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Book by Bradbury, Ray
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1 author picked R Is for Rocket as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Bradbury remains my favorite author of all time, and this collection of short stories contains some of his best work, including my favorite time travel tale, “A Sound of Thunder.”
Imagine an avid hunter given the opportunity to stalk the king of prehistoric beasts, the monstrous T-Rex. Then imagine that things don’t go exactly as planned. The world will never be the same.
From Larry's list on time travel resulting in alternate realities.
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