The October Country
Ray Bradbury's The October Country (1955) is a horror story collection.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, and 101 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 53 editions across 5 languages.
It runs to roughly 306 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.
About The October Country
"The October Country 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. Each 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."--P. [4] of cover.
Quick answers
Who wrote The October Country?
The October Country was written by Ray Bradbury and first published in 1955.
What genre is The October Country?
It is usually shelved as Horror.
How long is The October Country?
The median edition has 306 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to The October Country?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Lurker at the Threshold, Stories from the Twilight Zone and The King in Yellow.
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