The Illustrated Man is a 1951 collection of eighteen short story science fiction by American author Ray Bradbury. The recurring theme throughout the eighteen stories is the conflict of cold technological mechanics and the psychology of the people. It was nominated for the Fantasy International Award in 1952.
The unrelated stories are tied together by the "Man Illustrated" frame device, a former ex bum of a strange carnival show with an extensive tattoo body whose unnamed narrator meets. The man's tattoo, allegedly made by women traveling by time, each animate and each tell a different story. All but one of the stories have been previously published elsewhere, although Bradbury revised some texts for the publication of the book.
The book was made into 1969 The Illustrated Man , starring Rod Steiger and Claire Bloom. It presents the adaptation of the stories "The Veldt", "The Long Rain" and "The Last Night of the World".
Sejumlah cerita, termasuk "The Veldt", "The Fox and the Forest" (sebagai "To the Future"), "Marionettes, Inc.", dan "Zero Hour" didramatisasi untuk serial radio 1955-57 < i> X Minus One . "The Veldt", "Mixer Beton", "The Long Rain", "Zero Hour", dan "Marionettes Inc." diadaptasi untuk serial TV The Ray Bradbury Theatre .
The English edition, first published in 1952 by Hart-Davis eliminates "The Rocket Man", "The Fire Balloons", "The Exiles" and "The Concrete Mixer", and adds "Usher II" from The Martian Chronicles and "The Playground".
The edition was published by Avon Books in 1997 and William Morrow in 2001 eliminated "The Fire Balloons" and added "The Illustrated Man" to the end of this book.
- "Usher II"
- The literary expert, William Stendahl, has retreated to Mars to escape from books that burn books from the Moral Climate Controller. On Mars he has built his image of a perfect haunted house, replicating the building from Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Fall of Usher House", complete with mechanical creatures, creepy soundtracks and the annihilation of all life in the surrounding area. When the Moral Climate Inspector came to visit, each of them was killed in a way that reminded Poe's different story, culminating in the supervision of the lead inspector. When all the Stendahl persecutors died, the house sank into the lake.
- "The Playground"
- When Charles Underhill was a child, he was tortured by an environmental bully. When his son started playing in the local playground, he became very disturbed when he saw a bully from his youth.
- "The Illustrated Man"
- The overweight carnival worker is given a second chance as a Bertato Man, and visits a strange woman who applies skin illustrations all over her body. He covers two special areas, claiming they will show the future. The first is an illustration of the man who strangled his wife. Shortly after this happened, the carnival workers running the man down, beat him, and saw the second area. It shows an illustration of the beatings in which they are involved.
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Reception
Boucher and McComas gave the mixed Review Blood, blaming the framing story as "very ineffective" and the selection of stories because it looked "less than wisely chosen". However, they find a better story "giving a party of the best traditions in imaginative fiction" and then naming it among the top books this year. Villiers Gerson, reviewing volumes for Aston Science Science Fiction, praised him as "a book that shows that the author is one of the most educated and fascinating writers in today's science fiction". In The New York Times, Gerson also praised this book for "a three-dimensional person with whom it is easy to sympathize, to hate, and to admire."
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Adaptation to other media
movie 1969
The film adaptation of The Illustrated Man was released in 1969. The film was directed by Jack Smight and starring Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, and others, including Don Dubbins. The script was written by producer Howard B. Kreitsek. This film contains an adaptation of "The Veldt," "The Long Rain," and "The Last Night of the World" and expand the prologue and epilogue with intermittent scenes and flashbacks how illustrative it happen. A short documentary, Tattooed Steiger , details the process used by filmmakers to cover Steiger's body with a mock tattoo and show the actors and filmmakers who prepare the film.
Effect on To The Dark Side of the Moon , 2010
The theater adaptation of "Kaleidoscope", with influences from music by Pink Floyd used to produce To Dark Side of the Moon , refers to Pink Floyd's album of the same name. This adaptation was produced by Stern-Theater, a theater company based in Switzerland. The script was written by Daniel Rohr and was first shown at the Rigiblick Theater in Zurich, Switzerland on February 6, 2010. This music includes the creative use of the string quartet and piano.
BBC Radio, 2014
The radio adaptation was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on June 14, 2014 as part of the series of Dangerous Vision adapted by Brian Sibley, directed by Gemma Jenkins and starring Iain Glen as "The Illustrated Man" and Jamie Parker as " Young man". The stories adapted for this production are "Marionettes, Inc.", "Zero Hour" and "Kaleidoscope".
Movies under development
Director Zack Snyder is attached to direct, at least in part, an adaptation of three stories from The Illustrated Man: The Illustrated Man, Veldt and Concrete Mixer. Screenplay writer Alex Tse is writing the script.
Whispers television series
The Whispers adalah serial televisi Amerika berdasarkan cerita pendek "Zero Hour".
Tato Bradbury (opera rock, 2018)
A new rock opera titled The Bradbury Tattoos is scheduled to premiere in Cincinnati, Ohio, on July 13 and July 22, 2018, in collaboration with the concert: nova, a contemporary classical ensemble consisting of musicians from Cincinnati Symphony orchestra. Written by composer Zac Greenberg and libretist Michael Burnham, the opera is adapted from four stories in The Illustrated Man - Kaleidoscope, Zero Hour, The Highway and The Last Night of the World. " Production is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
References in popular culture
- Pearl Band Before Swine released a song named and inspired by "The Rocket Man".
- In the 2007 film Blades of Glory, the character Will Ferrell claims to be called "The Illustrated Man".
- Many references to The Illustrated Man were created along episode Criminal Minds (episode 20, season 5, titled "A Thousand Words") associated with the murdered series whose body is covered tattoo.
- In 2012, shortly before the death of writer Ray Bradbury, the deadmau5 Canadian musician produced the song titled "The Veldt", including lyrics by Chris James based on short stories. The music video, released after Bradbury's death, is dedicated to him.
- The post-rock band Deadhorse refers to the release of their 2010 album We Can Make Our Own World directly influenced by Ray Bradbury's book and vision in generating imagination in his readers.
- The character of Jason Lee can be seen reading a book in the movie Cameron Crowe Almost Famous while on a tour bus.
- The Illustrated Man himself appeared in the episode "Trees of Horror XXIV" on the couch with his writer, Ray Bradbury.
- In Sopranos episode (Season 2, Episode 11), Dick Barone when discussing the drugs Richie Aprile sold along the garbage route with Tony Soprano, referring to a man covered in tattoos, such as "The Sopranos" Male Picture. "
References
Bibliography
- Anderson, James Arthur (2013). The Illustrated Ray Bradbury: A Structural Reading Bradbury's The Illustrated Man . Wildside Press. ISBN: 978-1-4794-0007-2.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy . Chicago: Advent. p.Ã, 62. ISBNÃ, 0-911682-20-1.
External links
- List of Manuscript Titles on the Internet Speculative Fiction Internet
- The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, reviewed by Ted Gioia (Fictional Concept)
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