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Title: The October Country by Ray Bradbury, Joe Mugnaini ISBN: 0-345-32448-X Publisher: Del Rey Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.74 (27 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Early Bradbury work shows his immense promise as an author.
Comment: Bradbury, who had always wanted to write poetry was heartened when a collegue told him that he already was a poet, then read him some passages from Martian Chronicles. October Country,an edited version of his first collection called Dark Carnival, also shows this same promise. These are mostly tales of horror written for pulp magazines of the thirties and forties. They are frightening stories which resound with Bradbury's own unique poetic voice. These are tales that could easily have been told 'round the fire and that may be their best setting. Accompanied by Joe Mugnaini's lovely illustrations, it only leaves you wanting to know what the original edition was like. Unless you have great luck, or a large book buying budget, October Country will have to suffice.
Rating: 5
Summary: Essential Short Story Collection by an Essential Author!
Comment: Ray Bradbury's name is synonymous with imagination and in this collection of short stories he proves that beyond a reasonable doubt. I know, I used to cringe at his name. That is before I learned that he didn't just write science fiction (a genre of which I am not too fond). These stories range from a bizarre account of one couple's visit to a Mexican town and the mummies that reside there (The Next In Line), a loyal dog that brings its young bed-ridden owner things from out in the world, even things from cemeteries (The Emissary), a baby born with an evil intelligence (The Small Assassin), a man who is the heir to Death's job (The Scythe), and an observant boy who deals with a tenant vampire in a very unique way (The Man Upstairs). The stories I have listed are of particualr impact and my favorites of the collection, but overall word for word, page for page each story is priceless. If you are a fan of horror fiction or just plain old imaginative writing in general invest in the works of Ray Bradbury, you won't regret it.
Rating: 5
Summary: If there were a possibility for a higher rating...!
Comment: Well, what shall i say about Ray Bradbury's 'October Country'? Imaginative. Nostalgic. Sad. Happy. Thoughtful. Provocative. hindsight Laden. Very, very very well written. At the momment, i'm reading LOTR:The Two Towers, a very good book as it is, but here and there, i couldn't help ducking into 'October Country' I have tried to restrain myself from reading too much of it before i'm done reading the Tolkien collection, but i have failed, at least three stories so far. I've read 'The Dwarf','The Lake' and 'The Emmisary'. All very very good stories, all very very thoughtprovocking. The one thing i like above all else when reading Mr' Bradbury's tales is the fact that he never tries to get above what your understanding might be. He allows you to think what you may about his story up to a point, then, he helps you to understand what you might've only thought you understood beforehand. But though this is so, he is never condescending or a lorder of intellect over your head. The tales are simple, yet complicated. Very very layered, yet simple enough for even the most basic of understanding readers to get. I went out and bought all four of his short story collections, and so far, i've read from two of these. Like nothing i have ever read. For God's sake, Bradbury makes me nostalgic for childhood, and i am but 23 yrs old! I can't say too much more about these collections, or October Country in particualr withoput giving anything away, but i will say this.....Mr. Bradbury has long been one of my absolute number one inspirations...for i am a novice writer, who one day hopes to meet the man, he and Stephen King, and Grant Morrison...I would'e liked to meet Ralp Ellison, but he's gone now. Anyone who sees this collection on the stands, pick it up. You won't regret it.
Hawksmoor...From The Bleed
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Title: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury ISBN: 0380729407 Publisher: Eos Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury, Joseph Mugnaini ISBN: 0375803017 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Dandelion Wine (Grand Master Editions) by Ray Bradbury ISBN: 0553277537 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1985 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Illustrated Man (Grand Master Editions) by Ray Bradbury ISBN: 055327449X Publisher: Spectra Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury ISBN: 0553278223 Publisher: Spectra Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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