Ray Bradbury's novel fahrenheit 451 is an enduring masterwork of twentieth-century American literature--a chilling vision of a dystopian future built on the foundations of ignorance, censorship, and brutal repression. Th...Ray Bradbury's novel fahrenheit 451 is an enduring masterwork of twentieth-century American literature--a chilling vision of a dystopian future built on the foundations of ignorance, censorship, and brutal repression. The origins and evolution Of Bradbury's darkly magnificent tale are explored in a pleasure to burn, a collection of sixteen selected shorter works that prefigure the Grand Master's landmark novel.