Driving Blind
New York, NY, U.S.A. Avon Books, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. Fine / Fine in Archival Plastic Cover. Item #5128
ISBN: 0380973812
A handsome First Edition, First Printing signed by the author on the title page. A collection of short fiction by a master storyteller. In purple and light grey boards in fine unread condition. With a Fine colorful dustjacket in plastic cover complete and with price ($23.00) intact. By the author of an earlier collection of short fiction, "Quicker Than the Eye," "Fahrenheit 451," "Halloween Tree," and many more.
In Fine collectible condition.
Beloved writer Ray Bradbury penned 21 short stories for this collection that blend the mind-bending with every day realism. The book was met with mixed results, though reviewer David Soyka’s 1998 “SF site” critique argues, “Ray’s a lucky man. He gets to invent the world he wants to live in any damn way he pleases, and he’s nice enough to offer us a complimentary tour. If newer, hipper readers don’t quite get it, well, the hell with them. ‘Driving Blind’ is taking a trip with your favorite eccentric uncle—there are a lot of stories to be heard (some that sound vaguely familiar already), and even if he seemed to be a bit more interesting when he was a younger man, it’s still a trip worth taking.”
Ray Bradbury was a creative powerhouse who worked in nearly every writing format—screenplays, poems, short stories, full-length novels, and television scripts—leaving a legacy in the genres of fantasy, horror, science fiction, realism, and mystery. In a 2013 interview with Brendan Dowling, Bradbury explained his process for choosing a format or genre: “I don’t decide. My secret self decides. I just go with my subconscious… So I’m not in charge. I’m not in control… It speaks for itself. I wake up in the morning and I lie in bed, and it’s the time I call ‘theater of the morning.’ All these thoughts run around in my head, between my ears… and then I pick one and get out of bed and do it. I’m very lucky.”
An essential figure in American literary consciousness with a place in every collector’s library.
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