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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1951. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good +. A Near Fine copy of the book with the lower corners bumped and a slight bend in the lower corner of the text block. In a Very Good+ dust jacket with the spine gently faded, as usual, and a couple short tears (no loss). Completely unrestored and generally in attractive condition. Signed by the author on the title page. A collection of short stories by one of Science Fiction’s strongest voices. In Bradbury's classic style, flawed and deeply human characters struggle against forces exponentially larger than themselves: from a story of the atomic war seen from the Mexican-American border to a man whose living and moving tattoos predict tragedy. Poignant at the time of its publication, the book has maintained its prophetic power. “Readers today will find in The Illustrated Man a fresh perspective that illuminates global issues like artificial intelligence and climate change” (JSTOR…

The Illustrated Man is a collection of eighteen science fiction short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. A recurring theme throughout the eighteen stories is the conflict of the cold mechanics of technology and the psychology of people.

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