In these eighteen startling visions of humankind’s destiny, unfolding across a canvas of decorated skin, living cities take their vengeance, technology awakens the most primal natural instincts, and dreams are carried aloft in junkyard rockets (Goodreads).
This collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury delivers on several levels. Subtle symbolism in every story hints at the darker aspects of human nature while interesting characters add thoughtful dialogue along with surprising bits of dark humor. However like most short stories, the reader does not get to enjoy the characters or the setting as much as they would in longer stories, however Bradbury's exceptional language does do much to combat that. Some of the stories are a little bit too similar, and although it is interesting to see small bits of connection in some, all in all it may be a bit repetitive. The actual illustrated man premise here is also a bit pointless, mostly just serving as a segway between stories, however Bradbury has done it once again with excellent stories. 6.9/10
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