{"product_id":"the-october-country-isbn-9780062079961","title":"The October Country","description":"\u003cem\u003e“ . . . that country where it is always turning late in theyear. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnightsstay . . . ”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplore the outer limits of the imagination with the GrandMaster of American Literature, Ray Bradbury, in a dark and disquieting descentinto \u003cem\u003eThe October Country\u003c\/em\u003e. Readers of \u003cem\u003eThe Martian Chronicles \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eTheIllustrated Man\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as fans of H. P. Lovecraft, Rod Serling, Bram Stoker, Stephen King,\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand writers of other classic horror stories, will be captivated by \u003cem\u003eTheOctober Country\u003c\/em\u003e’s nineteen astonishing tales. From drowned cities tofrantic carnivals to forgotten Mexican villages, Bradbury offers anunforgettable journey into mystery, shining brief lights upon the darkestcorners of the soul. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe October Country\u003c\/em\u003e is many places: a picturesque Mexican village where death is a tourist attraction; a city beneath the city where drowned lovers are silently reunited; a carnival midway where a tiny man’s most cherished fantasy can be fulfilled night after night. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of the stories in Ray Bradbury’s masterful collection is a wonder, imagined by an acclaimed tale-teller writing from a place of shadows. But there is astonishing beauty here as well, born from a prose that enchants and enthralls, that chills like a long-after-midnight wind, that lifts the reader high above a sleeping Earth on strange wings. In \u003cem\u003eThe October Country\u003c\/em\u003e, there is no escaping the dark stranger who lives upstairs . . . or the reaper who wields the world.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“One of this country’s most beloved writers…A great storyteller, sometimes even a mythmaker, a true American classic.”   - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An author whose fanciful imagination, poetic prose, and mature understanding of human character have won him an international reputation.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Without Ray Bradbury there would be no Stephen King, at least as he grew. Bradbury was one of my nurturing influences. First in EC Comics, then in Weird Tales... What was striking was how far down the viscera he was able to delve into these stories—how far beyond the prudish stopped-point of his 1940s contemporaries. In that sense, Ray was to the horror story what D.H. Lawrence was to the story of sexual love.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen King\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“How I passed so much of my life without devouring everything Ray Bradbury has ever read is beyond me...on the bright side, how fortunate I am to experience all this for the first time! My God.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eR. F. Kuang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A prescient, lyrical writer with an abiding hatred for intolerance, Bradbury influenced generations of readers and many of our most famous dreamers, from Stephen King to Steven Spielberg.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJunot Diaz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889458082021,"sku":"NP9780062079961","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062079961.jpg?v=1730231299","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-october-country-isbn-9780062079961","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}