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Quicker Than the Eye
Ray Bradbury
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“Unterderseaboat Doktor” copyright © 1994 by Ray Brad bury: first appeared in the January 1994 issue of Playboy.
“Another Fine Mess” copyright © 1995 by Ray Bradbury: first appeared in the April issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
“The Finnegan” copyright © 1996 by Ray Bradbury: first ap peared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. 1996.
“That Woman on the Lawn” copyright © 1996 by Ray Bradbury; first appeared in the August 1996 issue of The Mag azine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
“Quicker Than the Eye” copyright © 1995 by Ray Bradbury: first appeared in the HarperPrism anthology Tales of the Impossible published in Fall 1995.
“Dorian in Excelsus” copyright © 1995 by Ray Bradbury: first appeared in the September 1995 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy S Science Fiction.
“No News, or What Killed the Dog?” copyright © 1994 by Ray Bradbury: first appeared in the October 1994 issue of American Way.
“The Witch Door” copyright © 1995 by Ray Bradbury: first appeared In the December 1995 Issue of Playboy.
“At the End of the Ninth Year” copyright © 1995 by Ray Bradbury: first appeared in the lanuary 1995 Issue of American Way.
“Once More, Legato” copyright © 1995 by Ray Bradbury; first appeared in the Fall 1995 issue of Omni.
“Free Dirt” copyright © 1996 by Ray Bradbury; first appeared in American Way. 1996.
“Last Rites” copyright © 1994 by Ray Bradbury; first ap peared in the December 1994 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy S Science Fiction.
All other stories are original to this collection.
Copyright © Ray Bradbury 1996
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Ebook Edition © JULY 2014 ISBN: 9780007541690
Version: 2014-07-21
To Donn Albright, my Golden Retriever, with love
Contents
No News, or What Killed the Dog?