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Title: Something Wicked This Way Comes Title Record # 8151
Author: Ray Bradbury
Date: 1962-09-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Green Town
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: A pair of 12 year old boys who witness the arrival of a carnival in their small midwestern US town realize the profound evil it represents, and must combat it without falling prey to it or being tempted to join it.
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Other Titles

Translations Translated Serializations
Year Language Title
1964Translated by Olov Jonason
Swedish Oktoberfolket
1964Translated by Jertta Roos
Finnish Painajainen
1964Translated by Richard Walters, later revised by Brigitte Mariot.
French
La foire des ténèbres?La foire des tenebres
1964Translated by 大久保康雄 (Ōkubo Kazuyasu)
Japanese
何かが道をやってくる?Nanka ga Michi o Yattekuru
なんかがみちをやってくる
Nanka ga Michi wo Yattekuru
なにかがみちをやってくる
Nanika ga Michi wo Yattekuru
Nanika ga Michi o Yattekuru
[as by ]
1969Translated by Norbert Wölfl
German Das Böse kommt auf leisen Sohlen
1976Translated by Frédérique van der Velde
Dutch Aan het prikken van mijn duimen
1996 Italian Il popolo dell'autunno
2019Translated by Jorge Luiz Calife
Portuguese Algo Sinistro Vem Por Aí
Year Language Title
1967 Italian Il popolo dell'autunno (Complete Novel)

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1962-09-00 Ray Bradbury Simon & Schuster  
$4.95?$: US dollar
317
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Gray Foy  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1962-09-00 Ray Bradbury Simon & Schuster  
$4.95?$: US dollar
317
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Gray Foy  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1963-00-00 Ray Bradbury Hart-Davis  
18/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
250
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Joe Mugnaini  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1963-09-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books H2630
$0.60?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes 1965-00-00 Ray Bradbury Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers GN7114
3/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Checkmark
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1967-03-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books S3408
$0.75?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Checkmark
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1967-05-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books S3408
$0.75?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1967-12-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books S3408
$0.75?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1968-08-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books S3408
$0.75?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Checkmark
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1969-04-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books S3408
$0.75?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Checkmark
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1969-11-00 Ray Bradbury Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers 0-552-08273-2
5/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Bruce Pennington Checkmark
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1970-04-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books S3408
$0.75?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Checkmark
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1970-04-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books S3408
$0.75?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Checkmark
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1970-04-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books 9099
$?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes 1970-09-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books     215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1971-05-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books N7202
$0.95?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Checkmark
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1972-00-00 Ray Bradbury Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers 0-552-08273-2
£0.30?£: UK pound
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Bruce Pennington Checkmark
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1972-01-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books N7202
$0.95?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Checkmark
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1972-11-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books N7202
$0.95?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes 1973-06-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Pathfinder N7202
$0.95?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes 1974-04-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books 9099   215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes 1975-00-00 Ray Bradbury Corgi (Corgi SF Collector's Library) 0-552-10043-9
£0.45?£: UK pound
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes 1975-02-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books     215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1975-06-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Pathfinder Q6438
$1.25?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes 1977-00-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books 0-553-10750-X
$1.75?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1977-01-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books Q6438
$1.25?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes 1977-05-00 Ray Bradbury Panther 0-586-04357-8
£0.75?£: UK pound
220
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1977-09-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books     215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1978-10-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books 0-553-12588-5
$1.95?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Ian Miller Checkmark
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1979-12-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books 0-553-13695-X
$2.25?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Ian Miller Checkmark
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1982-00-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books 0-553-22555-3
$2.75?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Ian Miller  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1983-00-00 Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf 0-394-53041-1
$13.95?$: US dollar
307
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1983-00-00 Ray Bradbury Granada 0-586-04357-8
£1.95?£: UK pound
220
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel David Grove Checkmark
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1983-06-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books 0-553-23620-2
$2.95?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel David Grove Checkmark
The Novels of Ray Bradbury 1984-00-00 Ray Bradbury Granada 0-246-12429-6
£9.95?£: UK pound
647
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1984-04-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books 0-553-23620-2
$2.95?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel David Grove Checkmark
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1986-00-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books 0-553-25774-9
$3.50?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1988-00-00 Ray Bradbury The Easton Press     317
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1990-05-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Spectra (The Grand Master Editions) 0-553-28032-5
$3.95?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel J. K. Potter  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1991-00-00 Ray Bradbury Grafton 0-586-04357-8
£3.99?£: UK pound
220
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1998-00-00 Ray Bradbury Earthlight 0-671-01790-X
£5.99?£: UK pound
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1998-00-00 Ray Bradbury Avon Books 0-380-72940-7
$6.99?$: US dollar
304
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1999-00-00 Ray Bradbury Gauntlet Press 1-887368-23-X
$69.00?$: US dollar
245
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Joe Mugnaini  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1999-06-00 Ray Bradbury Avon Books 0-380-97727-3
$15.00?$: US dollar
[10]+
293
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Tim O'Brien Checkmark
Something Wicked This Way Comes 2000-00-00 Ray Bradbury Center Point Publishing 1-58547-020-1   312
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 2001-11-00 Ray Bradbury Book-of-the-Month Club 0-9650204-5-2
$10.99?$: US dollar
293
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Gray Foy  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 2006-03-00 Ray Bradbury Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #49) 0-575-07874-X
£6.99?£: UK pound
262
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel Richard Carr Checkmark
Something Wicked This Way Comes 2008-08-00 Ray Bradbury Gollancz 978-0-575-08306-6
£7.99?£: UK pound
263
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 2008-08-11 Ray Bradbury Paw Prints 978-1-4395-1903-5
$16.99?$: US dollar
293
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
The Ray Bradbury Gift Set 2008-12-00 Ray Bradbury PS Publishing 978-1-84863-007-9
£375.00?£: UK pound
ix+
302
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Joseph Mugnaini , James Hannah  
The Ray Bradbury Gift Set 2008-12-00 Ray Bradbury PS Publishing 978-1-84863-007-9
£100.00?£: UK pound
ix+
302
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Joseph Mugnaini , James Hannah  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 2013-04-23 Ray Bradbury William Morrow / HarperCollins 978-0-06-224217-4
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 2013-08-29 Ray Bradbury Gollancz / Orion 978-0-575-08733-0
£4.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 2015-10-08 Ray Bradbury Gollancz (Fantasy Masterworks (II)) 978-1-4732-1204-6
£8.99?£: UK pound
x+
264
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 2015-11-00 Ray Bradbury PS Publishing 978-1-84863-945-4
£595.00?£: UK pound
x+
278
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Glenn Chadbourne  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 2015-12-00 Ray Bradbury PS Publishing 978-1-84863-944-7
£59.99?£: UK pound
x+
278
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Glenn Chadbourne Checkmark
Something Wicked This Way Comes 2017-10-03 Ray Bradbury Simon & Schuster 978-1-5011-6771-3
$15.99?$: US dollar
336
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel David Litman  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 2020-08-20 Ray Bradbury Gollancz 978-1-4732-3058-3
£8.99?£: UK pound
288
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel  
Something Wicked This Way Comes 2020-10-31 Ray Bradbury Centipede Press 978-1-61347-172-2
$600.00?$: US dollar
312
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Matt Mahurin Checkmark
Something Wicked This Way Comes 2021-02-01 Ray Bradbury Turtleback Books 978-1-66360-415-6    
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
Bradbury: Novels & Story Cycles 2021-09-07 Ray Bradbury The Library of America (The Library of America #347) 978-1-59853-700-0
$40.00?$: US dollar
897
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
The Ray Bradbury Collection 2022-10-04 Ray Bradbury The Library of America (The Library of America #347/360) 978-1-59853-740-6
$77.90?$: US dollar
1889
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Something Wicked This Way Comes date unknown Ray Bradbury Bantam Books 0-553-13695-X
$2.25?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Ian Miller Checkmark
Something Wicked This Way Comes date unknown Ray Bradbury Avon Books 0-380-72940-7
$7.99?$: US dollar
293
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Checkmark
Something Wicked This Way Comes date unknown Ray Bradbury Bantam Spectra 0-553-25774-9
$3.50?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel David Grove Checkmark
Something Wicked This Way Comes date unknown Ray Bradbury Corgi 0-552-08273-2    
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Bruce Pennington  
Something Wicked This Way Comes date unknown Ray Bradbury Bantam Spectra (The Grand Master Editions) 0-553-28032-5
$5.50?$: US dollar
215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel J. K. Potter Checkmark
Something Wicked This Way Comes date unknown Ray Bradbury Avon Books 0-380-72940-7
$5.99?$: US dollar
293
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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