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Dark Carnival

by Ray Bradbury
Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury
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”Over 50 years out of print the October release of DARK CARNIVAL by RAY BRADBURY will be the literary event of the year for Bradbury fans. After many years Ray Bradbury has agreed to allow this classic to be published in a LIMITED edition, with bonus material, edited by his long-time bibliographer Donn Albright. The cover art is a Bradbury oil painting from Albright's personal collection, painted by Bradbury around the time of the original publication of DARK CARNIVAL. We will be reproducing the book as it originally appeared AND then add a host of bonus material, from Albright's personal archives. We will be including five additional short stories for this definitive edition of the DARK CARNIVAL. These are stories that did not appear in the original, with most all but impossible to get a hol! d of. All were originally published in Weird Tales and were at one time considered for publication in the original version of DARK CARNIVAL. Four stories will appear in the book itself: “The Watchers” Bradbury's first anthology sale in Rue Morgue which he sold at the age of 25. There is also “The Poems” “Bang, You're Dead” and “The Seashells.” Other bonus material include Bradbury's original proposal for DARK CARNIVAL, a detailed proposal for a ballet with handwritten notes Bradbury made to himself, the original U.S. and U.K. versions of the cover, story notes in Bradbury's own words from a taped session with Donn Albright and far more. Only 700 numbered copies of this classic will be sold. After we're sold out Bradbury's representatives say the book goes back in the vault (NO further editions, no paperback).” – Gauntlet Press, 10/23/2001.
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Release date: 1947

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Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury didn’t just write science fiction; he wrote about the human experience through the lens of the extraordinary, capturing the beauty and terror of being alive in a world that’s always changing. Best known for Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and Something Wicked This Way Comes, Bradbury’s storytelling is deeply nostalgic, poetic, and often haunting. His worlds are full of wonder, fear, and an uncanny sense of the unknown, offering readers a mirror to reflect on their own society, values, and futures.

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Born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1920, Bradbury’s imagination took flight early. As a young boy, he was captivated by the fantastical stories in pulp magazines, as well as the more grounded yet still surreal visions of life in his small hometown. With a deep love for both literature and film, he went on to hone his craft through extensive short story writing, before landing his breakthrough with The Martian Chronicles in the early 1950s—an ambitious series blending space exploration with deep reflections on colonization, identity, and what it means to be human.

Bradbury’s writing is unmistakable: vivid, lyrical, and filled with the heartbeat of the everyday. He combined the speculative with the intimate, threading themes of technology, censorship, and societal change throughout his books. In Fahrenheit 451, for example, he didn’t just imagine a dystopian future—he warned against the dangers of censorship and the numbing effects of technology. His stories are not just predictions; they are warnings wrapped in dream-like prose, begging us to look closer at the world around us.

Beyond the page, Bradbury was a rare kind of visionary. He didn’t predict the future so much as he sought to shape it through ideas, inspiring generations of writers, readers, and thinkers. His eloquent reflections on the importance of creativity, writing, and free thought remain as relevant today as they were when he wrote them.

As Bradbury once said, “I don't believe in writer's block. You just have to find something to be passionate about.” This passion—this ability to turn passion into words that could spark revolutions of thought—was what made his work timeless. Bradbury's writing isn’t just a glimpse into other worlds—it’s an invitation to explore our own. Through his eyes, we see the wonders and dangers of humanity and are left with questions we may never fully answer, but will forever carry with us.

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