The Golden Apples of the Sun

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name = The Golden Apples of the Sun
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author = Ray Bradbury
illustrator = Joe Mugnaini
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Science fiction and fantasy short stories
publisher = Doubleday & Company
release_date = 1953
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 192 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-435-12360-2 (hardback reprint)
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"The Golden Apples of the Sun" is a collection of thirty-two of the most famous short stories by Ray Bradbury. It is named after the W. B. Yeats poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus", the last stanza of which reads:

Though I am old with wandering Through hollow lands and hilly lands, I will find out where she has gone And kiss her lips and take her hands; And walk among long dappled grass, And pluck till time and times are done The silver apples of the moon, The golden apples of the sun.

The book was originally published in 1953 with twenty-two stories. An semi-omnibus edition of the 1953 collection and "R is for Rocket" was published in 1990 by Bantam Books as "Classic Stories 1", which omitted four stories from "Golden Apples of the Sun" and one from "R is for Rocket". The third printing of "Classic Stories 1" (1995) added the title story from "Golden Apples of the Sun" back. In 1997, the contents of the 3rd printing of "Classic Stories 1" were retitled "Golden Apples of the Sun" and published by Avon. The book is currently published under the title "A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories" (2005) [cite web
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accessdate = 2007-04-07 ] .

Table of Contents (1953 edition)

* (1952) "The Fog Horn"
* (1951) "The Pedestrian"
* (1951) "The April Witch"
* (1952) "The Wilderness"
* (1948) "The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl"
* (1945) "Invisible Boy"
* (1953) "The Flying Machine"
* (1953) "The Murderer"
* (1953) "The Golden Kite, The Silver Wind"
* (1947) "I See You Never"
* (1951) "Embroidery"
* (1945) "The Big Black and White Game"
* (1952) "A Sound of Thunder"
* (1953) "The Great Wide World Over There"
* (1948) "Powerhouse"
* (1952) "En La Noche"
* (1953) "Sun and Shadow"
* (1947) "The Meadow"
* (1953) "The Garbage Collector"
* (1949) "The Great Fire"
* (1953) "Hail and Farewell"
* (1953) "The Golden Apples of the Sun"

Editions

* ISBN 0-435-12360-2 (hardback, 1990)
* ISBN 0-380-73039-1 (paperback, 1997)

Notes

References

*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=62 | date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1