Something wicked this way comes

Something wicked this way comes

Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012

eBook - 2013

Few American novels written this century have endured in the heart and mind as has this one-Ray Bradbury's incomparable masterwork of the dark fantastic. A carnival rolls in sometime after the midnight hour on a chill Midwestern October eve, ushering in Halloween a week before its time. A calliope's shrill siren song beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. In this season of dying, Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery. And two inquisitive boys standing precariously on the brink of adulthood will soon discover the secret of the satanic raree-show's smoke, mazes, and mirrors, as they learn... all too well the heavy cost of wishes -- and the stuff of nightmare.

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Subjects
Carnivals > Fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Horror tales.
Electronic books.
Illinois > Fiction.
Horror fiction.
Genres
Fantasy fiction
Horror fiction
Published
[United States] : Harper Collins Publishers 2013.
Language
English
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Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012 (-)
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ISBN
9780062242174
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AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).
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Review by Library Journal Review

On a chilly October night, Jim Nightshade and Will Halloway smell cotton candy and hear the eerie tones of a carousel calliope. A carnival has rolled into town, a type of which these 13-year-olds have never seen before: a terrifying maze of mirrors leaves the boys' teacher sputtering in fear, a strangely illustrated man offers Jim a free ride on the carousel, and people start to go missing. Bradbury's (www.raybradbury.com) classic 1962 novel is here masterfully read by voice artist Kevin Foley, whose deep tones are well suited to the story's dark characters. Perfect around a campfire or with Halloween in mind; recommended for horror fans, lovers of Stephen King, and fans of Cornelia Funke's The Thief Lord (for its similar themes). [Tantor Audio recently began releasing new recordings of Bradbury classics (see Audio NewsBriefs, LJ 8/10).-Ed.]-Lisa Anderson, Metropolitan Community Coll. Lib., Omaha (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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