Something Wicked This Way Comes
A Novel
Simon & Schuster · Print & ebook · October 24, 2017
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.
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- Who it’s for
- A moody, literary ride that keeps the pages moving without losing its strange glow.
- Genres
- Horror, Dark Fantasy, The Occult & Supernatural
- Published
- Simon & Schuster, October 24, 2017
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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.
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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.
Strange Glow
A moody, literary ride that keeps the pages moving without losing its strange glow.
Come here for
- gothic shimmer, supernatural unease
- Bradbury’s lyrical, accessible pull
Expect
- edgier atmosphere than cozy fantasy
- straightforward momentum with a haunted edge
Where it sits
| Horror | 44% |
|---|---|
| The Occult & Supernatural | 39% |
| Dark Fantasy | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Sci-Fi
- Authors
- Ray Bradbury
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Published
- October 24, 2017
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- The Classics