The Toynbee Convector, Ray Bradbury
The Toynbee Convector, Ray Bradbury
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The Toynbee Convector

Author: Ray Bradbury

Narrator: Ali Andre Ali, Corey Brill, Danielle Cohen, Gary Furlong, Suehyla El-Attar Young

Unabridged: 8 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/05/2025

Categories: Fiction, Short Stories


Synopsis

From “one of science fiction’s grand masters” (Library Journal), a new reissue of Ray Bradbury’s The Toynbee Convector: a collection of twenty-two stories, including the continuing saga of H.G. Well’s time traveler and his Toynbee Convector, a ghost on the Orient Express, and a bored man who creates his own genuine Egyptian mummy.

The world’s only time traveler finally reveals his secret. An old man’s memory of World War I conjures ghostly parachutists. An Egyptian mummy turns up in an Illinois cornfield. A lonely Martian prepares to face his doom.

From the iconic author of Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Martian Chronicles, and The Illustrated Man, The Toynbee Convector is a true cause for celebration. The twenty-two classic tales in this special Ray Bradbury collection begin in the familiar rooms and landscapes of our lives, in common thoughts and memories, and then take off into the farthest reaches of the imagination. “The fiction creates the truth in this lovely exercise in utopian dreaming” (Publishers Weekly)—stunning stories that could only come from the brilliant mind of Ray Bradbury.

About Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury (1920–2012) was the author of more than three dozen books, including Fahrenheit 451The Martian ChroniclesThe Illustrated Man, and Something Wicked This Way Comes, as well as hundreds of short stories. He wrote for the theater, cinema, and TV, including the screenplay for John Huston’s Moby Dick and the Emmy Award–winning teleplay The Halloween Tree, and adapted for television sixty-five of his stories for The Ray Bradbury Theater. He was the recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, and numerous other honors.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jamie on May 20, 2024

The title story (rather than the collection, which I have not read) I think superbly epitomizes Bradbury's humanistic sci-fi. When you get down to it, it's not really sci-fi at all, but in the same manner still perfectly evokes one's imagination and optimism for a future where humanity is able to co......more

Goodreads review by Benjamin on August 22, 2024

A story about time-travel, human destiny, and the stories we tell each-other. A reporter is interviewing a 130 year old man, and the first and only known time-traveler. A century has passed since his trip, and Stiles has one last chance to tell the world more about what his journey was like and why h......more

Goodreads review by Book Concierge on November 28, 2017

This collection of short stories was originally published in 1988. At the time I heard an interview with Bradbury – probably on NPR – and one story in particular was mentioned. A tender love story titled The Laurel and Hardy Love Affair. I was surprised, knowing, and loving, Bradbury as a science fi......more