Bradbury, Ray

A lonely little boy who is afraid of the dark is introduced to a whole new world by a little girl named Dark.

Two boys' lives are changed forever when a sinister travelling carnival stops at their Illinois town.

An eager, wide-eyed young man faces a famous director, wrestles with a mythical beast, and, with the help of the boys at Finn's Pub, comes to know the secrets of the Irish.

A book burning official in a future fascist state finds out that books are a vital part of a culture he never knew, and he decides to pursue reading, until he is betrayed.

In a society in which books are outlawed, Guy Montag, a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden volumes, meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read, but when he becomes a hunted fugitive, Montag is forced to make a choice between personal safety and intellectual freedom.

Contains stories and novellas which were the precursors to, and show the evolution of, the full-length classic novel Fahrenheit 451.