The Bradbury Report, Steven Polansky
The Bradbury Report, Steven Polansky
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The Bradbury Report

Author: Steven Polansky

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki; Directed by Kirk Miller

Unabridged: 11 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/04/2010

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

The year is 2071. It is a world very recognizable to our own, only now the United States has implemented a widescale, governmentrun cloning program that is tied directly to health insurance. Each U.S. citizen has a copy living separately in a cleared zone in the Midwest. If an original is sick or injured and requires surgery, whatever he or she needs is taken from their clone. In the two decades since the programs inception, no person outside the government has ever seen their copy or been inside the Clearances, and no clone has ever successfully escapeduntil now. The Bradbury Report is a fascinating meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of as a race and society. It is a powerful work of speculative fiction, beautifully written, about love, identity, free will, aging, and intelligence that will linger with you long after reading.

About Steven Polansky

Steven Polansky grew up in New York City. His short fiction has appeared in, among other places, the New Yorker, Harper’s, Best American Short Stories, Glimmer Train, New England Review, and Minnesota Monthly. His first book, the story collection Dating Miss Universe, won the Sandstone Prize for Fiction and the Minnesota Book Award. He lives in Appleton, Wisconsin, with his wife and daughter.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rebecca

Things I liked: It was true to character. The "report" is written in first person and he stays true to his self described lack of creativity. Yes, it was tedious at times, but a socially awkward man such as Ray would have sounded like that. The narrator was great. Didn't like: Lack of answers. Very few......more

Goodreads review by Sooz

I understand if there are readers who don't like this book. I am actually surprised I like it as well as I do. firstly -while considered sci-fi- the book has little of the genre about it. yes there are clones, but the story's focus is the human aspect rather than the scientific. coming from the issue......more

Goodreads review by Steven

Please note: My reviews are more summaries to myself because I have a very poor long term memory, and the shorthand language in which I summarize should not wholly be taken as a review, per se. The book starts with the narrator, "Ray Bradbury," reminiscing about his life and getting contacted by an e......more

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