The Illustrated Man

The tattooed man moves, and in the arcane designs scrawled upon his skin swirl tales beyond imagining: tales of love and laughter darkness and death, of mankind’s glowing, golden past and its dim, haunted future. Here are eighteen incomparable stories that blend magic and truth in a kaleidoscope tapestry of wonder—woven by the matchless imagination of Ray Bradbury. Contents 1 • Prologue: The Illustrated Man • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury 7 • The Veldt • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury 19 • Kaleidoscope • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury 27 • The Other Foot • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury 39 • The Highway • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury 42 • The Man • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury 53 • The Long Rain • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury 65 • The Rocket Man • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury 75 • The Fire Balloons • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury 90 • The Last Night of the World • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury 94 • The Exiles • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury 106 • No Particular Night or Morning • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury 114 • The Fox and the Forest • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury 128 • The Visitor • (1948) • short story by Ray Bradbury 139 • The Concrete Mixer • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury 156 • Marionettes, Inc. • [Marionettes, Inc.] • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury 162 • The City • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury 169 • Zero Hour • (1947) • short story by Ray Bradbury 177 • The Rocket • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury 186 • Epilogue (The Illustrated Man) • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury