It's a rare 1947 short story, published just once in Planet Stories, and never again reprinted. You won't find it in any of Ray's books.
The 1947 "Rocket Summer"also has the odd status of being in the public domain, thanks to an oversight: it should have had its copyright renewed in 1975 (following the 28-year-renewal system in use at that time in the US). But the renewal didn't happen.
Because the story is in the public domain, I can here present the entire story to you (if you can tolerate my storytelling voice...). Scroll down to listen, or find it using your podcast app.
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2 comments:
Thank you again for another great podcast. As for "Rocket Summer", it doesn't rank among Bradbury's best, but it deserves not to fall into obscurity. I could see this story as fitting into such collections as R is for Rocket, or possibly even within The Illustrated Man since both collections address the theme of space exploration as well as Bradbury's ambivalence regarding technological development. The philosophical digressions in the story did not bother me, and I think such digressions can be found within his better known work on occasion. All the best, Sean Etches
Thanks for listening, Sean!
Yes, I could see this in R is for Rocket.
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