Classic Stories 1: From The Golden Apples of the Sun and R is for Rocket is a semi-omnibus edition of two short story

Short story

A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...

 collections by Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury is an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and for the science fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man , Bradbury is one of the most celebrated among 20th...

: The Golden Apples of the Sun

The Golden Apples of the Sun

The Golden Apples of the Sun is an anthology of 22 short stories by Ray Bradbury; it was first published in 1953.The book's namesake is one of the short stories in the collection. Bradbury drew the title for the story from the last line of the final stanza to W. B...

(1953) and R is for Rocket

R is for Rocket

R is for Rocket is a short story collection by Ray Bradbury, compiled for Young Adult library sections. It contains fifteen stories from earlier Bradbury collections, and two previously uncollected stories.-Contents:* "R Is for Rocket"...

(1962).

The first 18 stories (17 prior to the third-printing's addition of the story "The Golden Apples of the Sun") are assimilated from the original Doubleday edition of The Golden Apples of the Sun. The stories appear in the original sequence, but with three omissions: "The Pedestrian

The Pedestrian

"The Pedestrian" is a short story by author Ray Bradbury. This story was originally published in 1951 by The Fortnightly Publishing Company. It is included in the collection The Golden Apples of the Sun .-Summary:...

" (1951), "Invisible Boy" (1945), and "Hail and Farewell

Hail and Farewell

Hail and Farewell is a traditional military event whereby those coming to and departing from an organization are celebrated. This may coincide with a change in command, be scheduled on an annual basis, or be prompted by any momentous organizational change...

" (1953). The final 14 stories in the collection are reproduced from R is for Rocket. Omitted are "The Gift" (1952) and two stories already present in The Golden Apples of the Sun.

When Avon Books reprinted the book in 1997, they retitled it The Golden Apples of the Sun and Other Stories. Harper Perennial

Harper Perennial

Harper Perennial is a paperback imprint of the publishing house HarperCollins Publishers. Harper Perennial has divisions located in New York, London, Toronto, and Sydney. The imprint is descended from the Perennial Library imprint founded by Harper & Row in 1964...

 titled their 2005 edition as A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories.

Contents

1. "The Fog Horn
   The Fog Horn
   "The Fog Horn" is a 1951 science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury, and the first in his collection The Golden Apples of the Sun. The story was the basis for the 1953 film The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.-Plot summary:...
   
   " (1952)
2. "The April Witch
   The April Witch
   -Reception:Boucher and McComas described the story as one of Bradbury's "reassuringly lovely flights of fancy."-Publication history:The story was included in several of Bradbury's short story collections:* The Golden Apples of the Sun, 1953...
   
   " (1951)
3. "The Wilderness
   The Wilderness (short story)
   "The Wilderness" is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury first published in 1952 in his collection The Golden Apples of the Sun.The year is 2003, and Janice and Leonora are spending their last days on Earth before leaving for Mars to join Janice's husband Will...
   
   " (1952)
4. "The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl
   The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl
   "The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl" is a short story by Ray Bradbury. It was first published in Detective Book Magazine in November 1948. The story was also published as "Touch and Go" in EQMM in January 1953.- Plot summary :...
   
   " (1948)
5. "The Flying Machine" (1953)
6. "The Murderer
   The Murderer
   "The Murderer" is a short story by Ray Bradbury, published in his collection The Golden Apples of the Sun.-Plot summary:The scene is set in the near future, in an apparently sterile and clinical building...
   
   " (1953)
7. "The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind
   The Golden Kite, The Silver Wind
   "The Golden Kite, The Silver Wind" is a short story by Ray Bradbury, one of his collection The Golden Apples of the Sun.-Background:The story was published during the Cold War...
   
   " (1953)
8. "I See You Never
   I See You Never
   "I See You Never" is a short story by author Ray Bradbury. This story was originally published in 1947 by The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. It is included in the collection A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories .-Plot summary:...
   
   " (1947)
9. "Embroidery
   Embroidery (Bradbury)
   "Embroidery" is a science fiction short story by author Ray Bradbury. This story was originally published in 1951 by Stadium Publishing Corp. It is included in the collection A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories ....
   
   " (1951)
10. "The Big Black and White Game" (1945)
11. "The Great Wide World Over There" (1953)
12. "Powerhouse" (1948)
13. "En La Noche" (1952)
14. "Sun and Shadow
    Sun and Shadow (short story)
    "Sun and Shadow" is a short story by Ray Bradbury. Bradbury first published in 1953 in an American news magazine called The Reporter. Later that same year, Bradbury anthologized it in The Golden Apples of the Sun....
    
    " (1953)
15. "The Meadow
    The Meadow
    The Meadow is a radio drama by Ray Bradbury, written for a 1947 episode of the radio series World Security Workshop. It was included in the anthology Best One-Act Plays of 1947-1948. Bradbury later revised it into a short story and a stage play ....
    
    " (1947)
16. "The Garbage Collector" (1953)
17. "The Great Fire" (1949)
18. "The Golden Apples of the Sun
    The Golden Apples of the Sun
    The Golden Apples of the Sun is an anthology of 22 short stories by Ray Bradbury; it was first published in 1953.The book's namesake is one of the short stories in the collection. Bradbury drew the title for the story from the last line of the final stanza to W. B...
    
    " (1953) (re-added in the third Doubleday printing)
19. "R Is for Rocket
    R is for Rocket
    R is for Rocket is a short story collection by Ray Bradbury, compiled for Young Adult library sections. It contains fifteen stories from earlier Bradbury collections, and two previously uncollected stories.-Contents:* "R Is for Rocket"...
    
    " (1943)
20. "The End of the Beginning" (1956)
21. "The Rocket" (1950)
22. "The Rocket Man" (1953)
23. "A Sound of Thunder
    A Sound of Thunder
    “A Sound of Thunder” is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury, first published in Collier’s magazine in 1952. As of 1984 it was the most re-published science fiction story up to the present time...
    
    " (1952)
24. "The Long Rain
    The Long Rain
    "The Long Rain" is a short story by science fiction author Ray Bradbury. This story was originally published in 1950 by Love Romances Publishing Co., Inc.-Plot summary:The first paragraph reads as follows:The rain continued...
    
    " (1950)
25. "The Exiles
    The Exiles
    "The Exiles" is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury. It was originally published as "The Mad Wizards of Mars" in Maclean's on 15 September 1949 and was reprinted the following year by Fantasy Fiction, Inc...
    
    " (1950)
26. "Here There Be Tygers
    Here There Be Tygers
    "Here There Be Tygers" is a short story written by Ray Bradbury, originally published in the anthology New Tales of Space and Time in 1951. It was later collected in Bradbury's short story collections R is for Rocket and The Golden Apples of the Sun...
    
    " (1951)
27. "The Strawberry Window" (1954)
28. "The Dragon
    The Dragon (story)
    The Dragon is a short story by author Ray Bradbury. This story was originally published in 1955 in the magazine Esquire. A limited edition of the story was published by Footsteps Press in 1988....
    
    " (1955)
29. "Frost and Fire" (1947)
30. "Uncle Einar" (1947)
31. "The Time Machine
    The Time Machine
    The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895 for the first time and later adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction...
    
    " (1957)
32. "The Sound of Summer Running" (1957)

Paperback editions in English

1. • The third Bantam Books printing (1995) adds "The Golden Apples of the Sun", and has 368 pages.