I enjoyed this collection of short stories as I was reading it, but when I was done, I couldn't remember much of what I'd read. I had the most fun with "Hail to the Chief," in which a group of U.S. Senators gambles away the nation at a Native American tribe's casino.

I'm not much of a short story person. I got this book because I wanted to read a Bradbury story about a cat for comfort, or some such. That title came up in reference to a quilt that my awesome granddaughter, Ramona, had. (well, originally it was her mother's) It turns out to be the wrong book. With Cat for Comfort is an illustrated children's book.
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I got about halfway through this book and gave up. None of the stories were particularly interesting.

Una raccolta di racconti. Bradbury racconta le persone in un modo unico e delicato. Alcuni racconti sono dei piccoli capolavori, altri penso facciano troppe assunzioni di cultura generale americana del passato - e si perdono un po’. In ogni caso, davvero consigliato.

Parece ser que, quitando "Crónicas marcianas" y "Farenheit 451", este autor no acaba de ser para mí.

Esta compilación de relatos del autor no me ha parecido demasiado boyante, de hecho, podría mencionar solo un par de relatos que me hayan gustado al menos un pelín. Me ha parecido una compilación bastante floja, con muchas historias con final poco claro (o lo que es lo mismo "ata cabos y escribe tu propio final"), otras bastante aburridas (para mí, porque si eres fanático de la historia del cine americano y los trenes, quizá te vaya más), con poca lógica, o sin chicha ninguna. Diría que hasta se me han hecho un poco vacías.

En fin, un libro que me ha decepcionado, sobre todo al no haber encontrado ni una sola historia que me llegase o me impactase. (Si acaso "la transformación" impacta, pero es un ratito bestia).

DANDELION WINE is my all-time favorite of Bradbury's with ILLUSTRATED MAN a close second. In DW, I am most struck by the joyful and sad tale of the young man and the old woman who fall in love, but were born at the wrong time.

This book has a collection of tales that evidently hadn't made it into earlier books and, for the most part, I could see why. Some were confusing, some were not PC, some were predictable, but all in all, still entertaining.

There's nothing truly terrible in here, but nothing truly special, either. There are flashes of brilliance here, and some compelling ideas, but as a collection this is not Bradbury at the height of his powers.

Es tercera vez que leo este libro, y dentro de él hay cuentos que pareciera que cobran otro sentido dependiendo del contexto actual de tu vida o bien, después de leerlos, disfrutarlos y entenderlos, encuentras tú propio sentido. Tal como la vida misma.

"Crisálida" te aprieta el corazón porque en el fondo sabes que de alguna manera, lo que ocurre en el cuento, sigue pasando, en diferentes contextos.

"El Completista" te hace explotar la cabeza con una dosis extremadamente corrosiva de realidad.

"¿Dónde está mi sombrero? ¿Por qué tanta prisa?" Te provoca una angustiante pregunta cuya respuesta nos dolerá asumir y quizá, con el.tiempo podremos revertir, si es que aún queda tiempo.

Finalmente, "El signo del Gato", tal como el cuento que lleva su nombre lo indica, es una invitación a seguir esas pistas que aparecen en nuestra vida.

Si bien esta compilación trae más cuentos igual de importantes, mi reseña apunta a los que más me marcaron.

Some sweet, non-sci-fi stories in here. Also some fun sci-fi! A couple at the end were more like well written journal entries based directly on Bradbury's experiences, no metaphor cloaking involved at all. Quite a mix, over all, and not a huge collection like some of his others.

Very little cats. Not nearly enough pyjamas.
Some of these short stories were kind of okay, but most were either aggressively boring or they were so disturbing it made me physically ill. Better luck next time, Ray ♥️

This is a unique collection for me. While I enjoyed it, I will say this is not one of his higher caliber of work, but more of a reflection of an aging artist.

I enjoyed it, but I would give it a 3.5 out of 5 in total. I still recommend it, but only to someone who wants to explore more Ray Bradbury.

An interesting collection of short stories. I enjoyed the title story the most and the rest to varying degrees.

Utter brilliance, especially the last piece.