- Farewell Summer
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name = Farewell Summer
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author =Ray Bradbury
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country =United States
language = English
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genre =Autobiographical novel
publisher =William Morrow
release_date = October 17, 2006
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 224 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-06-113154-7
preceded_by =Dandelion Wine and Something Wicked This Way Comes
followed_by ="Farewell Summer" is a novel by
Ray Bradbury , published onOctober 17 ,2006 . It is a sequel to his 1957 novel "Dandelion Wine ", and is set during anIndian summer in October 1929. The story concerns a mock war between the young and the old inGreen Town, Illinois , and the sexual awakening of Doug Spaulding as he turns 14. With "Something Wicked This Way Comes", they form a trilogy of novels inspired by Bradbury's childhood inWaukegan, Illinois .The first chapter, also titled "Farewell Summer", appeared in "
The Stories of Ray Bradbury " in 1980. Jonathan R. Eller and William F. Touponce discuss a draft of the unpublished novel in some detail in their book, "Ray Bradbury: The Life of Fiction" (2004)."
Publishers Weekly " called the novel a "poignant, wise but slight 'extension' of the indefatigable Bradbury's semiautobiographical "Dandelion Wine " and concluded, "Bradbury's mature but fresh return to his beloved early writing conveys a depth of feeling." "Kirkus Reviews " found it "a thin work, heavily reliant on dialogue, but one that serves as an intriguing coda to one of Bradbury's classics." "Booklist " said, "A touching meditation on memories, aging, and the endless cycle of birth and death, and a fitting capstone, perhaps, to a brilliant career."History
In the afterword to "Farewell Summer", Bradbury ... contends that the novel was actually intended to follow what became the "Dandelion Wine" story arc as a complete book tentatively titled "Summer Morning, Summer Night". "When I delivered it to my publishers they said, 'My God, this is much too long. Why don't we publish the first 90,000 words as a novel and keep the second part for some future year when it is ready to be published'" (pp. 207-208). [http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2006/12/farewell_summer.shtml]
Editions
* October 2006 : Hardback; ISBN: 0-06-113154-7 / 978-0-06-113154-7 (USA edition); Publisher: William Morrow
* November 2007 : Mass Market Paperback; ISBN: 0-06-113155-5 / 978-0-06-113155-4 (USA edition); Publisher: Harper
* November 2007 : Paperback; ISBN: 0-06-147095-3 / 978-0-06-147095-0 (USA edition); Publisher: Harperluxe
* 2006 : Paperback; ISBN: 0-7394-8134-7 / 978-0-7394-8134-9 (USA edition); Publisher: Harper Collins
* November 2006 : Audio CD; ISBN: 0-7927-4519-1 / 978-0-7927-4519-8 (USA edition); Publisher: Sound Library
* November 2006 : Audio Cassette; ISBN: 0-7927-4542-6 / 978-0-7927-4542-6 (USA edition); Publisher: Sound Library
* November 2006 : MP3 CD; ISBN: 0-7927-4565-5 / 978-0-7927-4565-5 (USA edition); Publisher: Sound Library(Sources: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/ray-bradbury/farewell-summer.htm as of 11dec07)
External links
* [http://raybradburyboard.com/groupee_files/attachments/1/0/0/1001035812/1001035812_Farewell_Summer_Dust_Jacket.jpg?ts=44884C82&key=CA94248C982F36C9247D944D7F254A66&referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fraybradburyboard.com%2Feve%2Fforums%2Fa%2Fga%2Ful%2F5891035812%2FFarewell_Summer_Dust_Jacket.jpg Dust jacket of "Farewell Summer"]
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