The Cat's Pajamas (24 page)

Authors: Ray Bradbury

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Oklahoma City Oklahoman

“
The Cat's Pajamas
is proof that Bradbury, a writer for seven decades, has not lost his touch.”

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Oklahoma City Oklahoman

“[An] entertaining and intriguing exploration of unusual circumstances and fantastic events that speaks to the unsettling aspects of our imaginative lives.... There is something at times chilling and yet wonderful about [Bradbury's] ability to consider difficult social issues like racism in a manner both fantastic and seemingly simple.”

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Rocky Mountain News

“The stories have the fantastic touch of seriousness and captivating bemusement that so often is his forte. For new readers, the collection is a delightful first exposure to Bradbury's style.”

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Richmond Times-Dispatch

“Ray Bradbury's latest collection of stories is as exciting and hard to put down as anything else of his that I've read.... These stories have to be read and savored and then reread.”

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Providence Sunday Journal

“In
The Cat's Pajamas
, we get to marvel again at the breadth of [Bradbury's] subjects.... This collection is a true gift from a powerful writing talent.”

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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Rocky Mountain News

“The stories have the fantastic touch of seriousness and captivating bemusement that so often is his forte. For new readers, the collection is a delightful first exposure to Bradbury's style.”

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Richmond Times-Dispatch

“Ray Bradbury's latest collection of stories is as exciting and hard to put down as anything else of his that I've read.... These stories have to be read and savored and then reread.”

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Providence Sunday Journal

“In
The Cat's Pajamas
, we get to marvel again at the breadth of [Bradbury's] subjects.... This collection is a true gift from a powerful writing talent.”

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“[The stories] mix dashes of beautiful whimsy with gold-tinged nostalgia and the occasional sharp stab of pain.”

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Kirkus Reviews

BY RAY BRADBURY

Ahmed and the Oblivion Machines

Bradbury Stories

The Cat's Pajamas

Dandelion Wine

Dark Carnival

Death Is a Lonely Business

Driving Blind

Fahrenheit 451

From the Dust Returned

The Golden Apples of the Sun

A Graveyard for Lunatics

Green Shadows, White Whale

The Halloween Tree

I Sing the Body Electric!

The Illustrated Man

Let's All Kill Constance

Long After Midnight

The Martian Chronicles

The Machineries of Joy

A Medicine for Melancholy

The October Country

One More for the Road

Quicker Than the Eye

R Is for Rocket

The Stories of Ray Bradbury

S Is for Space

Something Wicked This Way Comes

The Toynbee Convector

When Elephants Last in the Dooryard Bloomed

Witness and Celebrate

Yestermorrow

Zen in the Art of Writing

COPYRIGHT

“A Careful Man Dies” was first published in the November 1946 issue of
New Detective
; copyright Â© 1946 by Ray Bradbury.

“Sixty-Six” was first published in the December 2003 issue of
The Strand
; copyright Â© 2003 by Ray Bradbury.

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2004 by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

THE CAT'S PAJAMAS
. Copyright Â© 2004 by Ray Bradbury. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

The Library of Congress has catalogued the hardcover edition as follows:

Bradbury, Ray.

The cat's pajamas : stories / Ray Bradbury.â1st ed.

Â Â Â Â p. cm.

ISBN 0-06-058565-X

Â Â Â Â I. Title.

PS3503.R167C37 2004

813'.54âdc22Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2004042617

ISBN-10: 0-06-077733-8 (pbk.)
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-077733-3 (pbk.)

EPub Edition MAY 2013 ISBN: 9780062242297

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