Something Wicked This Way Comes

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury

7.6 / 10
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1962

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About the Book

By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.


The carnival rolls in sometime after midnight, ushering in Halloween a week early. The shrill siren song of a calliope beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. In this season of dying, Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery. And 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 nightmare.

Few American novels written this century have endured in the heart and memory as has Ray Bradbury's unparalleled literary classic SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES. 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.

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Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury didn’t just write science fiction; he wrote about the human experience through the lens of the extraordinary, capturing the beauty and terror of being alive in a world that’s always changing. Best known for Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and Something Wicked This Way Comes, Bradbury’s…

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