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It Came from Outer Space

Ray Bradbury

First published 2004
Publisher Gauntlet Press
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Cover art Ray Bradbury
Pages 436
Price $125.00
ISBN 1887368663

  • Edited by Donn Albright.
  • Stickered cover price only, not present on dust jacket.
  • ISBN-10 "1-887368-66-3" appears on the copyright page; inside front cover dust flap has ID "2586-321-2353-3". This may also refer to the 'Lettered Edition'.
  • Contents also has a section of "Bonus Materials (Lettered Edition Only)", not present in this edition, which lists: — 'Bonus Materials: An Introduction by Jonathan Eller' on p.439 — 'Unfinished Screenplay: Face in the Deep' on p.441 — 'Letter from Mathilde Moser to Ray Bradbury, September 8, 1953' on p.453.
  • Pages are intermittently numbered.
  • 'San Bernardino Summers' is described as a Foreword in the Contents.
  • Some introductory essays are uncredited on the pages they appear but are credited to Jonathan Eller in the Contents.
  • 750 copies signed and numbered.
  • "Jacket Design by Marcelo M. Martinex & Donn Albright" on copyright page.

Year Reviewer Publication
2004 Hank Wagner Cemetery Dance, #50

Page Title Author(s) Type
7 Introduction (It Came from Outer Space) Ray Bradbury Essay
11 San Bernardino Summers Donn Albright Essay
19 Our Harvest Is Fear: Aspects of Carnival in Ray Bradbury's Screen Treatment William F. Touponce Essay
19 Ray Bradbury on "It Came From Outer Space" Ray Bradbury & Donn Albright Interview
27 Bradbury's Web of Fear: The Lost Metaphor Behind the Screen Treatment Jonathan Eller Essay
44 Introduction (A Matter of Taste) uncredited Essay
45 A Matter of Taste Ray Bradbury Short Story
63 Letter, Fantasy and Science Fiction to Ray Bradbury, June 28, 1952 uncredited Essay
67 "Ground Zero" (The Atomic Monster) Ray Bradbury Short Fiction
107 'Atomic Monster' Outline, September 3, 1952 Ray Bradbury Short Fiction
147 'Atomic Monster' Outline, September 4, 1952 Ray Bradbury Short Fiction
201 It Came from Outer Space: A Story for Films, September 1952 Ray Bradbury Short Fiction
321 Afterthoughts (It Came from Outer Space) Ray Bradbury Essay
323 Russell Johnson: A Reminiscence Russell Johnson Essay
328 Letter, Seymour M. Bricker to Ray Bradbury, October 13, 1952 Seymour M. Bricker Essay
329 Letter, Universal City to Ray Bradbury, October 3, 1952 uncredited Essay
375 It Came from Outer Space uncredited Short Story
401 Introduction: Life in Bungalow 10: Ray Bradbury and Sam Rolfe Jonathan Eller Essay
403 Letter from Sophie Maslow to Ray Bradbury, October 22, 1952 Sophie Maslow Essay
405 Troll Charge Ray Bradbury Short Story
417 Postscript: Ray Bradbury & Harry Essex Jonathan Eller Essay
419 Letter, Harry Essex to Ray Bradbury, February 10, 1976 Harry Essex Essay
425 Letter, Ray Bradbury to Harry Essex, March 2, 1976 Ray Bradbury Essay
427 Letter, Harry Essex to Ray Bradbury, undated Harry Essex Essay
429 Chrysalis Screenplay Harry Essex Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
It Came from Outer Space Cover 2004 Gauntlet Press Hardcover Collection Ray Bradbury