num_pages: 276
description: 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!?
language: English
title: The October Country: Stories
titlecomplete: The October Country: Stories
genres: Short Stories, Short Story Collection, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Halloween, Horror, Fantasy, Classics, Anthologies, Fiction
ratings_count: 17766
publisher: Del Rey