Pillar of Fire, Ray Bradbury
Pillar of Fire, Ray Bradbury
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Pillar of Fire

Author: Ray Bradbury

Narrator: B.J. Harrison

Unabridged: 1 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: B.J. Harrison

Published: 06/13/2021

Synopsis

300 years after his death, William Lantry awakes from his coffin. One thing is very clear to him – this sterile world without superstition, fear, or imagination must be destroyed. ¶Ray Bradbury was one of the best-known writers of our time. He was a master storyteller, a champion of creative freedom, and a space-age visionary. He was a close friend of Ray Harryhausen, the stop motion special effects pioneer. Bradbury’s most noteworthy works include The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. “Pillar of Fire” was originally released in the summer issue of the fiction magazine Planet Stories in 1948.

About Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, and poet. He became a full-time writer in 1943 and contributed numerous short stories to periodicals before publishing a collection of them, Dark Carnival, in 1947.
His reputation as a writer of courage and vision was established with the publication of The Martian Chronicles in 1950, which describes Earthlings' first attempts to conquer and colonize Mars and the unintended consequences. Next came The Illustrated Man and Fahrenheit 451, which many consider to be Bradbury's masterpiece. Other works by Bradbury include The October Country, Dandelion Wine, A Medicine for Melancholy, Something Wicked This Way Comes, I Sing the Body Electric! Quicker Than the Eye, and Driving Blind. In all, Bradbury published more than thirty books and close to six hundred short stories. He has been awarded the O. Henry Memorial Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award, the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America, and the PEN Center USA West Lifetime Achievement Award, among others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Libbie Hawker on August 31, 2012

4.5 stars Easily Judith Tarr's best book, with rich world-building, a wide array of well-drawn characters, and an impressive plot twist that keeps the reader engaged through the entire length of the novel. Let me say first that I have long since grown weary of "real Egyptian personages meet characters......more

Goodreads review by Bodosika on May 03, 2020

Though it was okay but the names are very confusing.......more

Goodreads review by Monica on February 14, 2021

3.5 stars- I really enjoyed the main character Nofret. She is the reason I kept reading even though at times this book just seemed really long. What I loved was what the author did with the history. How she wove theories around what is plausible. This book was written in the late 90s. At that time t......more

Goodreads review by Erin on January 24, 2021

I first read this book when I was about sixteen and absolutely obsessed with anything and everything Akhenaten/Amarna related, and having originally been drawn into my life for Ancient Egypt because of the story of Exodus, I absolutely loved it. I didn’t believe it, but I loved the novel. Years late......more

Goodreads review by Jesper on October 31, 2022

I enjoyed the book quite a bit. Judith Tarr is good at writing the archetypal stubborn heroine, and Nofret of Pillar of Fire is no exception. Her research is good enough to sell the setting, instead of pasting a modern setting with ancient names. I like the depiction of Ahkenaten in particular, Tarr......more

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