A Graveyard for Lunatics by Ray Bradbury

He is the only pedestrian near his home, and has never seen another person out during the many hours that he has walked. As “The Pedestrian” opens, the year is 2053 and Leonard Mead is out for another one of his lonely evening walks. In 1989, “The Pedestrian” was adapted into an episode of The Ray Bradbury Theater, starring David Ogden Stiers as Leonard. Exploring themes such as the dangers of progress, society’s treatment of outcasts, and the potential of technology to stop serving and become a danger, “The Pedestrian” is considered a predecessor to Bradbury’s most famous work about a repressive futuristic society, Fahrenheit 451. This leads to a series of events where his unusual behavior places him in danger in a society unable to understand those who differ from the norm. He has never seen another pedestrian, and neither has the police car that finds him one night on his walk. Leonard, however, enjoys going for a nightly walk in the ruined city, something that is inexplicable to those around him. Focusing on Leonard Mead, an ordinary-seeming man, the story takes place in 2053 when television has taken over the world to such an extent that most people rarely leave their homes. First published in 1951 in the news magazine The Reporter, it was later collected in Bradbury’s anthology T he Golden Apples of the Sun. Faint, small soil to the lower edges of the half-title page, else near fine in blue linen over golden-sand boards with silver embossed author initials to the front cover and with embossed silver titles and bronze decorative borders to the spine, red-and-blue headband and tail-band in a fine dust jacket with front cover and spine art by Wendell Minor original printed $18.95 price still intact to the front inner flap, and original printed date 7/90 still intact to the rear inner flap.“The Pedestrian” is a short story by American science fiction writer Ray Bradbury. This haunting mystery novel, set in 1950s Hollywood, features a science fiction novelist writing a screenplay, and involves actors, directors, and fantastical clues.

Bradbury garnered an immense number of accolades including multi-Hugo, World Fantasy, and Bram Stoker Awards, as well as a Pulitzer Prize special citation. 1990' and SIGNED by the author to the front end-paper with an ink pen (not black marker).

1990 date printed to the title page, 'First edition' statement to the copyright page, 7/90 date to the jacket's rear flap, and $18.95 price to the jacket's front flap.

A Graveyard for Lunatics by Ray Bradbury