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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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