Ray Bradbury Introduction Neil Gaiman (6 results)

Paperback. Condition: New. SF anti-authoritarian masterpiece with classic cover design for anniversary edition. May have areas of minor shelf wear. Packed and shipped with care.

Paperback. Condition: New. In this acclaimed 20th-century novel set in a bleak, dystopian future, Guy Montag is a fireman living a life frightening in its implications: in a world where television rules authoritarianly and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. Montagâs job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. He never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and spouse, Mildred, who spends all day with her television âfamily.â But then he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didnât live in fear and to a present where on sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television. When Mildred attempts suicide and Clarisse suddenly disappears, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known. He starts hiding book in his home, and when his pilfering is discovered, the fireman has to run for his life. Winner of the National Book Award.

Paperback. Condition: New. In this acclaimed 20th-century novel set in a bleak, dystopian future, Guy Montag is a fireman living a life frightening in its implications: in a world where television rules authoritarianly and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. Montagâs job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. He never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and spouse, Mildred, who spends all day with her television âfamily.â But then he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didnât live in fear and to a present where on sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television. When Mildred attempts suicide and Clarisse suddenly disappears, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known. He starts hiding book in his home, and when his pilfering is discovered, the fireman has to run for his life. Winner of the National Book Award.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Matt Owen; (illustrator). First Thus, New Edition. (xvi) 251 pp. Quarter-bound in black on black boards; lettered in red on the spine; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Size: 8vo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Special Edition. 60th Anniversary Edition. This fourth printing is the earliest printing of this of this book we have seen. We received this in advance of official publication and question whether there is an earlier printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Front flap price of $24.95. The completely redesigned dust jacket is by minimalist designer Matt Owen who won the publisher's contest to design the cover. The 60th Anniversary edition of Bradbury's dystopian masterpiece with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman (who has SIGNED this copy).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. One of 100 copies signed by Bradbury and Neil Gaiman. Hardcover, bound in boards with dust jacket in a tray case. Scuff marks to the tray case, else unmarked. [Libr]. Signed by Author(s).