From \u201cone of science fiction\u2019s grand masters\u201d (<\/b>Library Journal<\/i><\/b>), a new reissue of Ray Bradbury\u2019s\u00a0<\/b>The Toynbee Convector<\/i><\/b>: a collection of twenty-two stories, including the continuing saga of H.G. Well\u2019s time traveler and his Toynbee Convector, a ghost on the Orient Express, and a bored man who creates his own genuine Egyptian mummy.<\/b><\/p>\n
The world\u2019s only time traveler finally reveals his secret. An old man\u2019s memory of World War I conjures ghostly parachutists. An Egyptian mummy turns up in an Illinois cornfield. A lonely Martian prepares to face his doom.<\/p>\n
From the iconic author of\u00a0Fahrenheit 451<\/i>,\u00a0Something Wicked This Way Comes<\/i>,\u00a0The Martian Chronicles<\/i>, and\u00a0The Illustrated Man<\/i>,\u00a0The Toynbee Convector\u00a0<\/i>is a true cause for celebration. The twenty-two classic tales in this special Ray Bradbury collection begin in the familiar rooms and landscapes of our lives, in common thoughts and memories, and then take off into the farthest reaches of the imagination. \u201cThe fiction creates the truth in this lovely exercise in utopian dreaming\u201d (Publishers Weekly<\/i>)\u2014stunning stories that could only come from the brilliant mind of Ray Bradbury.<\/p>\n