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Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man is a kaleidoscopic blending of magic, imagination, and truth, widely believed to be one of the Grandmaster's premier accomplishments: as exhilarating as interplanetary travel, as maddening as a walk in a million-year rain, and as comforting as simple, familiar rituals on the last night of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48416391037161,"sku":"9780062079978","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Mass Market Paperback","offer_id":48570972405993,"sku":"9781451678185","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/7429\/9369\/files\/Illustrated_Man_The.jpg?v=1747418684"},{"product_id":"something-wicked-this-way-comes","title":"Something Wicked This Way Comes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of Ray Bradbury's best-known and most popular novels, \u003cem\u003eSomething Wicked This Way Comes\u003c\/em\u003e, now featuring a new introduction and material about its longstanding influence on culture and genre.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor 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. Cooger \u0026amp; Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery. The carnival rolls in sometime after midnight, ushering in Halloween a week early. A calliope's shrill siren song beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. Two boys will discover the secret of its smoke, mazes, and mirrors; two friends who will soon know all too well the heavy cost of wishes...and the stuff of nightmares.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFew novels have endured in the heart and memory as has Ray Bradbury's unparalleled literary masterpiece \u003cem\u003eSomething Wicked This Way Comes\u003c\/em\u003e. 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