Knowledge and freedom vs. ignorance and censorship are the themes
in one of the most popular novels of our time. The recipient of countless
literary awards,
Ray Bradbury has had one of the most productive and diverse careers
in American literature.
While much of his work is categorized as science fiction, Fahrenheit
451 is also a powerful
story of human nature and the desire to learn and think independently.
Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires.
The system was simple. Everyone understood it.
Books were for burning ... along with the houses in which they were
hidden.
Guy Montag enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and
he had never questioned the pleasure
of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames
... never questioned anything until
he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people
were not afraid.
Then he met a professor who told him of a future in which people could
think ...
and Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do!
"Frightening in its implications ... Mr. Bradbury's account of
this insane world,
which bears many alarming resemblances to our own, is fascinating."
— The New York Times
"A chilling work about a dystopian society."
— Washington Post
"A landmark book."
— Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
"A modern classic."
— Washington Post
Ray Bradbury is one of those rare individuals whose writing has changed
the way people think.
His more than five hundred published works – short stories, novels,
plays, screenplays,
television scripts and verse – exemplify the American imagination
at its most creative.
Once read, his words are never forgotten. His best-known and most beloved
books,
THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, THE ILLUSTRATED MAN,
FAHRENHEIT 451 and SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
are masterworks that readers carry with them over a lifetime.
His timeless, constant appeal to audiences young and old has proven
him to be one of the truly classic authors of the 20th Century.
In recognition of his stature in the world of literature and the impact
he has had on so many for so many years, Ray Bradbury was awarded the
National Book Foundation's 2000 Medal for Distinguished Contribution
to American Letters.
Visit Ray Bradbury's official web site at: www.raybradbury.com
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