7.The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
《紋身人》作者：Ray Bradbury

The stories are connected only by the fact that each is represented by a tattoo on a man who's fully inked up. In "The Veldt," a pair of kids addicted to their very immersive TV room will move the scenes from the screens to life. In "The Long Rain," a group of men lands on a planet that is plagued by nonstop, suffocating rain.
小說由許多小故事組成，每個故事都能在一個全身布滿刺青的男子身上找到對應的圖案象征，這也是這些故事唯一的關聯點。其中有一個名為《大草原》的故事，一群沉迷于電視里的虛擬世界的孩子決心要將電視世界中的情景移置到現實生活中。在《久雨無晴》中，一群人在一個神秘的星球登陸，這個星球正在爆發澇災，一直下著連綿的陰雨，氣氛令人窒息。