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The October Country

by: Ray Bradbury (author)

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The October Country has 20 macabre Bradbury stories, reprinting 15 of the 27 stories of his '47 Dark Carnival & adds 4 more published elsewhere. It was published in numerous Ballantine editons, in the UK by Rupert Hart-Davis in '56, & reissued in '76 by Grafton, HarperCollins' imprint. The '76 UK... show more

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Format: Paperback

Publisher: Ballantine Books (NY)

Pages no: 280

Edition language: English

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Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Science Fiction, Literature, American, Anthologies, Horror, Short Stories, Holiday, Halloween

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Abandoned by Booklikes rated it

8 years ago

http://oblue.booklikes.com Abandoned by Booklikes 4.0 The October Country

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All in all I enjoyed this collection. Some stories didn't hit the mark with me though. I ended up giving it four stars because the illustrations that are in here pushed the book to a different level."The Dwarf" (3 stars)- I liked it okay, but was actually disappointed in the ending. I thought Bradbu...

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Cody's Bookshelf rated it

9 years ago

http://theguywholovesbooks.booklikes.com Cody's Bookshelf 5.0 THE OCTOBER COUNTRY Review

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Synopsis: Haunting, harrowing, and downright horrifying, this classic collection from the modern master of the fantastic features:THE SMALL ASSASSIN: a fine, healthy baby boy was the new mother's dream come true -- or her nightmare . . . THE EMISSARY: the faithful dog was the sick boy's only connect...

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Bettie's Books rated it

9 years ago

http://bettie.booklikes.com Bettie's Books 3.5 The October Country by Ray Bradbury

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bookshelves: radio-4x, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, autumn-2015, fantasy Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners Read from August 31 to September 04, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qrnb9Just the emissary from this collection for now: Young Marion is unwell, but her pet dog keeps her ...

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Jenny's Book Bag rated it

10 years ago

http://jennysbookbag.booklikes.com Jenny's Book Bag 3.0 The October Country

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Maybe 3.5 stars.

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Bettie's Books rated it

10 years ago

http://bettie.booklikes.com Bettie's Books 3.0 The October Country by Ray Bradbury

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bookshelves: shortstory-shortstories-novellas, boo-scary, fantasy, autumn-2012 Read from October 17 to 19, 2012 Withdrawn from Multnomah County Library (and just where is that, she wonders rhetorically)Frontspiece: Fifteen of the stories included in this collection were written before my twenty-...

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