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jordantaylor 's review for:
The October Country
by Ray Bradbury
After reading just a few pages into this powerful book of short stories, I was completely blown away. They all seemed to grow better and better as I read.
Bradbury's true talent is short fiction, as demonstrated by all of the 19 short stories here. I don't think a single one was badly written, or anything remotely close to it.
The author writes his tales in a genius blend of irony, horror, science fiction, and wit. Each story touches briefly into the unnatural, the eerie, the ethereal.
Also, Bradbury uses the end of each story to make each one even stronger and more haunting. All end at the climax, most times leaving the reader to wonder exactly what the final result of the story is. This unseen, mysterious ending often makes it far better than reading it.
If I had to think of an alternate title for this book, it would be "Paranoia," because that is what the focus of this compilation is. Various fears - of wind, of death, of bones - amongst others, are used to turn the ordinary into the horrifying.
I think that my 3 favorites of the book were "The Crowd," "The Jack-in-the-Box," and "The Scythe," though they were all amazing.
One of my favorite books; highly recommended.
Bradbury's true talent is short fiction, as demonstrated by all of the 19 short stories here. I don't think a single one was badly written, or anything remotely close to it.
The author writes his tales in a genius blend of irony, horror, science fiction, and wit. Each story touches briefly into the unnatural, the eerie, the ethereal.
Also, Bradbury uses the end of each story to make each one even stronger and more haunting. All end at the climax, most times leaving the reader to wonder exactly what the final result of the story is. This unseen, mysterious ending often makes it far better than reading it.
If I had to think of an alternate title for this book, it would be "Paranoia," because that is what the focus of this compilation is. Various fears - of wind, of death, of bones - amongst others, are used to turn the ordinary into the horrifying.
I think that my 3 favorites of the book were "The Crowd," "The Jack-in-the-Box," and "The Scythe," though they were all amazing.
One of my favorite books; highly recommended.