false 93251 30 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!? (Illustrated by Joe Mugnaini.) 1046266 book 1955 The October Country total:1386|5:517|4:505|3:305|2:49|1:10| 1386 5628 1910 102 4 3 false false Tue May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 12:59:23 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 18:37:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jan 19 20:32:22 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 20:32:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Sep 06 09:24:26 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 09:33:15 -0700 2007
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OCTOBER COUNTRY ...that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the h...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 00:07:02 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 06:24:57 -0700 2009
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I could go over each of them or some of them, but I won't. I think the story i remembered m...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 17:19:47 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 08:51:32 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 16:26:52 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 08:35:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 05 06:36:03 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 20 19:13:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Thu May 08 11:41:08 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 11:41:08 -0700 2008
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 brow...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 04 05:20:36 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 05 18:58:11 -0700 2009
As with many Bradbury books, this was a collection of short stories. It came highly advised by a friend of mine and after much searching found it some 30 miles away in N...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 11:47:29 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 12:02:03 -0700 2009 The Illustrated Man and The Martian Chronicles are still his twin masterpieces.

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