Eve of All Saints Day

Ray Bradbury 1920—2012 — a great master of the pen, a classic of world literature and a living legend of science fiction. His books have been enthusiastically read by millions of people around the world for more than half a century. Bradbury is much more than a science fiction writer — his work can be attributed to "high" literature, beyond genres. His most famous novels, stories, and novellas, bright and sincere, brought Ray Bradbury fame not only as a creator of amazing stories, but also as a philosopher, thinker, and psychologist. "Soon I realized that although at twelve, sixteen, eighteen, and even twenty, my dream was to write science fiction, I, whether this is fortunate or not, am the illegitimate son of the Phantom of the Opera, Dracula, and the bat. I came out of the house of the Ashers, my aunts and uncles are descended from Poe".

This story could only be invented by Bradbury — a master at creating special worlds and extraordinary plots. Halloween is a fun holiday with candies and masks, but for the heroes of Ray Bradbury, there is no time for laughter. On the eve of All Saints Day, Mr. Savan-de-Sarcophagus takes the boys on a ten-thousand-year flight. Ancient Egypt, Britain's druids, medieval Europe in the company of witches, Paris and Mexico on the Day of the Dead — this is what the boys will see. 

"What is Halloween? Where did it begin? Where? Why? For what purpose? Witches, cats, dust from mummies, ghosts. All of this is in the land from where there is no return." Are you ready to dive into the black ocean? Are you ready to soar into the dark skies? Are you ready to give a year of your life for a friend?