The summer of 1928 was a vintage season for a growing boy. It was a time of green apple trees, mowed lawns and new sneakers. The boy in question is Douglas Spaulding, aged 12.

In Green Town, Illinois, Douglas Spaulding is in the midst of a small civil war, with the old pitted against the young. As the school board's figure of authority, Mr Calvin C. Quartermain, attempts to outwit the boys at every turn, their antics increase and become ever more daring and mischevious.

In this collection of stories, follow a space shuttle crew as they voyage sixty million miles from home, discover what happens when a writer 'with the future's eye' believes his friend to be writing stories aboard a UFO, and listen in on a couple talking themselves backwards through time to the moment when they first held hands.

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Ray Bradbury's extraordinary tale of childhood dreams and supernatural agency in small-town America.

In this exuberant book, the incomparable Ray Bradbury shares the wisdom, experience, and excitement of a lifetime of writing.

Ray Bradbury's extraordinary tale of childhood dreams and supernatural agency in small-town America.

'Let us now praise Ray Bradbury' THE TIMES Bradbury's first story collection is a must-read for any fan of the genre, spinning stardust and cobwebs in its wondrous wake. It contains twenty-seven stories, from science fiction’s master storyteller.