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From Bobbie Sellers@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 26 22:17:26 2024

Hi, denizens of the rec.arts.sf.written,

The Language of the Night: 'The October Country' by Ray Bradbury

<https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/25/2287218/-The-Language-of-the-Night-The-October-County-by-Ray-Bradbury-x1f342>

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From Don@21:1/5 to Bobbie Sellers on Mon Dec 16 14:46:40 2024

Bobbie Sellers wrote:

Hi, denizens of the rec.arts.sf.written,

The Language of the Night: 'The October Country' by Ray Bradbury

<https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/25/2287218/-The-Language-of-the-Night-The-October-County-by-Ray-Bradbury-x1f342>

My impression of THE OCTOBER COUNTRY at the halfway point through it: Bradbury's potentially purplish prose is saved by the plot often enough
to redeem the weaker works within this collection.

Danke,

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