Quicker Than the Eye

Description

The internationally acclaimed author of *The Martian Chronicles* , *The Illustrated Man* , and *Fahrenheit 451* , Ray Bradbury is a magician at the height of his powers, displaying his sorcerer’s skill with twenty-one remarkable stories that run the gamut from total reality to light fantastic, from high noon to long after midnight. A true master tells all, revealing the strange secret of growing young and mad; opening a Witch Door that links two intolerant centuries; joining an ancient couple in their wild assassination games; celebrating life and dreams in the unique voice that has favored him across six decades and has enchanted millions of readers the world over.
Contains: Unterderseaboat Doktor — Zaharoff/Richter Mark V — Remember Sascha? — Another Fine Mess — The Electrocution — Hopscotch — The Finnegan — That Woman on the Lawn — The Very Gentle Murders — Quicker Than the Eye — Dorian in Excelsis — 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