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A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories

By: Ray Bradbury
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
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Sinister mushrooms growing in a dank cellar. A family's first glimpse at Martians. A wonderful white vanilla ice-cream summer suit that changes everyone who wears it. All those images and many more are inside this book, 31 of Bradbury's most arresting tales - timeless short fiction that ranges from the farthest reaches of space to the innermost stirrings of the heart.

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I don't usually complain about narration. It's usually just a difference of preference. This narrator though... whenever anyone in a story raises their voice or gets excited YELLS, even when it doesn't fit the scene at all. I'm still gonna finish the book but my god, is it BAD.

narrator YELLS!

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I love his stories and reminded of the stories told when we were children. The narrator pulls you in and makes you feel each story

Beautiful writing

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A Medicine for Melancholy and other stories is a collection of 31 Ray Bradbury stories narrated by Kirby Heyborne. Last year I was introduced to the Ray Bradbury challenge, read one short story, one poem, and one essay every night, and to write one short story per week. Listening to these 31 stories I was struck by the variety of the content and the writing of each story. These were an excellent example of how one writer can produce some stories that were excellent and others that were just entertaining. Overall, I loved the listening experience these 31 stories and Kirby’s excellent narration skills that brought the collection to life.

31 examples of Ray Bradbury’s storytelling

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Many of these stories really were not science fiction imho. still I love Ray Bradbury

loved SOME of the stories

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one of my favorite authors!!! I love listening to his books and I read most of them as a youngster!!! Can't wait to listen to more of the novels. great author!!!

I just love Ray Bradbury ♥️

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This collection has some real gems, but they don't show up until about halfway in. The opening stories, to me, were slow and disappointing. I felt like they were more descriptions of moments than they were stories with an arc. But later in the collection, he seems to hit a stride, particularly with the sci fi ones, one or two of which are in the Martian Chronicles.

Regardless, the stories are well written, and each one dissects or depicts some deep aspect of human thought.

The reader is amazing. Really! He was fantastic.

So, my recommendation is to read the Martian Chronicles first, and then, if you're really craving more, check this out, but keep your expectations low, particularly for the first half.

Some gems, some slow, all good writing

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The stories were great. I remember reading this when I was younger. I just wish Audible would have included chapter titles rather than just numbers.

Wish there were chapter titles

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This dramatic reading was such a refreshing addition to my daily commute. The stories still inspire years after being penned.

All summer in a day

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Some of the stories were great, but the narrator was annoyingly loud on parts, like way over dramatic…and about 2 hours before the end the audio started going quiet and loud, quiet and loud, all the way to the end! And I checked, it wasn’t my phone or earbuds.

Fun stories, bad audio

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