (1955) -- Stories

Switch On the Night (1955) -- Children's Book

Dandelion Wine (1957) -- Novel

  
Sun and Shadow (1957) -- Story.  This was a limited edition of 90
copies by the Quenian Press.
  

A Medicine For Melancholy (1960) (Originally published in England
in 1959 under the title The Day It Rained Forever) -- Stories 
  

Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962) -- Novel 
  

The Essence of Creative Writing:  Letters to a Young Aspiring Author
(1962) -- A selection of three letters, somewhat abridged, from Ray
Bradbury to Clinton Lenoir.  Published by the San Antonio, Texas
Public Library. 
  

R Is For Rocket (1962) -- Stories 
  

The Small Assassin (1962) -- Stories.  Published exclusively in England
by Ace Books.
  

The Anthem Sprinters And Other Antics (1963) -- Plays. 
  

The Machineries of Joy (1964) -- Stories 
  

The Pedestrian (1964) -- Short Story.  This limited edition of 280
copies were hand-printed by Roy A. Squires. 
  

The Autumn People (1965) -- Published by Ballantine. 
  

A Device Out of Time (1965) -- Play.  Approximately 35 to 40 copies
were prepared for Ray Bradbury's personal use in 1965.  In 1976,
the Dramatic Publishing Company published a trade edition.
  

The Vintage Bradbury (1965) -- Stories 
  

The Day It Rained Forever:  A Comedy in One Act (1966) -- A Play.
Published by Samuel French, Inc., New York. 
  

The Pedestrian:  A Fantasy in One Act (1966) -- A Play.  Published
by Samuel French, Inc., New York. 
  

S Is For Space (1966) -- Stories 
  

Tomorrow Midnight (1966) -- Published by Ballantine. 
  

Twice 22 (1966) -- Stories.  Reprints the stories that appeared in
A Medicine for Melancholy and The Golden Apples of the Sun. 
  

Creative Man Among His Servant Machines (1967) -- Essay.  A Xeroxed
typescript consisting of twelve stapled leaves.  A luncheon address
to the Fifth Annual Meeting of Users of Automatic Information Display
Equipment.  Published by Stromberg Datagraphix, San Diego, California.

  

I Sing the Body Electric (1969) -- Stories 
  

Old Ahab's Friend, and Friend to Noah, Speaks His Piece (1971) --
Poetry.  485 copies published by Roy A. Squires. 
  

The Halloween Tree (1972) -- Novel 
  

Pillar Of Fire:  A Drama (1972) -- Play.  This edition was issued
prior to the collection Pillar Of Fire and Other Plays (1975).  Only
35 to 40 copies were prepared for Bradbury's use. 
  

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit and Other Plays (1972) -- Plays 
  

When Elephants Last In The Dooryard Bloomed (1973) -- Poetry 
  

Zen in the Art of Writing and The Joy of Writing:  Two Essays (1973)
-- Essays.  Published by Capra Press.
  

That Son of Richard III (1974) -- A limited edition pamphlet of 400
copies published by Roy A. Squires.
  

Pillar of Fire and Other Plays (1975) -- Plays 
  

Long After Midnight (1976) -- Stories 
  

That Ghost, that Bride of Time:  Excerpts from a Play-in-Progress
(1976) -- Play.  Based on the Moby Dick mythology and dedicated to
Herman Melville.  This was a numbered limited edition of 400 copies,
the first 150 of which were signed by Ray Bradbury.
  

Where Robot Mice and Robot Men Run 'Round in Robot Towns (1977) --
Poetry.  Published by Alfred A. Knopf. 
  

The God in Science Fiction (1978).  Quarto.  Published by Santa Susanna
Press. 
  

The Mummies of Guanajuato (1978) -- Story.  Photography by Archie
Lieberman. 
  

Twin Hieroglyphs that Swim the River Dust (1978) -- Poetry.  A signed
and numbered limited edition of 300 copies from Lord John Press.

  

Beyond 1984:  Remembrance of Things Future (1979).  A signed limited
edition of 350 copies from Targ Editions. 
  

This Attic Where the Meadow Greens (1979) -- A signed and numbered
limited edition of 300 copies from Lord John Press. 
  

The Ghosts of Forever (1980) -- Includes a prologue by the author
and an illustration by Aldo Sessa.  Published by Rizzoli Press. 
  

The Last Circus and the Electrocution (1980) -- Stories.  A limited
cloth edition from Lord John Press. 
  

Stories of Ray Bradbury (1980) -- Stories 
  

The Complete Poems of Ray Bradbury (1981) -- Poetry 
  

The Haunted Computer and the Android Pope (1981) -- Poetry 
  

Then Is All Love?  It Is, It Is! (1981) -- Poem.  A signed limited
edition of 230 copies published by the Orange County Book Society.

  

There Is Life On Mars (1981) -- published by Reader's Digest Press.

  

The Love Affair (1982) -- Story and Poems 
  

The Other Foot (1982) -- Story.  Published by Perfection Form Co.

  

The Veldt (1982) -- Story.  Published by Perfection Form Co. 
  

Dinosaur Tales (1983) -- Stories.  Originally published by Byron
Preiss Visual Publications.  Re-printed in 1996 by Barnes and Noble
Books. 
  

Forever and the Earth (1984) -- Radio Dramatization.  This was a
limited edition of 300 copies published by Croissant Press, signed
and numbered by the author. 
  

The Last Good Kiss (1984) 
  

A Memory of Murder (1984) -- Stories 
  

Death Is a Lonely Business (1985) -- Novel 
  

The April Witch:  A Creative Classic (1987) -- Story.  Illustrated
by Gary Kelly.  Published by Creative Education, Inc. 
  

Death Has Lost Its Charm For Me (1987) -- Poetry.  Published by Lord
John Press. 
  

Fahrenheit 451 / The Illustrated Man / Dandelion Wine / The Golden
Apples of the Sun / The Martian Chronicles (1987) -- Novels and Stories.

  

Fever Dream (1987) -- Story.  Illustrated by Darrel Anderson. 
  

The Fog Horn:  A Creative Classic (1987) -- Story.  Illustrated by
Gary Kelley.  Published by Creative Education, Inc. 
  

The Other Foot:  A Creative Classic (1987) -- Story.  Illustrated
by Gary Kelley.  Published by Creative Education, Inc. 
  

The Veldt:  A Creative Classic (1987) -- Story.  Illustrated by Gary
Kelley.  Published by Creative Education, Inc. 
  

The Dragon (1988) -- Story.
  

Falling Upward (1988) -- Play.  Published by the Dramatic Publishing
Company.
  

The Toynbee Convector (1988) -- Stories 
  

The Climate of Palettes (1989) -- A signed and numbered limited edition
of 150 copies from Lord John Press. 
  

The Day It Rained Forever (1990) -- Musical. 
  

A Graveyard For Lunatics (1990) -- Novel 
  

The Martian Chronicles:  The 40th Anniversary Edition (1990) -- Stories.
This edition includes the story "The Fire Balloons" and adds a new
foreward, "The Long Road To Mars," by Ray Bradbury. 
  

Zen in the Art of Writing (1990) -- Essays on the art and craft of
writing. 
  

Classic Stories Volume One (1990) -- Stories.  This volume contains
the two previous collections The Golden Apples of the Sun and R Is
For Rocket. 
  

Classic Stories Volume Two (1990) -- Stories.  This volume contains
selections from the two previous collections A Medicine For Melancholy
and S Is For Space. 
  

Selected from Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed (1991) -- Story. 
  

Ray Bradbury On Stage:  A Chrestomathy of Plays (1991) -- A collection
of previously published stage plays.  Published by Donald Fine, Inc.

  

Yestermorrow:  Obvious Answers to Impossible Futures (1991) -- Essays.

  

Green Shadows, White Whale (1992) -- Novel 
  

The Stars (1993) -- Poem 
  

Switch on the Night (1993) -- A newly illustrated edition of the
1955 children's book.
  

Quicker Than The Eye  (1996) -- Stories.
  

  

Forthcoming Publications

Driving Blind (forthcoming -- due October 1997) -- Stories.   
The October Country (forthcoming -- due Autumn 1997) -- Stories.
Avon Books has announced their plans to re-issue this short story
collection. 
The October Country (forthcoming -- due Autumn 1997) -- Stories.
Gauntlet Press has announced that they will publish a limited edition
re-issued of this short story collection. 
Dogs Think That Everyday is Christmas (forthcoming -- due in September
1997) -- Poem.  Illustrations by Louise Max.  Gibbs Smith Publications,
Salt Lake City.  ISBN No. 087905753X. 
With Cat for Comforter (forthcoming -- due in September 1997) --
Poem.  Illustrations by Louise Max.  Gibbs Smith Publications, Salt
Lake City.  ISBN No. 0879057521. 
Ahmed and the Oblivion Machines (forthcoming -- no release date at
present) -- A children's book about flight through the ages. 
Journey to Far Metaphor:  Further Essays on Creativity, Writing,
Literature and the Arts  (forthcoming -- possibly due in 1997) --
Capra Press, Santa Barbara.  
  
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