Hatrack River Forum: I'm about to start Farewell Summer (Bradbury)

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Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :

I just got the ebook version of Ray Bradbury's new book, Farewell Summer, for my Sony Reader. For those who don't know, it's the closing novel in his trilogy, the first two being Dandelion Wine and Something Wicked this Way Comes. Supposed to be much darker than the two that came before it/

I'm wondering if anyone else here has read it, and what you guys thought.

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

Darker than Something Wicked? Wow.

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

Yeah, I'm trying to think of what could be darker than a malevolent circus that makes foul supernatural pacts in order to feed on the pain and misery of others? [Angst]

Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :

*feels guilty because for some reason she thought Ray Bradbury was dead and no longer writing novels*

Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :

*now feels even guiltier because she realizes Olivet might look at this thread and she [I] cancelled a get-together because she's [I am] supposed to be madly WORKING instead of posting fluff on Hatrack -- getting back to work immediately!*

Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :

Read all three.

Farewell Summer was not as dark, nor as good as the other two, IMO. It bore more of a resemblence to DW than SWTWC, in that it was not very plot driven, more simply nostalgic.

As a warning, the final scene is a little...odd.

Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :

Oh, SNAP!

[Wink]