Although Bradbury used many of the same techniques in these stories as in his science fiction and fantasy publications,
Dandelion Wine was not as well received as his earlier work. Other later collections, including
A Medicine for Melancholy (1959),
The Machineries of Joy (1964),
I Sing the Body Electric! (1969), and
Long after Midnight (1976), contain stories set in Bradbury's familiar outer space or midwestern settings and explore his typical themes. Many of Bradbury's stories have been anthologized or filmed for such television programs as
The Twilight Zone,Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and
Ray Bradbury Theater. In addition to his short fiction, Bradbury has several adult novels. The first of these, Fahrenheit 451 (1953), originally published as a short story and later expanded into novel form, concerns a future society in which books are burned because they are perceived as threats to societal conformity. In Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962) a father attempts to save his son and a friend from the sinister forces of a mysterious traveling carnival. Both of these novels have been adapted for film. Death Is a Lonely Business (1985) is a detective story featuring Douglas Spaulding, the protagonist of Dandelion Wine, as a struggling writer for pulp magazines Dandelion Wine and The Martian Chronicles are often included in the category of novel.
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