性情古怪的祢先生喜好夜间散步，却因此被捕；想一睹上帝真容的老太太，奋不顾身飞向太空；发胖的畸形秀演员为了保住饭碗，往身上文满了图案；避世于山林中的夫妻，在老屋里发现了一扇秘门…… 幻想文学大师雷·布拉德伯里回顾自己六十年创作生涯，亲自挑选出100个最喜爱的短篇故事汇集成册。这些曾发表在《纽约客》《花花公子》《时尚》等知名杂志上的短篇小说，以奇诡的想象力和惊人的叙事技巧，勾画出一个个异彩纷呈的幻想世界。

生性羞怯的殡葬人对着尸体倾吐秘密，如日中天的作家突然宣布封笔，多疑的怨妇认为情人徒有一具躯壳，天真无邪的孩童却玩起诡异的游戏…… 幻想文学大师雷·布拉德伯里回顾自己六十年创作生涯，亲自挑选出100个最喜爱的短篇故事汇集成册。这些曾发表在《纽约客》《花花公子》《时尚》等知名杂志上的短篇小说，以奇诡的想象力和惊人的叙事技巧，勾画出一个个异彩纷呈的幻想世界。

For more than sixty years, the imagination of Ray Bradbury has opened doors into remarkable places, ushering us across unexplored territories of the heart and mind while leading us inexorably toward a profound understanding of ourselves and the universe we inhabit. In this landmark volume, America's preeminent storyteller offers us one hundred treasures from a lifetime of words and ideas. The stories within these pages were chosen by Bradbury himself, and span a career that blossomed in the pulp magazines of the early 1940s and continues to flourish in the new millennium. Here are representatives of the legendary author's finest works of short fiction, including many that have not been republished for decades, all forever fresh and vital, evocative and immensely entertaining.