W. Ross Macdonald School Library

Fahrenheit 451 /

by Bradbury, Ray,
Additional authors: Gaiman, Neil, -- author of introduction. | Eller, Jonathan R, -- author of afterword.
Edition statement:Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition. Published by : Simon & Schuster, (New York :) Physical details: xvi, 249 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 22 cm ISBN:9781982102609; 1982102608.
Subject(s): State-sponsored terrorism -- Fiction. | Totalitarianism -- Fiction. | Book burning -- Fiction. | Censorship -- Fiction. | Dystopias -- Fiction. | Science fiction. | Political fiction.
Year: 1951 Item type: Print
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"Fahrenheit 451 -- the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns..."

Includes section titled 'History, context, and criticism' (pages 159-249), edited by Jonathan R. Eller.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part one: the story of Fahrenheit 451 The story of Fahrenheit 451 / Jonathan R. Eller -- From the day after tomorrow: why science fiction? / Ray Bradbury -- Listening library audio introduction / Ray Bradbury -- Investing dimes: Fahrenheit 451 / Ray Bradbury -- Part two: other vocies. From a letter to Stanley Kauffmann / Nelson Algren -- Books of the times / Orville Prescott -- From new wine, old bottles / Gilbert Highet -- New novels / Idris Parry -- New fiction / Sir John Betjeman -- 1984 and all that / Adrian Mitchell -- From new maps of hell / Sir Kingsley Amis -- Introduction to Ray Bradbury's fahrenheit 451 / Harold Bloom -- Fahrenheit 451 / Margaret Atwood -- Shades of Orwell / Arthur Knight -- From the journal of Fahrenheit 451 / François Truffaut.

A book burner in a future fascist state finds out books are a vital part of a culture he never knew. He clandestinely pursues reading, until he is betrayed.

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