About the book: 1964 / Ray Bradbury is a progressive American writer, author of fantastic and realistic works. He is one of those American science fiction writers who stand on the side of humanity and peace in their works. Many of his stories are essentially warnings; they convincingly indicate that in the capitalist world, the incorrect, inhumane use of science can lead to self-destruction, to a war of extermination. Bradbury's works help the cause of peace. It is not for nothing that in his homeland they call him “the magnifying glass of the conscience of honest Americans.” Every such phenomenon in foreign literature is dear to us, which is why the interest of Soviet readers in Bradbury’s works is great. In our country, his story “Fahrenheit 451°” was published as a separate book, and his stories were published in various publications. A collection of science fiction stories by Ray Bradbury is being published for the first time. Most of the works included in it were not published in our country..