The Bradbury chronicles : stories in honor of Ray Bradbury

A collection of 22 stories gathered together in tribute to Ray Bradbury, including a story of his own, "The Troll". Other stories featured include "Feed the Baby of Love" by Orson Scott Card, "Centigrade 233" by Gregory Benford, and "The November Game" by F. Paul Wilson. 22 original stories in homage to Ray Bradbury, along with a cloying introduction by co-editor Nolan, a brief appreciation of Bradbury by Isaac Asimov, and a story and a memoir by Bradbury himself. Many of these tales are direct sequels to or spin-offs from such Bradbury classics as Dandelion Wine and Something Wicked This Way Comes. Contents: Introduction: A Half-Century of Creativity by William F. Nolan; Ray: An Appreciation by Isaac Asimov; The Troll / Ray Bradbury ;-- The Awakening / Cameron Nolan; -- The Wind from Midnight / Ed Gorman; -- May 2000: The Tombstones / James Kisner; -- One Life, in an Hourglass / Charles L. Grant; -- Two O'clock Session / Richard Matheson; -- A Lake of Summer / Chad Oliver; -- The Obsession / William Relling Jr.; -- Something in the Earth / Charles Beaumont;-- The Muse / Norman Corwin; -- The Late Arrivals / Roberta Lannes; -- Hiding / Richard Christian Matheson; -- Salome / Chelsea Quinn Yarbro; -- The Inheritance / Bruce Francis; -- The Man with the Power Tie / Christopher Beaumont; -- Centigrade 233 / Gregory Benford; -- Filling Out Fannie / John Maclay; -- Land of the Second Chance / J.N. Williamson; -- The November Game / F. Paul Wilson; -- The Other Mars / Robert Sheckley; -- Feed the Baby of Love / Orson Scott Card; -- The Dandelion Chronicles / William F. Nolan; Afterword: Fifty Years, Fifty Friends by Ray Bradbury. Cover illustration by Tom Canty. A collection of tales in honor of the science fiction master features the work of Isaac Asimov, Ed Gorman, Richard Matheson, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Orson Scott Card, and others, as well as Bradbury himself