Ray Bradbury is quickly becoming my very favorite science fiction author. I love this quote by Bradbury, "Anything you dream is fiction, anything you accomplish is science, the whole history of mankind is nothing but science 
fiction." The copy of the novel that I read was the 50th anniversary edition and it had an interview with Bradbury in the back. It also had a study guide and a history of the writing of the novel by Bradbury. I loved reading the extras almost as much as I loved reading the novel!!
fiction." The copy of the novel that I read was the 50th anniversary edition and it had an interview with Bradbury in the back. It also had a study guide and a history of the writing of the novel by Bradbury. I loved reading the extras almost as much as I loved reading the novel!!I know I've read this novel before, but I can't remember when. I believe it was my sophomore year of high school, but I'm not 100% on that. I just reread the novel, and I'm having a hard time believing it's the same novel! I got so much more out of it the second time around. Maybe it's because I don't have a teacher forcing me to read it, or maybe it's because I'm older and understand the moral of the story. Either way, this is a must read novel for everyone. The study guide put it perfectly when it wrote, "The book is ablaze with the hope and despair of a writer wanting humankind to learn from its historical mistakes, and from the wisdom of its writers."
The main character is a firefighter who starts fires instead of putting them out. Books are banned by the government and firefighters are charged with finding and burning books. Citizens found with books are arrested and subsequently punished severly for owning censored items.
Similar Novels: 1984 by George Orwell and Anthem by Ayn Rand
Length: 179 pages
Copyright: 1953
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