Some of the stories in The October Country are more subtle than others,but when Bradbury goes for pure unadulterated horror writing, the results are impressive. Whose people passing at night on the empty walks sound like rain…Īll of the stories here regardless of narrative, deal with with fear that we have inside ourselves, the fear of the unknown, but Bradbury depicts this in a variety of ways, using humour, innuendo and outright horror to create a disquieting atmosphere throughout. That countyr whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts. That country composed in the main of cellars, sub-cellars, coal-bins, closets, attics, and pantries faced away from the sun. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist where noons go quickly and midnights stay. …that country where it is always turning late in the year. Yet again he has confounded my expectations with The October Country, his 1955 collection of nineteen macarbe and compelling stories.įrom the outset of this collection,in a short introduction, Bradbury asserts that the October Country of the title is not a place, but rather a feeling, or a state of mind.
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