Quicker than the Eye

Quicker than the Eye
Ray Douglas Bradbury

One of Ray Bradbury’s classic short story collections, available in ebook for the first time.The internationally acclaimed author of The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, and Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury is a magician at the height of his powers, displaying his sorcerer's skill with twenty-one remarkable stories that run the gamut from total reality to light fantastic, from high noon to long after midnight. A true master tells all, revealing the strange secret of growing young and mad; opening a Witch Door that links two intolerant centuries; joining an ancient couple in their wild assassination games; celebrating life and dreams in the unique voice that has favoured him across six decades and has enchanted millions of readers the world over.

Quicker Than the Eye

Ray Bradbury

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“Unterderseaboat Doktor” copyright © 1994 by Ray Brad bury: first appeared in the January 1994 issue of Playboy.

“Another Fine Mess” copyright © 1995 by Ray Bradbury: first appeared in the April issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.

“The Finnegan” copyright © 1996 by Ray Bradbury: first ap peared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. 1996.

“That Woman on the Lawn” copyright © 1996 by Ray Bradbury; first appeared in the August 1996 issue of The Mag azine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.

“Quicker Than the Eye” copyright © 1995 by Ray Bradbury: first appeared in the HarperPrism anthology Tales of the Impossible published in Fall 1995.

“Dorian in Excelsus” copyright © 1995 by Ray Bradbury: first appeared in the September 1995 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy S Science Fiction.

“No News, or What Killed the Dog?” copyright © 1994 by Ray Bradbury: first appeared in the October 1994 issue of American Way.

“The Witch Door” copyright © 1995 by Ray Bradbury: first appeared In the December 1995 Issue of Playboy.

“At the End of the Ninth Year” copyright © 1995 by Ray Bradbury: first appeared in the lanuary 1995 Issue of American Way.

“Once More, Legato” copyright © 1995 by Ray Bradbury; first appeared in the Fall 1995 issue of Omni.

“Free Dirt” copyright © 1996 by Ray Bradbury; first appeared in American Way. 1996.

“Last Rites” copyright © 1994 by Ray Bradbury; first ap peared in the December 1994 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy S Science Fiction.

All other stories are original to this collection.

Copyright © Ray Bradbury 1996

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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Ebook Edition © JULY 2014 ISBN: 9780007541690

Version: 2014-07-21

Dedication (#ulink_099b7721-b285-54cc-b470-522edf3dd571)

To Donn Albright, my Golden Retriever, with love

Contents

Cover (#ufae2b29c-15f0-5148-8c35-0e54432a95d3)

Title Page (#uef32d2bb-d92f-5548-be95-15e54aa8ecfc)

Copyright (#ulink_b6cb9a71-a107-5b29-8c08-24cbb2643334)

Dedication (#ulink_eb1eae86-0cc3-5355-bfb1-7bb147843245)

Unterderseaboat Doktor (#ulink_2bafe6be-8efa-52d5-9a10-157c61474c1d)

Zaharoff/Richter Mark V (#ulink_1b5b32a7-b82c-55bf-914d-a2f26e75aee7)

Remember Sascha? (#ulink_d35ddb96-3b22-5b03-a323-f7e264e97819)

Another Fine Mess (#ulink_c5812aef-d900-5ba5-856d-5b59d59c54f3)

The Electrocution (#ulink_8d619dfa-30cf-54d1-b62c-f2eb7d9bb677)

Hopscotch (#ulink_f3f3d6fc-f6ca-5e98-b949-61e0c528d9b0)

The Finnegan (#litres_trial_promo)

That Woman On the Lawn (#litres_trial_promo)

The Very Gentle Murders (#litres_trial_promo)

Quicker Than the Eye (#litres_trial_promo)

Dorian in Excelsus (#litres_trial_promo)

No News, or What Killed the Dog? (#litres_trial_promo)

The Witch Door (#litres_trial_promo)