![]() ![]() Many of them take place in the future, in space, and/or on other planets. They are all science fiction stories, though as is typical with Bradbury, they are mostly about human nature. The rest of the book is those stories, each entirely unique. The two decide to camp together for the night, and the other man stays awake all night, enthralled, watching the illustrated man's tattoos tell their stories. The illustrated man is traveling in rural Wisconsin and meets up with another man on the road. Each one tells a story with sound and moving pictures, like a tiny movie playing on his skin. He's a large man covered with tattoos that come to life at night. The illustrated man of the title is described in the prologue and forms the basis for the rest of the collection. This loosely-linked collection of short stories did not disappoint it was engrossing, clever, and thought-provoking. When I was a teenager, I read every single book of his on the shelves of my public library! That was a long time ago, so in recent years, I have been rediscovering why I loved his books so much (see my review of The Martian Chronicles from 2018). At the end of January, I decided to read another book on my over-crowded TBR bookcase and get a good start on my 2022 Back to the Classics Challenge, since I didn't do so well last year! I picked up The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, a book my husband gave me for my birthday last year. ![]()
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