Something Wicked This Way Comes: A Novel
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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.
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Combining fantasy and horror (and not sci-fi this time), Bradbury writes his poetic prose as only he can while examining the constantly conflicting dualities of good and nature in each of us. Also cleverly woven into the evil carnival that Mr. Dark brings to Green Town are the “fountain of youth“ and “aging overnight“ motifs that the two boys, Will and Jim wrestle with. Expertly and horrifically written. I need to read more Bradbury.
I almost put this down to revisit another year.
The writing is great but thick. I couldn't read it in a noisy room, which was a problem because I have two small children and live in a noisy room. I can only appreciate prose like writing for so long before I just want the story to emerge. I need to get sucked in at some point. It took over half of the book to catch my interest. Around 3/4 of the way through, I couldn't read fast enough. It was so ...read more
The writing is great but thick. I couldn't read it in a noisy room, which was a problem because I have two small children and live in a noisy room. I can only appreciate prose like writing for so long before I just want the story to emerge. I need to get sucked in at some point. It took over half of the book to catch my interest. Around 3/4 of the way through, I couldn't read fast enough. It was so ...read more
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