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Mass Market Paperback Something Wicked This Way Comes Book

ISBN: 0553280325

ISBN13: 9780553280326

Something Wicked This Way Comes

(Book #2 in the Green Town Series)

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Book Overview

One of Ray Bradbury's best-known and most popular novels, Something Wicked This Way Comes, now featuring a new introduction and material about its longstanding influence on culture and genre. For those who still dream and remember, for those yet to experience the hypnotic power of its dark poetry, step inside. The show is about to begin. Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery. The carnival rolls in sometime after midnight, ushering in Halloween a week early. A calliope's shrill siren song beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. Two boys will discover the secret of its smoke, mazes, and mirrors; two friends who will soon know all too well the heavy cost of wishes...and the stuff of nightmares. Few novels have endured in the heart and memory as has Ray Bradbury's unparalleled literary masterpiece Something Wicked This Way Comes. Scary and suspenseful, it is a timeless classic in the American canon. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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27 customer ratings | 7 reviews

Rated 5 stars
Something wicked this way comes

I got the book yesterday, very quick shipping for most books, Have not read yet as I have a couple of books that I am reading..yes I multi task. So I bought to read when I am able to get to it. I have heard that the author Ray Bradbury is a great author so I wanted to experience his story's myself.

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Rated 4 stars
A great recommendation!

After a good friend of mine recommended This book I immediately got it! I loved this book so much, will definitely be rereading it a lot! This book was fun, and funky! If you like any of Ray Bradbury's other works you’ll definitely like this one!

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Rated 5 stars
ABSOLUTE favorite book!

This has always been my favorite book ever. EVERYONE should read this book. Carousel horses still scare me!

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Ray Bradbury

An oldie but a goodie!

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No one writes like Bradbury

Out of all of Ray Bradbury's prodigious gifts, perhaps none is greater than his ability to capture the true essence of childhood in a timeless manner. While his most prolific period is now four decades past, Bradbury's descriptions of the hopes and fears of childhood still strike a powerful chord; in particular, he is able to capture the fears of childhood from an adult's perspective, without in any way minimizing them.In...

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