Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 is an enduring masterwork of twentieth-century American literature-a chilling eyesight of a dystopian upcoming built in the foundations of ignorance, censorship, and brutal repression. The roots and evolution of Bradbury’s darkly magnificent tale are explored inside a Pleasure to Burn off, a assortment of sixteen selected shorter works that prefigure the grand master’s landmark novel. With classic, thematically interrelated tales alongside many crucial lesser-known ones-including, on the collection’s center, the novellas “Long after Midnight” and “The Fireman”-A Pleasure to Burn is an indispensable companion towards the most powerful function of America’s preeminent storyteller and a wondrous verification of the inimitable Bradbury’s brilliance, magic, and fire.