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Something Wicked This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury

Start date: October 1, 2019

Finish date: October 31, 2019

Discussion: Science Fiction and Fantasy

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What Members Thought

Oct 27, 2011 Laura rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio-books, gothic-romance, read-2011, terror

The thrilling story of two boys in a very strange circus.

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May 10, 2019 Sean rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-book-borrow-box

The best horror novel I've read to date.

"...the carnival doesn't care if it stinks by moonlight instead of sun, so long as it gorges on fear and pain. That's the fuel, the vapor that spins the carousel, the raw stuffs of terror, the excruciating agony of guilt, the scream from real or imagined wounds." ...more

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Sep 17, 2016 Karen rated it really liked it

I love Ray Bradbury's short stories. The Martian Chronicles is my favorite story collection. Something Wicked this Way Comes is perfect for Halloween. A carnival comes to Green Town Illinois, filled with all the wonderful things that two thirteen year old boys can imagine. The carnival came in late October, everyone knows carnivals don't set up after Labor Day. The carnival came in at midnight, when everyone knows they come in at dawn. ...more

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