A review by colinmeldrum
The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury

3.0

The version I got a hold of seems to be the earlier version with fewer stories, only 22. Bradbury's prose is always pleasant at worst, beautiful and even engrossing at best. This is the strength of this collection, in my opinion. By contrast, most of these stories are very short and merely present an idea, and the ideas were undoubtedly fresher to its first audience 60 years ago than they were to me, so I hesitate to rate this higher than merely a "good read." The stories where I felt myself absorbed in more depth were Invisible Boy, Powerhouse, and The Garbage Collector. This collection also includes The Sound of Thunder, a memorable classic.