• Publication: R Is for RocketPublication Record # 297547
• Author: Ray Bradbury
• Date: 1970-08-00
• Catalog ID: SP5748
• Publisher: Bantam Pathfinder
• Price:
  $0.75^?$: US dollar
• Pages: 184
• Format:
  pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Cover: R Is for Rocket (1965) • by Paul Lehr
• Notes:

  • If you have a copy of this publication then please double-check the printing history on the copyright page and see if the 7th printing is January or February 1969. The 14th printing says February 1969. See R is for Rocket - Bantam printing history .
  • 10th Printing. The printing date is not stated. The source of the 1970-08-00 printing date used with this ISFDB publication record is the 14th printing.
  • The printing history as stated on the copyright page is:
    • Doubleday edition published October 1962
    • 2nd printing November 1962
    • 3rd printing December 1962
    • 4th printing May 1963
    • 5th printing September 1964
    • Bantam edition published March 1965
    • 2nd printing May 1965
    • Bantam Pathfinder edition published September 1966
    • 4th printing January 1967
    • 5th printing September 1967
    • 6th printing October 1968
    • 7th printing January 1969
    • 8th printing September 1969
    • 9th printing (no date)
    • 10th printing (no date)
  • The cover artist is not stated. There may be a signature on the front cover but it's very faint.
  • The source for the Paul Lehr cover art credit is Jane Frank in "Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists of the Twentieth Century."

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• Introduction (R Is for Rocket) • (1962) • essay by Ray Bradbury
• 1 • R Is for Rocket • (1943) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 16 • The End of the Beginning • (1956) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 21 • The Fog Horn • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 29 • The Rocket • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 39 • The Rocket Man • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 50 • The Golden Apples of the Sun • (1953) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 57 • A Sound of Thunder • (1952) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 69 • The Long Rain • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 83 • The Exiles • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 97 • Here There Be Tygers • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 110 • The Strawberry Window • (1955) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 118 • The Dragon • (1955) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 121 • The Gift • (1952) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 124 • Frost and Fire • (1946) • novella by Ray Bradbury
• 164 • Uncle Einar • [The Elliott Family] • (1947) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 172 • The Time Machine • [Dandelion Wine] • (1955) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 179 • The Sound of Summer Running • [Dandelion Wine] • (1956) • short story by Ray Bradbury