The mechanisms of joy are, first and foremost, people—they were created as the mechanisms of the Creator’s joy. But in life, there are also stories in which those very mechanisms malfunction and start working with interruptions—or even go silent altogether. In such situations, Ray Bradbury is exactly the master who repairs and lubricates broken mechanisms.
Twenty-one gears—namely that many stories are in this collection—offer the master’s gift to the reader and hope they won’t rust anytime soon. And that, in turn, is our calling as readers.
Contents
01. The Mechanisms of Joy
02. The One Who Waits
03. Tyrannosaurus Rex
04. Holidays
05. The Shiloh Drummer
06. Guys! Grow giant mushrooms in your basements!
07. Almost the End of the World
08. Maybe We’re Already Going
09. You’re Home Now, Sailor
10. Day of Death
11. The Illustrated Woman
12. Someone Lives Like Lazarus
13. A Marvelous Thing
14. This Is How Ryabushinskaya Died
15. The Beggar from O’Connell Bridge
16. Death and the Maiden
17. A Flock of Crows
18. The Best of All Possible Worlds
19. Juan Diaz’s Last Work
20. The Chicago Way of Failure
21. A Sprint Before the Hymn