The cover text reads:

Visionary tales from the author of Fahrenheit 451

If El Greco had painted miniatures in his prime, no bigger than your hand, infinitely detailed, with his sulphurous colour and exquisite human nantomy, perhaps he might have used this man's body for his art . . .

Yet the Illustrated Man has tried to burn the illustrations off. He's tried sandpaper, acid, and a knife. Because, as the sun sets, the pictures glow like charcoals, like scattered gems. They quiver and come to life. Tiny pink hnds gesture, tiny mouths flicker as the figures enact their stories -- voices rise, small and muted, predicting the future.

Blending magic, imagination and truth with Bradbury's rich storytelling skills and beautifully crafted imagery, these are startling and thought-provoking visions of humankind's destiny.

I picked this up because it's a science fiction classic that I've wanted to read for a long time. Each "tattoo" on the Illustrated Man comes alive to reveal a story from the future. Unfortunately these future stories are a little dated now, and there's no real resolution to the story of the Illustrated Man himself :-(

to be left in a corridor kitchen