Fahrenheit 451 (1953 book)

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-Thomas LarsonFahrenheit 451 is a 1953 book by Ray Bradbury set sometime after 1960 and 2022, most likely in 2052, the date given in the original drafts of The Fireman, a predecessor story to the book.

Set at least a century after the publishing date of the book, Guy Montag is a fireman, who is however supposed to start fires, not stop them, in the homes of anybody who owns and reads books. His mind is enslaved by the State until a young neighbor named Clarisse McCellan introduces him to a world were books were what drove people to explore the world. He begins to own and read books, that gets him into conflict with another man, the subtle and slightly psychotic Fire Captain, Beatty.

The book, it's messages, and title have become a part of mainstream culture. Numerous adaptations have been made for both television and movies.

A 60th Anniversary Edition was published in 2013, 60 years after the book was published. It contained a history of the publication of the book by Jonathan R. Eller, an introduction by Neil Gaiman, numerous reviews of the book, numerous other articles, and two accounts of the making of the 1966 movie, one being a journal and the other being a review by Arthur Knight.

The book was preceded by two other drafts, and two other stories that inspired the book, The Fireman', Where Ignorant Armies Clash By Night, Long After Midnight (reformed into The Fireman), and The Pedestrian'.

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