Review: ‘Remember Sascha?’ by Ray Bradbury

‘Remember Sascha?’ is a short story by the American writer Ray Bradbury (1920-2012), included in his 1996 collection Quicker Than the Eye. The story hasn’t attracted much in the way of critical commentary, either in academic studies or analyses of Bradbury’s work or more widely in the blogosphere, so this review is a small attempt to remedy that. First, to summarise this charming little story though.

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Review: ‘At the End of the Ninth Year’ by Ray Bradbury

‘At the End of the Ninth Year’ is a short story by the American writer Ray Bradbury (1920-2012). Unlike some of the other tales collected in his 1996 collection Quicker Than the Eye, it is not a fantasy story – there is no supernatural element – but nor it is out-and-out science fiction.

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