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Guys Read: Frost and Fire Audiobook Summary

Born into a world with only seven days to live, Sim faces the same choice everyone does: how will he spend them? Is there something greater to hope for? A short story from Guys Read: Other Worlds, edited by Jon Scieszka.

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Guys Read: Frost and Fire Audiobook Narrator

Paul Boehmer is the narrator of Guys Read: Frost and Fire audiobook that was written by Ray Bradbury

In a career spanning more than seventy years, Ray Bradbury inspired generations of readers to dream, think, and create. A prolific author of hundreds of short stories and close to fifty books, as well as numerous poems, essays, operas, plays, and screenplays, Bradbury was one of the most celebrated writers of our time. His groundbreaking works include Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. An Emmy Award winner for his teleplay The Halloween Tree and an Academy Award nominee, he was the recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2004 National Medal of Arts, and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, among many honors.

About the Author(s) of Guys Read: Frost and Fire

Ray Bradbury is the author of Guys Read: Frost and Fire

Guys Read: Frost and Fire Full Details

Narrator Paul Boehmer
Length 1 hours 57 minutes
Author Ray Bradbury
Category
Publisher Walden Pond Press
Release date September 17, 2013
ISBN 9780062305763

Subjects

The publisher of the Guys Read: Frost and Fire is Walden Pond Press. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Humorous Stories, Juvenile Fiction

Additional info

The publisher of the Guys Read: Frost and Fire is Walden Pond Press. The imprint is Walden Pond Press. It is supplied by Walden Pond Press. The ISBN-13 is 9780062305763.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Roya

June 21, 2017

Loved it, except for the ending. Was it supposed to convey hope? Optimism? Too rushed, poorly handled - unlike the rest of the story.

Juan

October 08, 2022

** spoiler alert ** I read this book quite some time ago, but it was an experience I don’t think I’ll ever forget. This story is simply about the time we have to live, and the lengths we’ll go to have more time, as it explores a group of people abandoned on an alien planet that are doomed to live an entire lifespan in just a few days. It’s immersive and actively compelling to read because you know in this short story that life itself is short and at any moment the main character (sim) might falter or give up, and die from hesitating for only a few short days.The immersion works to make the ending far more effective, as you start to accept the idea of living for 5 days as normal, so that at the end when sim proclaims “imagine that we could live for 10 days! 30 days! Maybe 50!” (Or something like that), it makes you realize how precious each one of your days are.

Maxine Hadley

April 20, 2020

A remarkable storyI first read this novella when I first discovered science fiction. I was retelling it to my husband when I began to realize what an impact it had on me. As a young person it taught me about life- it’s preciousness, it’s fleetness, it’s stages, it’s hope and it’s despair. It taught me about courage, about commitment, about the gift of learning and the gift of curiosity and discovery. That’s an awful lot to learn from just one story. I can’t say why this one left me gasping in awareness, but I have never forgotten the utter joy of reading it. It was the right read at the right time and did what good literature is supposed to do. It opened my mind in a flash and expanded my world to infinite horizons.

Stephanie

December 13, 2019

We recently watched the short film Quest, which was (very loosely) based on this short story, so I wanted to read the original. Much better than Quest, I have to say, and more of a psychological exploration of what people would be like if our lifespans were only eight days, as opposed to the, um, quest of the movie. As usual, Ray Bradbury does it best.

Philmore

September 26, 2022

How short is our life, how we chose to live through it is what determines if we lived a good life or we wasted our short time.In this story, humans live in a planet where their full life cycle is one day.Our main protagonist once wanders off and finds a spaceship, on death's door he decides to sleep in the ship only to find out that he's still alive by the net morning.He must then fight the odds and others in a crusade to save humans from their once day life cycle.

Joan

February 23, 2019

Thought-provoking read! I am new to Bradbury's writing and was not sure I would enjoy this selection. I am glad I found and read it in its entirety. It was an engaging read from start to finish. Once I started to read about the situation, I wanted to know how the characters would react and problem solve.

jon bell

May 17, 2018

Classic from the master. Second time reading thisRay Bradbury had such a wide range of subjects and styles of writing. This simple short story was one I had enjoyed in high school, but as I grew older I see far more depth to the story and the characters in it.

Jenya

April 05, 2020

The world is cruel and is written in a way that pulls you into this planet and situation. The story itself is so moving and well written, the writing style is just beautiful in my opinion while still easy to follow and get immersed in the story itself. I found it very moving and would definitely recommend.

Heydi

December 28, 2021

I’m a huge Ray Bradbury fan so this was right up my alley. In fact, my only embarrassment is that I never found it sooner. I agree with other reviewers that the illustrations could have been cleaner and sharper. Still, a phenomenal story.

Rick

September 05, 2017

An outstanding short story about life on a planet where lifespans last only 8-11 days, due to the harsh extremes in temperatures and climate. It details the life of Sim as he seeks a chance at a longer and better life.

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