Dave
This is a big collection of short stories from Bradbury, I could swear there were a few from the Martian chronicles that I remember from being a kid. I think he does a great job telling stories about simple people with a big feeling and getting you to think about how you'd feel there too. There's two separate stories in there that think about the first rocket trip and how you would feel (or your parents would feel) being the first one to rocket to somewhere. The ones I liked the best were the one about the suit that 6 guys bought to share and feel fancy (I think it's called the ice cream suit) and there is one in there about a guy who gets off a train at random at a tiny quiet town and has a unique encounter. *SPOILER* it turns out that at the station there's a guy that says he's been waiting for someone unknown to the community to get off the train so he could kill them. But the encounter doesn't go as expected *END SPOILER*
That last one was a bit creepy and quite good.
This is a big collection of short stories from Bradbury, I could swear there were a few from the Martian chronicles that I remember from being a kid. I think he does a great job telling stories about simple people with a big feeling and getting you to think about how you'd feel there too. There's two separate stories in there that think about the first rocket trip and how you would feel (or your parents would feel) being the first one to rocket to somewhere. The ones I liked the best were the one about the suit that 6 guys bought to share and feel fancy (I think it's called the ice cream suit) and there is one in there about a guy who gets off a train at random at a tiny quiet town and has a unique encounter. *SPOILER* it turns out that at the station there's a guy that says he's been waiting for someone unknown to the community to get off the train so he could kill them. But the encounter doesn't go as expected *END SPOILER*
That last one was a bit creepy and quite good.