Quicker Than the Eye

Summary

Quicker Than the Eye (ISBN 0-380-97380-4, 1996 Avon Books) is a collection of short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury.

Quicker Than the Eye
dust-jacket from the first edition
AuthorRay Bradbury
Cover artistBernie Fuchs
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy, science fiction
PublisherAvon Books
Publication date
1996
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages262 pp
ISBN0-380-97380-4
OCLC34699566
813/.54 20
LC ClassPS3503.R167 Q53 1996

Background edit

The anthology features 21 stories that had not yet appeared in book form.[1] Quicker Than the Eye features a mix of 11 old and 10 new stories.[2][3]

Contents edit

  • "Unterderseaboat Doktor", which features, as a psychiatrist, a former submarine captain in Hitler's undersea fleet, making connections between sub-marine and sub-conscious.
  • "Zaharoff/Richter Mark V", a speculation on why so many major cities are in such dangerous locales.
  • "Remember Sascha?"
  • "Another Fine Mess", a homage to Laurel and Hardy; a sequel to "The Laurel and Hardy Love Affair".
  • "The Electrocution"
  • "Hopscotch"
  • "The Finnegan", a tall tale in a Victorian mood.
  • "That Woman on the Lawn, a tangential episode in the same "universe" as Something Wicked This Way Comes
  • "The Very Gentle Murders", a fantasy of marital strife
  • "Quicker Than the Eye", which visits another carnival act.
  • "Dorian In Excelsis", which pays homage to Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • "No News, Or What Killed the Dog?"
  • "The Witch Door"
  • "The Ghost in the Machine"
  • "At the End Of the Ninth Year"
  • "Bug"
  • "Once More, Legato"
  • "Exchange"
  • "Free Dirt"
  • "Last Rites"
  • "The Other Highway"
  • "Make Haste To Live: An Afterword", in which the author writes of writing and the back-stories of some of the stories in this collection.

References edit

  1. ^ "Quicker Than The Eye". Kirkus. May 19, 2023.
  2. ^ Jonas, Gerald (February 23, 1997). "Science Fiction". New York Times. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  3. ^ Graeber, Laurel (January 25, 1998). "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks". New York Times. Retrieved May 19, 2023.

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