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From the Dust Returned
From the Dust Returned
Author: Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury, America's most beloved storyteller, has spent a lifetime carrying readers to exhilarating and dangerous places, from dark street comers in unfamiliar cities and towns to the edge of the universe. Now, in an extraordinary flight of the imagination a half-century in the making, he takes us to a most wondrous destination: into the hea...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780380973828
ISBN-10: 0380973820
Pages: 224
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  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 18 ratings
Publisher: William Morrow Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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tamara avatar reviewed From the Dust Returned on + 78 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Though a huge fan of Bradbury's - this one just didnt seem to "flow." To tell the truth, half the time I really had no clue what was really supposed to be going on.

It's a good premise for a story, but unfortunately I found this particular book dissapointing.
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reviewed From the Dust Returned on + 15 more book reviews
The history behind this book is interesting in itself. Its like another author's take on the Addams family. I thought it was a good ride. I also thought it was a usual Bradbury thought provoker. I would definitely recommend this book.
althea avatar reviewed From the Dust Returned on + 774 more book reviews
I read an interview with Ray Bradbury not so long ago, where he was talking about re-reading one of his own, older books (Dandelion Wine, I think), and he said he realized that he was never going to write anything that good again - he was amazed that he had written it. It was one of the saddest things from an author that I've heard... Unfortunately, reading this more recent book (2001), I see what he means. The book is not without its charms - but parts of it were initially written in the 1940's, others at other times, and it has a cobbled-together sort of feeling. In the past Bradbury has masterfully put together short stories to create a novel (The Martian Chronicles, for example, one of my favorite books), but this book just didn't convince me. Which is too bad, because I really like the theme - a mystical, Addams-family type group of weird characters with strange and occult talents, living semi-secretly among us regular humans... The note by Bradbury is interesting, talking about how he and Addams developed these similar ideas separately, but had talked about doing an illustrated book together - the project never came to fruition, but one of Addams' pictures is the cover art for this book. I wish they had done it, when they first talked about it.
katzpawz avatar reviewed From the Dust Returned on + 281 more book reviews
Mr. Bradbury is always at his best - the grand master of all things creepy!
reviewed From the Dust Returned on + 25 more book reviews
Great Bradbury novel - it's a joy to read his work! Loved it!


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