Hey everyone. Today we're reissuing a favorite episode and book of mine. It's the retro science fiction short story collection from 1951, The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury. This is an earlier episode, so the editing is a little bumpy in parts, but that just adds

to the charm.

I feel like the phrase, it just adds to the charm is always just used to make something

mediocre sound better.

Like, you'll love this charming bed and breakfast with single pain

windows and no hot water. Anyway, I also just want to give you a quick update on my live show

schedule. I'm going to be in Fairbanks and North Pole, Alaska this week of Thanksgiving.

Yes, those are both real places. Then I'm in Des Moines, the first week of December. Then from January

through April of next year, I'm still building out my tour, but for now I'm headed to Florida,

Pennsylvania, Ohio, Washington, D.C., New York, all over California. And actually, right at the

beginning of January, I'm going to be in about five or six different cities in Texas. Go to

Kellernerskine.com for that calendar and tickets, or you can join the Patreon and get two free

tickets to any of those shows over the next year, patreon.com slash the bookpile. But enough about me,

let's get to this episode. Also, next week we'll have a brand new episode where Dave and I will give a second look at Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

But let's get to today's book.

This is me and Dave way back in our episode number 87, The Illustrated Man.

I'm David Vance.

I think Bradbury went into sci-fi because his first name Ray is a science word.

Wouldn't you write sci-fi if your name were Big Bang Jones?

All right, quick reminder to please rate and review the book pile.

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