R is for Rocket

R is for Rocket

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name = R is for Rocket
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author = Ray Bradbury
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Science fiction short stories
publisher = Doubleday & Company
release_date = 1962
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 233 pp
isbn = NA
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"R is for Rocket" (1962) is a short story collection by Ray Bradbury, compiled for Young Adult library sections. It contains fifteen stories from earlier Bradbury collections, and two previously uncollected stories.

Contents

* "R Is for Rocket"
* "The End of the Beginning"
* "The Fog Horn"
* "The Rocket"
* "The Rocket Man"
* "The Golden Apples of the Sun"
* "A Sound of Thunder"
* "The Long Rain"
* "The Exiles"
* "Here There Be Tygers"
* "The Strawberry Window"
* "The Dragon"
* "The Gift"
* "Frost and Fire"
* "Uncle Einar"
* "The Time Machine"
* "The Sound of Summer Running"

References

*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=63 | date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1


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