{"product_id":"something-wicked-this-way-comes-9781501167713","title":"Something Wicked This Way Comes","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of Ray Bradbury's best-known and most popular novels, \u003ci\u003eSomething Wicked This Way Comes\u003c\/i\u003e, now featuring a new introduction and material about its longstanding influence on culture and genre.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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. Cooger \u0026amp; Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery. The carnival rolls in sometime after midnight, ushering in Halloween a week early. A calliope's shrill siren song beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. 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 nightmares. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFew novels have endured in the heart and memory as has Ray Bradbury's unparalleled literary masterpiece \u003ci\u003eSomething Wicked This Way Comes\u003c\/i\u003e. Scary and suspenseful, it is a timeless classic in the American canon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBradbury, Ray:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) was the author of more than three dozen books, including \u003ci\u003eFahrenheit 451\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Martian Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Illustrated Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSomething Wicked This Way Comes\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as hundreds of short stories. He wrote for the theater, cinema, and TV, including the screenplay for John Huston's \u003ci\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/i\u003e and the Emmy Award-winning teleplay \u003ci\u003eThe Halloween Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, and adapted for television sixty-five of his stories for \u003ci\u003eThe Ray Bradbury Theater\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, and numerous other honors.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBradbury, Ray:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) was the author of more than three dozen books, including \u003ci\u003eFahrenheit 451\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Martian Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Illustrated Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSomething Wicked This Way Comes\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as hundreds of short stories. He wrote for the theater, cinema, and TV, including the screenplay for John Huston's \u003ci\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/i\u003e and the Emmy Award-winning teleplay \u003ci\u003eThe Halloween Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, and adapted for television sixty-five of his stories for \u003ci\u003eThe Ray Bradbury Theater\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, and numerous other honors.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50574557905170,"sku":"9781501167713","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0a050d99-f0b6-4b92-9ffd-faf5f67c7cd7.jpg?v=1731974145","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/something-wicked-this-way-comes-9781501167713","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}