Quicker Than the Eye explained
| Quicker Than the Eye |
| Author: | Ray Bradbury |
| Cover Artist: | Bernie Fuchs |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Fantasy, science fiction |
| Publisher: | Avon Books |
| Release Date: | 1996 |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback) |
| Pages: | 262 pp |
| Isbn: | 0-380-97380-4 |
| Dewey: | 813/.54 20 |
| Congress: | PS3503.R167 Q53 1996 |
| Oclc: | 34699566 |
Quicker Than the Eye (1996 Avon Books) is a collection of short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury.
Background
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
- "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.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: May 19, 2023 . Quicker Than The Eye . Kirkus.
- Web site: Jonas . Gerald . February 23, 1997 . Science Fiction . May 19, 2023 . New York Times.
- Web site: Graeber . Laurel . January 25, 1998 . New & Noteworthy Paperbacks . May 19, 2023 . New York Times.
