MATCH TO FLAME: The Fictional Paths to Fahrenheit 451

Bradbury, Ray

ISBN 10: 1887368868 / ISBN 13: 9781887368865

Published by Gauntlet Publications, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 2006

About this Item

Limited Edition, this is Number 734 of 750 copies signed by Ray Bradbury. As with Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962), Bradbury s tale of censorship had its roots years earlier in at least nine short stories or novellas. Edited by Donn Albright, this work traces the roots of Fahrenheit 451 (1953) in Bradbury s earlier fiction. Includes a foreword by Richard Matheson, an introduction by William Touponce, a textual essay by Jonathan Eller, an endpaper collage by Elizabeth Albright, and dust jacket art by Donn Albright. Octavo. Original red leatherette binding, with black-stamped titling. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Accompanied by the uncorrected proof, which is also signed by Ray Bradbury.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MATCH TO FLAME: The Fictional Paths to Fahrenheit 451
• Publisher: Gauntlet Publications, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1887368868
• ISBN 13: 9781887368865
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction

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Synopsis

RAY BRADBURY DIDN'T JUST SIT DOWN ONE DAY AND WRITE HIS ACCLAIMED NOVEL ON CENSORSHIP FAHRENHEIT 451. THE NOVEL WAS PUBLISHED IN 1953, BUT BRADBURY BEGAN TINKERING WITH THE IDEA IN 1943. MATCH TO FLAME CONTAINS ALL OF BRADBURY'S PUBLISHED AND PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED FICTION DEALING WITH CENSORSHIP WHICH WOULD BECOME FAHRENHEIT 451.

Reviews

Bradbury devotees will welcome this collection of letters, short stories and rough drafts, all of which the great fantasy and SF author now views as antecedents to his classic 1953 novel, Fahrenheit 451, about a future where books are systematically destroyed. Since Bradbury admits in the preface that some of the selections are close to primitive, readers who enjoyed such landmarks as The Martian Chronicles should be prepared for work that's less than his best. Many of the tales involve book burning, and that shared theme is a little repetitive. The high point for the casual fan is the novella The Fireman (1951), which was expanded into Fahrenheit 451. Those who don't want the plots spoiled should read the illuminating scholarly introduction and textual essay after the stories. (July)
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