Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury
Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury
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Something Wicked This Way Comes

Author: Ray Bradbury, Mark Vander Berg, Jerry Robbins, Chris Snyder, the Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air

Narrator: a full cast, J. T. Turner, Anastas Varinos, Matthew Scott Robertson, Daniel R. Gelinas, Teresa Goding, Diane Capen, Marcia Friedman, Lincoln Clark, Diane Lind, Joseph Zamparelli Jr., Shonna McEachern, Alyssa Mello, Tom Berry, Rik Pierce

Unabridged: 1 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2016

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Classic

Synopsis

“By the pricking of my thumbs … something wicked this way comes.”Ray Bradbury has dramatized his literary classic, Something Wicked This Way Comes, into this first-class audio drama, produced by the Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air, complete with a full cast, sound effects, and original music."Cooger and Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show" comes to Greentown, Illinois, one week before Halloween. Two boys, Jim Nightshade and Will Halloway, soon discover the evil of this carnival, which promises to make your every wish and dream come true. But with those wishes and dreams comes a price that must be paid. Behind the mirrors and the mazes is the nightmare of a lifetime.Few American novels written in the twentieth century have endured in the heart and memory as has Ray Bradbury's unparalleled literary classic Something Wicked This Way Comes. For 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.

About Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury (1920–2012), one of the most popular science fiction writers in the world, wrote more than five hundred short stories, novels, plays, and poems. He won many awards, including the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the O. Henry Memorial Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award, the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the PEN Center USA West Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2000, he was the recipient of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

About Jerry Robbins

Jerry Robbins is an American actor and singer who has performed in more than one hundred stage productions, including an acclaimed portrayal of John Barrymore in William Luces’ play, Barrymore. He has also written and produced forty radio plays with his company, the Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air, winning the Parents Choice Award for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 2001 and an Audio Worlds Golden Headset Award for Little Big Horn in 1999.

About Joseph Zamparelli Jr.

Joseph Zamparelli, Jr. received his undergraduate degrees in psychology and theatre arts from Boston College and went on to study acting professionally at the Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York where he appeared in the U. S. premiere of the Russian play Tomorrow Was War. He originated roles in several shows, including musical versions of Frankenstein and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. In addition to stage, film, and television work, he coaches actors and most recently directed The Delvena Theater Company’s critically acclaimed Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and appeared in multiple roles in their production of On The Verge.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on September 19, 2024

I read this when I was an insanely romantic teenager and since then the cruel world has beaten all that nonsense out of my brain with bars of iron and wires of barb, and left me bleeding and barfing in a vile ditch, so I should probably not have plucked my old Corgi paperback of Something Wicked out......more

Goodreads review by Brooke on June 12, 2007

Leveling any complaints against Bradbury seems like a literary crime, but I'm afraid I didn't enjoy Something Wicked as much I feel like I should have. The plot was really interesting, and right up my alley - evil carnival comes to town and preys on the unsuspecting citizens. The execution, however,......more

Goodreads review by Vit on May 04, 2025

The story is a pure dark poetry. It’s October… A month of Halloween… A month of ghostly beings… A month of mysterious expectations… The seller of lightning-rods arrived just ahead of the storm. He came along the street of Green Town, Illinois, in the late cloudy October day, sneaking glances over his......more

Goodreads review by Eric on November 20, 2013

I had an incredibly hard time reading this book, especially considering it's a 300-page linear story about an evil circus coming to a small town. I think it's because -- unlike Fahrenheit 451 -- Bradbury overwrote this book to the point of it being dense poetry rather than prose. The dialogue is spa......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on March 03, 2017

By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes. MacBeth Act 4, Scene 1 This book is straight-forward good vs. evil – and is quite terrifying at points! It goes beyond fantasy and mysticism and straight to the terrifying possibilities from the darkest reaches. This would be a great s......more

Quotes

“One of the great classics of fantasy…A nightmarishly gripping page-turner.”

SFSite.com

“If rational beings had created the 100 best books of the century list, this one would surely have been on it.”

Denver Rocky Mountain News

“A dark fantasy set in a small town, its people are brought to life so expertly readers feel very much like citizens...Bradbury’s prose is musical and hypnotic, fully engaging the senses and emotions. This is a book, once opened, that truly makes the real world disappear.”

Science Fiction Magazine

“Spectacular.”

Phil Nichols, Bradbury Media, United Kingdom

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