An edition of The Toynbee Convector (1988)

El convector Toynbee

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An edition of The Toynbee Convector (1988)

El convector Toynbee

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La mayoría de estos veintitrés relatos comienzan en las habitaciones y paisajes familiares de nuestras vidas y casi en seguida nos transportan a las dimensiones más extremas de la imaginación: un hombre inventa una máquina del tiempo imposible y eficaz; un veterano de la primera guerra mundial evoca un fantasmagórico ejército de paracaidistas; un hombre vuelve a la casa de su infancia y tropieza con la causa escalofriante de su miedo a la oscuridad; un marciano solitario busca música y compañía en donde quizás encontrará la muerte; dos residentes de Green Town, Illinois, descubren que una momia puede terminar para siempre con el aburrimiento…

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Minotauro
Language
Spanish
Pages
277

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Subjects
Short stories, Horror stories, Science fiction stories, Fiction, science fiction, short stories, Fiction, short stories (single author), New York Times reviewed, Fiction, science fiction, collections & anthologies

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К западу от октября
2005, "E KSMO", Izd-vo "Domino"
in Russian
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El convector Toynbee
1991, Minotauro
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The Toynbee Convector
1989, Bantam Books
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The Toynbee Convector
1988, Alfred A. Knopf
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The Toynbee convector: stories
1988, Alfred A. Knopf
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Table of Contents

Escotillón.
En el «oriente», rumbo al norte.
Una noche en tu vida.
Al oeste de octubre.
El último circo.
La historia de amor de Laurel y Ardi.
Supongo que te preguntas qué hacemos aquí.
Adiós, Lafayette.
Banshee.
Promesas, promesas.
El romance.
¡Una por su señoría y otra para el camino!.
A media noche, en el mes de junio.
Bendígame, padre, pues he pecado.
¡En la fila!.
Una pizca de petulancia.
Larga división.
¡Ven, y trae a Constante!.
Junior.
La lápida.
Al final de la escalera.
La auténtica momia egipcia genuinamente casera del coronel Stonestee.

Edition Notes

Published in
Barcelona, Spain
Translation Of
The Toynbee Convector
Translated From
English

Contributors

Translator
Marcelo Cohen

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
277
Dimensions
21 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25445757M
ISBN 10
8445071491
ISBN 13
9788445071496
OCLC/WorldCat
434609519

Work Description

"The Toynbee Convector" is a science fiction short story. First published in Playboy magazine in 1984, the story was subsequently featured in a 1988 short story collection also titled The Toynbee Convector. Bradbury presents 23 enthralling tales in which the wondrous and the unexpected are revealed in hidden facets of the real. A stunning collection of the kind of fiction that has only one source: the unparalleled Ray Bradbury.

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January 30, 2020 Edited by dcapillae Added new cover
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