Zusatztext One of our eminent dreamers . . . the Hans Christian Andersen of the jet age Informationen zum Autor Ray Bradbury wrote more than 500 short stories, novels, plays, screenplays, television scripts and poems. Lauded as one of America's most elegant and poetic writers, acclaimed by many to be the inventer of dark fantasy, he won many major awards, including the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and being named a Nebula Grandmaster. Klappentext 'The novel is drenched in darkness, every character a slice of night' Guardian It's All Hallow's Eve, and Cooger and Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to town. Hear the music, see the lights, shrug off life's worries and enter a place where dreams are not dreams, and wishes can be real. All this awaits two boys trembling on the brink of manhood. But entering the smoke, mazes and mirrors, they will discover that not all dreams are worth the cost that must be paid . . . ' A brilliant story brilliant executed. A must-read for fans of dark fantasy or horror, especially horror' SF Site Ray Bradbury's extraordinary tale of childhood dreams and supernatural agency in small-town America. Zusammenfassung Ray Bradbury's extraordinary tale of childhood dreams and supernatural agency in small-town America. 'A darkly poetic tale . . . Bradbury's best work' Stephen King

One of our eminent dreamers . . . the Hans Christian Andersen of the jet age

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Ray Bradbury's extraordinary tale of childhood dreams and supernatural agency in small-town America.

Autorentext
Ray Bradbury wrote more than 500 short stories, novels, plays, screenplays, television scripts and poems. Lauded as one of America's most elegant and poetic writers, acclaimed by many to be the inventer of dark fantasy, he won many major awards, including the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and being named a Nebula Grandmaster.

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'The novel is drenched in darkness, every character a slice of night' Guardian

It's All Hallow's Eve, and Cooger and Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to town.

Hear the music, see the lights, shrug off life's worries and enter a place where dreams are not dreams, and wishes can be real.

All this awaits two boys trembling on the brink of manhood. But entering the smoke, mazes and mirrors, they will discover that not all dreams are worth the cost that must be paid . . .

'**A brilliant story brilliant executed. A must-read for fans of dark fantasy or horror, especially horror'** SF Site