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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
Fabric Type: 9780380973873
Fax Number: 1st
Legal Disclaimer: 0380973871
Maximum Color Depth: Avon Books
Metal Type: Avon Books
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 352
Total External Bays Free: September 01, 1999
Total Firewire Ports: Avon Books
Total Parallel Ports: September 07, 1999
Avon Books
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
With a new introduction by the author. Includes the stories: The Dwarf; The Next in Line; The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse; Skeleton; The Jar; The Lake; The Emissary; Touched With Fire; The Small Assassin; The Crowd; Jack-in-the-Box; The Scythe; Uncle Einar; The Wind; The Man Upstairs; There Was an Old Woman; The Cistern; Homecoming; The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone
Amazon.com Review:
Ray Bradbury's first short story collection is back in print, its chilling encounters with funhouse mirrors, parasitic accident-watchers, and strange poker chips intact. Both sides of Bradbury's vaunted childhood nostalgia are also on display, in the celebratory "Uncle Einar," and haunting "The Lake," the latter a fine elegy to childhood loss. This edition features a new introduction by Bradbury, an invaluable essay on writing, wherein the author tells of his "Theater of Morning Voices," and, by inference, encourages you to listen to the same murmurings in yourself. And has any writer anywhere ever made such good use of exclamation marks!?
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Adapted from ISawLightningFall.blogspot.com
Autumn is the season that draws me back to my central-Kentucky childhood. Back then, the daytime temperature would hover just above freezing point, the sun a warm disc in the chill blue sky. Leaves would slowly shift to orange and ochre and brown before cascading down in piles that reached your knees. The air smelled of cider, and you could always find pumpkins -- lined for purchase in fields, in stacks at the grocery, by every front door. ... Read More
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A collection of creepy horror, in the majority, with the odd other story. Right on the consistent Bradbury sort of average score for me, and happily lacking in the overly twee mainstream stories.
So, very good examples of his fantasy work, or dark fantasy, or whatever you would like to call it.
October Country : The Dwarf - Ray Bradbury
October Country : The Next in Line - Ray Bradbury
October Country : The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse - Ray Bradbury
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Captivated through suspense, innovation, and awe I award The October Country five of five stars. Ray Bradbury's ingenuity and flair become indubitably evidnet within the catacombs, deep cisterns, a town called Obscurity, and a seashore called the Past that lay through the looking glass. The New York Times calls Bradbury "the uncrown king of the science fiction writers". The simple astonishment of this collection will be enjoyed by many imaginative readers time and time again. Within great minds ... Read More
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I found the first story to be mildly interesting, if a little predictable, and from there it seemed to slow down a bit. However, I stuck with it, and I'm glad I did, as this collection contains some excellent stories that really build up the suspense until endings that send a shiver through you and leave you feeling (contentedly) disquieted. My favorites were: Skeleton, The Jar, The Small Assassin, and The Scythe. (Maybe add The Wind to this list, on the basis of its ending.)
However, ... Read More
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A gem. Thematically, the stories are not all that close, but they have great suspense, drama, interesting characters. Memorable.
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