num_pages: 277
description: From "one of science fiction’s grand masters", the classic tales in this 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. Stories by the author of "The Martian Chronicles" includes the continuating saga of H.G. Well's time traveller and his Toynbee Convector, a ghost on the Orient Express, and a bored man who creates his own genuine Egyptian mummy. Several of the stories are original to this collection. Others originally appeared in the magazines Playboy, Omni, Gallery, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Woman's Day, and Weird Tales.Contents: * The Toynbee Convector (1984) / short story by Ray Bradbury * Trapdoor (1985) / short story by Ray Bradbury * On the Orient, North [The Elliott Family] (1988) / short story by Ray Bradbury * One Night in Your Life (1988) ? short story by Ray Bradbury * West of October [The Elliott Family] (1988) / short story by Ray Bradbury * The Last Circus (1980) / short story by Ray Bradbury * The Laurel and Hardy Love Affair (1987) / short story by Ray Bradbury * I Suppose You Are Wondering Why We Are Here? (1988) / short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of I Suppose You Are Wondering Why We Are Here 1984) * Lafayette, Farewell (1988) / short story by Ray Bradbury * Banshee [The Irish Stories] (1984) / short story by Ray Bradbury * Promises, Promises (1988) / short story by Ray Bradbury * The Love Affair (1982) / short story by Ray Bradbury * One for His Lordship, and One for the Road! [The Irish Stories] (1985) / short story by Ray Bradbury * At Midnight, in the Month of June [Green Town] (1954) / short story by Ray Bradbury * Bless Me, Father, for I Have Sinned (1984) / short story by Ray Bradbury * By the Numbers! (1988) / short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of By the Numbers 1984) * A Touch of Petulance (1980) / short story by Ray Bradbury * Long Division (1988) / short story by Ray Bradbury * Come, and Bring Constance! (1988) / short story by Ray Bradbury * Junior (1988) / short story by Ray Bradbury * The Tombstone (1945) / short story by Ray Bradbury * The Thing at the Top of the Stairs (1988) / short story by Ray Bradbury * Colonel Stonesteel's Genuine Home-Made Truly Egyptian Mummy (1981) / short story by Ray Bradbury.
language: English
title: The Toynbee Convector
titlecomplete: The Toynbee Convector
genres: Fantasy, Horror, Collections, Short Stories, Classics, Fiction, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Anthologies, American
ratings_count: 2501
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Bram Stoker Award
category: Best Fiction Collection
publisher: Grafton / HarperCollins Publishers