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The Toynbee Convector

Published
May 1988
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Science Fiction Sci-Fi
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275

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From "one of science fiction's grand masters" (Library Journal), a reissue of Ray Bradbury's The Toynbee Convector: a collection of twenty-two stories, including the continuing saga of H.G. Wells's time traveler and his Toynbee Convector, a ghost on the Orient Express, and a bored man who creates his own genuine Egyptian mummy.

The world's only time traveler finally reveals his secret. An old man's 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.

From the iconic author of Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Martian Chronicles, and The Illustrated Man, The Toynbee Convector 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. "The fiction creates the truth in this lovely exercise in utopian dreaming" (Publishers Weekly)—stunning stories that could only come from the brilliant mind of Ray Bradbury.

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May 1989 Spectra (Bantam) ISBN 0553279572
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Jul 2019 Simon & Schuster ISBN 1982105151
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First Edition May 1988 Knopf ISBN 0394547039
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Jun 1988 Dutton ISBN 031832850X
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May 1992 Turner Publishing ISBN 1878685155
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Jul 2019 Simon & Schuster ISBN B07MGS8HDF
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Jul 2019 Simon & Schuster ISBN 1982105194
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May 1989 Random House Audio ISBN 0394578651
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