"He came out of the earth hating. Hate was his father; hate was his mother."

Ray Bradbury's Pillar of Fire is a touring theatrical reading by Emmy Award winner Bill Oberst Jr., abridged from Bradbury's dark, violent, and poetic novella of the same name.

In this exclusive production for Audible, Oberst recreates an award-winning stage performance of the tale Bradbury called "a rehearsal for Fahrenheit 451."

Winner of a Best Solo Show of Hollywood Fringe award and an Ernest Kearney Platinum Medal, the original Los Angeles production was directed by Ezra Buzzington, who voices the roles of McClure and the Incinerator Attendant.

Pillar of Fire first appeared in the summer 1948 issue of Planet Stories magazine and is recorded by arrangement with Don Congdon Associates, Inc. Production sound design by Mark McLain Wilson. Credits voiced by Karen-Eileen Gordon.