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''S is for Space'' (1966) is a collection of science fiction short stories written by Ray Bradbury.〔Publisher: Bantam Books (1966). Language: English. ISBN 0-553-11932-X ISBN 978-0-553-11932-9〕 It was compiled for the Young Adult sections of libraries. ==Contents== ;"Chrysalis" :A science fiction story in which three men anxiously watch their fellow-scientist as he is encased in a mysterious green chrysalis. They eventually come to believe he is undergoing metamorphosis inside the chrysalis. ;"Pillar of Fire" :A science fiction/horror short novel. Set in the year 2349, it depicts a Utopian society in which all corpses are incinerated for hygienic reasons. All horror literature has also been burned to produce a healthier mindset. When his grave is disturbed, a man who died four centuries earlier rises from his tomb to infiltrate the utopia and launch a vendetta to restore fear. ;"Zero Hour" :A science fiction story, involving a world-wide befriending of children by sinister aliens. ;"The Man" :A rocket ship lands on an isolated planet, expecting an astounded welcome. However, they find they have been preceded by a much more important visitor. ;"Time in Thy Flight" :A science fiction story. A high-school teacher takes three children on a field-trip in a time machine. ;"The Pedestrian" :A science fiction story about a society addicted to television. ;"Hail and Farewell" :A fantasy story concerning a middle-aged man who never physically aged past his pre-adolescence. ;"Invisible Boy" :A comical story about an old woman who convinces a boy she has turned him invisible. ;"Come into My Cellar" :A science fiction story about mushrooms and alien invasions. ;"The Million-Year Picnic" :A science fiction story in which a family travels to an unsullied Mars to escape a ravaged Earth. Previously adapted as the final chapter of ''The Martian Chronicles'' (1950). ;"The Screaming Woman" :A mystery/suspense story, describing a young girl who tries to procure help in digging up a woman buried in an empty lot. ;"The Smile" :A science fiction story describing a world devastated by nuclear war, whose inhabitants systematically destroy artifacts of the past. The story touches on one boy who is enchanted by Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. ;"Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" :An atomic war on Earth drives a family to flee to a human colony Mars. ;"The Trolley" :An idyllic story about the last trolley-ride in a small town. ;"The Flying Machine" :A story set in ancient China, whose Emperor discovers a peasant has invented a flying-machine. ;"Icarus Montgolfier Wright" :A story concerning the first man to fly a rocket ship. S is for space is his biography 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「S Is for Space」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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