I would never have become quite the voracious science fiction reader that I am had I not been given free reign to paw through my father's bookshelves of science fiction classics and read to my heart's content. One of the first was The Illustrated Man, and I have never forgotten that unsettling and beautifully crafted series of short stories
This image is a direct memory of the cover of my own copy of the Illustrated Man, although it is by no means a copy. The images on my Illustrated Man's back come from the collection itself, as well as Bradbury's other works. If you look closely, you can see references to "The Veldt", "The Highway", "The Long Rain", "Kaleidescope", and from The Martian Chronicles, "There Will Come Soft Rains", and "Night Meeting". |
