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Fahrenheit 451

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Fahrenheit 451
describes a future America in which books are prohibited and burned. [Am. Lit.: Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 in Weiss, 289]

Fahrenheit 451
in an America of the future the fireman’s job is to burn all books that have been concealed from authorities. [Am. Lit.: Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 in Weiss, 289]
See : Fire

Fahrenheit 451
in a future America where books are prohibited, a group of people memorize texts in order to preserve their content. [Am. Lit.: Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 in Weiss, 289]
See : Memory


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London-born Roeg began his career as a tea-maker and clapper boy but rose to be a cinematographer, making a name for himself on 1960s films such as The Masque of the Red Death and Fahrenheit 451.
The real question though is: at what temperature do Seriously readers think copies of Fahrenheit 451 will burn?
The book was Ray Bradbury's 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451 - which is about a future society where books are banned and burned, free speech is restricted and critical thought suppressed.
 
 
 
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