Pillar of Fire
Written by Ray Bradbury
Narrated by B. J. Harrison
4/5
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About this audiobook
Ray Bradbury
In a career spanning more than seventy years, Ray Bradbury inspired generations of readers to dream, think, and create. A prolific author of hundreds of short stories and close to fifty books, as well as numerous poems, essays, operas, plays, and screenplays, Bradbury was one of the most celebrated writers of our time. His groundbreaking works include Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. An Emmy Award winner for his teleplay The Halloween Tree and an Academy Award nominee, he was the recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2004 National Medal of Arts, and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, among many honors.
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Reviews for Pillar of Fire
38 ratings5 reviews
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
Plot: William Lantry awakens hundreds of years after his death when his body is one of many removed from a cemetery for disposal. William is at first confused by this new world, with it's strong moral code, and lack of violence and lying; then, a burning rage lights inside of him and he decides that all of these futuristic people do not deserve to live...
Genre: Science fiction, supernatural.
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Thoughts While Reading:
Thoughts at 100%:
1. This was an unusual story, but an interesting one. I was rooting for Lantry, but also happy when his reign of destruction was put to a stop. I don't want to give too much away, but for a short sci-fi novella, this ticked all the boxes, and had a clear beginning, middle, and end (so many novellas don't seem to which drives me insane).
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Conclusion and Recommendation:
I'm giving this 3.5 stars rounded down to 3. This might not sound like a good rating, but I don't give novellas as high ratings as full length novels just due to the fact that they can't have as much anything (character development, plot, etc. etc.). Still, this is worth a listen even just for the thought provoking nature of the story. - Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Really don't appreciate the over-emoting of the narrator. The emphasis he gives to the most banal lines is incredibly jarring.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What a delightfully macabre story! Bradbury manages to channel Lovecraft and Poe all the while making the story very much a Bradbury masterpiece. The concept was original , the imagery was wonderful and the pace was perfect. I don’t know how I’ve managed to not have read this before. As the story moved along I feared that the ending would disappoint ( the only disappointment was that it ended) but it did not disappoint It will be a Halloween tradition for me from now on.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An excellent "throw back" to "soft" macabre from Ray Bradbury.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Indeholder "Straf uden forbrydelse", "Puppe", "Medicin mod melankoli", "Ægteskabsfornyeren", "I tidens flugt", "Parykken", "Den første aften i fastetiden", "Hele sommeren på en dag", "Det store sammenstød sidste mandag", "De små mus", "Jordbær-vinduet", "Dagen med evig regn", "Kvinden der skreg", "Ildsøjlen"."Straf uden forbrydelse" handler om ???"Puppe" handler om ???"Medicin mod melankoli" handler om ???"Ægteskabsfornyeren" handler om ???"I tidens flugt" handler om ???"Parykken" handler om ???"Den første aften i fastetiden" handler om ???"Hele sommeren på en dag" handler om ???"Det store sammenstød sidste mandag" handler om ???"De små mus" handler om ???"Jordbær-vinduet" handler om ???"Dagen med evig regn" handler om ???"Kvinden der skreg" handler om ???"Ildsøjlen" handler om ???