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A review by karagee
The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury
3.0
The Golden Apples of the Sun is a collection of 22 short stories by science fiction legend Ray Bradbury. The last collection I ready by Bradbury was The Illustrated Man, and this collection feels very similar for a number of reasons:
- The majority of the stories were written between the mid-40s and the early-50s.
- Bradbury's unique infatuation with rockets and space exploration are frequently touched upon.
- It explores themes of racism between white and black or Hispanic characters.
- They tend to be more pessimistic.
The last is interesting, because I've always felt that Bradbury must have vacillated wildly between optimism and pessimism. On the one hand, he has envisioned a future of technological advances and space exploration that sadly never quite came to pass, and his characters always see the glory and the beauty in those advances. On the other hand, humanity's own folly usually seems to ruin anything they touch, and Bradbury has always been superb at rooting out the dark corners of men and presenting it to readers through his unique vision.
- The majority of the stories were written between the mid-40s and the early-50s.
- Bradbury's unique infatuation with rockets and space exploration are frequently touched upon.
- It explores themes of racism between white and black or Hispanic characters.
- They tend to be more pessimistic.
The last is interesting, because I've always felt that Bradbury must have vacillated wildly between optimism and pessimism. On the one hand, he has envisioned a future of technological advances and space exploration that sadly never quite came to pass, and his characters always see the glory and the beauty in those advances. On the other hand, humanity's own folly usually seems to ruin anything they touch, and Bradbury has always been superb at rooting out the dark corners of men and presenting it to readers through his unique vision.