Dubliners Dubliners Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences. They centre on Joyce's idea of an epiphany: a moment where a character experiences a life-changing self-understanding or illumination. Many of the characters in
I Sing the Body Electric (short story collection) Sing the Body Electric!", was adapted from a 1962 "Twilight Zone" episode of the same name, which Bradbury had written. It was later adapted as a 1982 television movie, "The Electric Grandmother", starring Maureen Stapleton. I Sing the Body Electric (short story collection) I Sing the Body Electric! is a 1969 collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury. The book takes its name from an included short story of the same title, which in turn took the title from a poem by Walt Whitman published in his collection "Leaves of Grass". The collection includes these stories: In 1998, Avon Books