I Sing the Body Electric

FROM THE DUST JACKET: "RAY BRADBURY'S NEW COLLECTION (1969) HIS FIRST IN FIVE YEARS, DISPLAYS ONCE MORE THE REMARKABLE DIVERSITY AND STRENGTH THAT HAVE ALWAYS CHARACTERIZED HIS WORK. IN THESE 18 STORIES, HE CONDUCTS THE READER ON A TOUR THROUGH TIME AND SPACE--INTO THE UNBOUNDED DIMENSIONS OF THE FUTURE, AND THROUGH REMAPPED PATTERSN OF THE PAST--AS HE INTERMINGLES THE BIZARRE WITH THE FAMILIAR AND BRINGS TOMORROW AND YESTERDAY CLOSER TO TODAY." "IN BRADBURY'S WORLD, MECHANICAL GRANDMOTHERS, FOURTH-DIMENSIONAL BABIES, AND HUMANOID NATIONAL HEROES CO-EXIST WITH THE IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY, TEXAS CHICKEN FARMERS, AND 'THE ONLY A-A-FIRST-CLASS TAXIDERMIST ON THE COAST.' AS JUST AS DIVERSE IS BRADBURY'S RANGE OF VOICES AND STYLES. HERE ARE STORIES OF SUSPENSE, HUMOR, LIFE-AS WELL AS OF FABLE, SCIENCE FICTION (THE EXTRAORDINARY NOVELLA, 'THE LOST CITY OF MARS'), AND THE BEAUTIFUL CANTATA FOR WORDS, 'CHRISTUS APOLLO.'"