Lots of eerie, Ireland, sci fi. A good mix, with one unfortunate cringe-worthy one included (at least in my mind) Took a while to get through this, as Bradbury short stories need time to settle before moving on to the next.

Stunning collection of stories from a master of the craft. Mars, Halloween, horror, all with Bradbury's iconic retro vibe and singing prose.

Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales is like any story collection. There are good ones, bad ones, and okay ones. I am glad that I experienced this book. I can’t really recommend it though.

This book is a fabulous trip down memory lane to Bradburyville. If you know him, you'll love many of these already. If you don't, and try it, you'll love them by the time you're done.

Bradbury peppers even the shortest of his stories with enough meaning and wonder to make each one a satisfying read.

Bradbury was an American original and a master of his craft - poetic prose, a wide ranging imagination that varied from Horror to Sf to Fantasy to Mystery - full of wonder and nostalgia. This is a great collection that traverses his long and impressive career.

I’ve been on a big short story kick lately, and these are some of the best I’ve read. There’s a huge mix here genre wise, a good bit of sci-fi but also a lot of romance, horror, and some good slice of life stories. Really, really good stuff.

Great collection of Bradbury's short stories. A must-have

3.5 stars. This was a hard book to rate because it was a such a roller coaster. Some of the stories are compassionate, while others are quite mean-spirited. A lot of the prose was beautiful, but the Ireland parts seemed overly stereotypical, and there was quite a bit of misogyny scattered throughout the stories, but not always. I guess that's what happens when you publish 100 short stories written over several decades; in many ways, Bradbury probably wasn't the same person at the end that he was at the beginning. My favorites were probably the ones about childhood (except for "Zero Hour"). I'm glad I read this book, but I don't know that I would again. 5 stars for some stories, 1 star for others, 3 starts for a bunch of them.

It’s always risky to assume a compilation of a wildly prolific author is going to indeed be full of celebrated works. Some of them are truly fantastic, a bunch are just OK, and some (like the Ireland stories) are total duds. Still, this serves as a good cross-section of - and introduction to - Bradbury’s themes and styles.

4 / 5 Stars

It's always hard to review a collection of short stories. It's especially hard with a collection like this. For one, it's massive. 100 short stories, nearly 900 pages, and a lethal weapon in eleven states. This is a long term investment of reading time. Probably it's better to keep it on your bedside table and read a story or two a night, but it can be read straight through.

There are many impressive things about this collection, but the consistent quality has to top the list. Even the stories that I didn't like as much are still really good. This is especially impressive because the stories were written over a period of more than 50 years (the earliest story is from 1943, the latest from 1999). Also impressive is how Bradbury seemed to be able to move through genres, from the science fiction he's probably best known for to fantasy to nostalgic realism and even bittersweet romance.

I love Bradbury's writing, especially in short stories. I had already read more than a few of the stories (much of Dandelion Wine and The Martian Chronicles is here, for example) and I'm familiar with his voice and style. He's very good at writing characters who live and breathe on the page after just a few lines. Really, I can't say enough good about Bradbury's short stories in general. My only criticism of the book, which is petty, is that it doesn't include "There Will Come Soft Rains", a nostalgic favorite of mine since it was the first of Bradbury's short stories that I ever read.

Харесвам разказите на Бредбъри. Някои от тях са свързани помежду си, други пък са препратки към негови творби. За мен беше удоволствие да си припомня някои преживявания от "Вино от глухарчета", скрити сред сборника с разкази.