A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories by Ray Bradbury

A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories

Ray Bradbury

With his disarmingly simple style and complex imagination, Ray Bradbury has seized the minds of American readers for decades.This collection showcases thirty-two of Bradbury's most famous tales in which he lays bare the depths of the human soul. The thrilling title story, A Sound of Thunder, tells of a hunter sent on safari -- sixty million years in the past. But all it takes is one wrong step in the prehistoric jungle to stamp out the life of a delicate and harmless butterfly -- and possib... (show more)

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Quote-leftMysterious and thrilling. Loved the ending!Quote-right

Quote-leftI adore this collection. This has some of his greatest shorts ever, such as "A Sound of Thunder" and "The Fog Horn"--if it only had "The Veldt", I wouldn't need any other collection.Quote-right

Quote-leftone of the best writers everQuote-right

Quote-leftI read this story in highschool english class in the 70's. The concept of an alternate reality (like The Allegory of the Cave AND Horton Hears a Who) and how a simple moment in time can change everything has stuck with me. These original giants of scifi (Bradbury, Asimov, Heinlein) rock.Quote-right

Quote-leftsweet si-fiQuote-right

Quote-leftI love this book. but I am weak when it comes to science fiction/ historical fiction.Quote-right

Quote-leftGoooood book, The Sound of Thunder was good.Quote-right

Quote-leftUnfortunately the movie of the same title did not even come close to doing this book justice......Quote-right

Quote-leftGreat stories about dinosaurs. Loved The Fog HornQuote-right

Quote-leftohhh scarey - has always sayed with meQuote-right

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