Something Wicked This Way Comes

By: Ray Bradbury

Narrated by: J. T. Turner, Anastas Varinos, Matthew Scott Robertson, Daniel R. Gelinas, Teresa Goding, Diane Capen

Length: 1 hr and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

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.

Instrumental soloist: Jeffrey Gage
Producers: Mark Vander Berg, Jerry Robbins, Chris Snyder
Director: Nancy Curran Willis
Produced by The Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air

Full cast of narrators includes Marcia Friedman, Lincoln Clark, Diane Lind, Shonna McEachern, Joseph Zamparelli, Alyssa Mello, Tom Berry, and Rik Pierce.

©1962 Ray Bradbury (P)2007 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Great Story, Well Told

I very much enjoyed this book brought to life. I was looking for reference material for a haunting circus and this is the place to go.

This Story is a Classic

Phenomenal Story that has an actual lesson to be learned if you just listen carefully

Not For Me

The narration was AMAZING, with sound effects and cast. I think the story is more geared towards a younger audience. I didn't feel nervous or scared, but I did a lot of laughing. It wasn't a bad book, just not for me.

best version ive ever heard!!

I've read the book so many times, but hearing a performance of it was masterful only wish they had kept the part where Mr Dark turned into a child at the ens

Feels like details are missing from the story

As a first time listener of this story, I had a little trouble following on dialogue alone. I selected this version rather than a narration of the book because I liked the different actors used to separate dialogue.

eh

acting pretty campy. the wording and some of the phrasing made it awkward and difficult to understand.

Radio show

This is not a reading of the book; rather, it is Bradbury's own conversion to a radio show. It is performed by a group of different voices and musicians. It is very enjoyable to listen to. I listened to it in the middle of June, but it would be so much more enjoyable for October evenings; I may revisit this audiobook this fall! The kids' voices are kind of annoying, but the rest of the story is engrossing and exciting. Of course, there are some differences between this and the Disney movie; both are great to experience.

With a prick of the thumb

Love the book when I was young, and now that I am older I love it even more.

Not an audiobook

I bought on sale and didn't read enough reviews. This is as if you're sitting the the lobby of a stage production with the curtains drawn. Difficult to follow.

great audio....but...

loved the story and performance. but the signal that interrupts constantly kinda ruins it.