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Something Wicked This Way Comes

By Ray Bradbury

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780380729401

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The carnival rolls in sometime after midnight, ushering in Halloween a week early. The shrill siren song of a calliope 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 destroContinue

The carnival rolls in sometime after midnight, ushering in Halloween a week early. The shrill siren song of a calliope 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 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 nightmare.

Few American novels written this century have endured in the heart and memory as has Ray Bradbury's unparalleled literary classic SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES. 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.The carnival rolls in sometime after midnight, ushering in Halloween a week early. The shrill siren song of a calliope 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 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 nightmare.

Few American novels written this century have endured in the heart and memory as has Ray Bradbury's unparalleled literary classic SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES. 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.

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  • Something Wicked This Way Comes Something Wicked This Way Comes

    At the midnight edge of 13, two boys -- Bill Halloway and Jim Nightshade -- discover that the carnival which has just rolled into town has dark designs on the residence of Green Town, Illinois. The freaks have supernatural powers, and the carousel ca ... (read full critics)

    sfsite published on Sun, 17 Oct 2010

  • Something Wicked This Way Comes : Fantasy Masterworks 49

    There are many books which any fan of fantasy, in all its guises, must read as a matter of course: "YOU must read this" they say, "it's a classic novel". Something Wicked... is just one of those books, a novel that transcends genre - part sf, horror; ... (read full critics)

    infinityplus published on Tue, 31 Aug 2010

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  • Something Wicked This Way Comes

    A wonderfully-told, macabre story that pulls you in from the start and holds you 'til the very end.

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