Ray Bradbury — A PLEASURE TO BURN DJ Art by Joseph Mugnaini
We’re doing final proofreading on Ray Bradbury’s A Pleasure to Burn, the collection of stories that led up to his seminal novel, Fahrenheit 451, and have found the perfect cover art for it. Many Bradbury fans are familiar with Joseph Mugnaini’s iconic image of a man made of newspaper, standing in a fire, that has graced many editions of the novel. For our collection, appropriately enough, we’ve secured the rights to reproduce one of the color roughs that Mr. Mugnaini painted for a later version of the novel. We’d like to extend our thanks to his estate for helping us find the image that sums up and brings this project together so well.
While on the topic of Mr. B, our printer is making progress on our edition The Martian Chronicles: the Complete Edition. They’ve had the files for a bit, and have been waiting for the last of the hand-made imported paper which in which we’ll bind the book. We’ve been told that the last of the paper is due in the first week of January, meaning that we should have finished copies of the book by the end of January. After that, we’ll have our new slipcase manufacturer on the job, with an eye toward meeting our February ship date. We’ll keep everyone posted on the book’s progress.