Classic Stories 1 by Ray Bradbury (Bantam Spectra, May 1990, 0-553-28637-4, $3.95, 342pp, pb, co, cover by Barclay Shaw)
Collection of 31 stories that originally appeared in The Golden Apples of the Sun and R Is for Rocket. This is a semi-omnibus volume, lacking four stories from The Golden Apples of the Sun and one from R Is for Rocket, four appear in Classic Stories 2. “The Golden Apples of the Sun”, which appeared in both original volumes is not here at all, despite having inspired the cover illustration.
- 5 · The Fog Horn · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 23 1951, as “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms”
- 14 · The April Witch [The Elliott Family] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 5 1952
- 25 · The Wilderness [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1952
revised from Today Apr 6 ’52.
- 35 · The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl · Ray Bradbury · ss Detective Book Magazine Winter 1948, as “Touch and Go!”
- 47 · The Flying Machine · Ray Bradbury · ss The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury, Doubleday, 1953
- 53 · The Murderer · Ray Bradbury · ss The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury, Doubleday, 1953
- 62 · The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind · Ray Bradbury · ss Epoch Winter 1953
- 68 · I See You Never · Ray Bradbury · vi The New Yorker November 8 1947
- 72 · Embroidery · Ray Bradbury · vi Marvel Science Fiction November 1951
- 77 · The Big Black and White Game · Ray Bradbury · ss The American Mercury August 1945
- 89 · The Great Wide World Over There · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s August 15 1952, as “Cora and the Great Wide World”
- 102 · Powerhouse · Ray Bradbury · ss Charm March 1948
- 112 · En La Noche · Ray Bradbury · ss Cavalier November 1952, as “Torrid Sacrifice”
- 117 · Sun and Shadow · Ray Bradbury · ss The Reporter March 17 1953
- 125 · The Meadow · Ray Bradbury · ss The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury, Doubleday, 1953
- 141 · The Garbage Collector · Ray Bradbury · ss The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury, Doubleday, 1953
- 147 · The Great Fire [Green Town] · Ray Bradbury · ss Seventeen March 1949
- 159 · R Is for Rocket · Ray Bradbury · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries December 1943, as “King of the Gray Spaces”
- 176 · The End of the Beginning · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s October 27 1956, as “Next Stop: The Stars”
- 182 · The Rocket · Ray Bradbury · ss Super Science Stories March 1950, as “Outcast of the Stars”
- 193 · The Rocket Man · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s March 1 1951
- 205 · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s June 28 1952
- 219 · The Long Rain · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Summer 1950, as “Death-by-Rain”
- 234 · The Exiles · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s September 15 1949, as “The Mad Wizards of Mars”
- 249 · Here There Be Tygers · Ray Bradbury · ss New Tales of Space and Time ed. Raymond J. Healy, Henry Holt, 1951
- 263 · The Strawberry Window · Ray Bradbury · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1955
- 272 · The Dragon · Ray Bradbury · vi Esquire August 1955
- 276 · Frost and Fire · Ray Bradbury · nv Planet Stories Fall 1946, as “The Creatures That Time Forgot”
- 320 · Uncle Einar [The Elliott Family] · Ray Bradbury · ss Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury, Arkham House, 1947
- 328 · The Time Machine [Green Town] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Reporter June 2 1955, as “The Last, the Very Last”
- 336 · The Sound of Summer Running [Green Town] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 18 1956, as “Summer in the Air”
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