Tiny pink hands gesture, tiny mouths flicker as the figures enact their stories - voices rise, small and muted, predicting the future. 4.5 out of 5 stars 322. He's tried sandpaper, acid, and a knife. Windows Phone. Mr Bradbury highlights the tension and paranoia of the Cold War in most of the short stories of this collection. Web. Yet the Illustrated Man has tried to burn the illustrations off. The Illustrated Man is a science fiction classic from Ray Bradbury, a favourite of the Golden Age side of the literature. Published by Avon Books, New York, 1997. Mr Bradbury highlights the tension and paranoia of the Cold War in most of the short stories of this collection. Only 4 left in stock - order soon. That The Illustrated Man has remained in print since being published in 1951 is fair testimony to the universal appeal of Ray Bradbury's work. The Illustrated Man is a 1951 collection of eighteen science fiction short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. 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