Fahrenheit 451

Celebrate this timeless classic with this exclusive commemorative edition featuring a new introduction by the author and a message that is more relevant today than when it was published.

Since the late 1940s, Ray Bradbury has been revered for his works of science fiction and fantasy. With more than five million copies in print, Fahrenheit 451—originally published in 1953—remains his most acclaimed work.

The story takes place in a bleak, hedonistic future where ideas are illegal and thinking is discouraged as people pursue lives of mindless happiness. In this world, firemen don’t put out fires—they start them—specifically, to any home containing that most forbidden of possessions: the printed book.

Fireman Guy Montag enjoys his work. But his pleasure turns to ash when a free-thinking young neighbour kindles his imagination, and he discovered “that books are flesh and blood ideas and cry out silently when put to the torch.” When the woman vanishes, Montag starts smuggling home that which he would destroy, and begins an irrevocable—and dangerous—journey down the long path to freedom. —front flap