THE ILLUSTRATED MAN.

• Author: Malouf, Paul
• Position: Review

THE ILLUSTRATED MAN By Ray Bradbury

Starting off this book on a hot September afternoon, the narrator meets a wandering man who is covered with "skin illustration."

The man explains how a little old witch at a carnival covered his body with magic illustrations that constantly change and tell the future.

"Everyone wants to see the pictures, and yet nobody wants to see them," the man says. The scenes hypnotize the narrator.

What follows are 18 horror and science-fiction short stories that the narrator witnesses being...