Fahrenheit 451

"Fahrenheit 451" - A science fiction novel, dystopia Ray Bradbury, published in 1953. The novel states that the ignition temperature of paper - 451 ° F (233 ° C). The name of the novel by Ray Bradbury "Fahrenheit 451" was chosen because at this temperature (corresponding to 232,8 ° C) ignites the paper.The novel describes a society that is based on mass culture and consumer thinking, in which all the books makes you think about life, to be burned; storage of books is a crime; and people who can think critically, are outlawed. The main character, Guy Montag, works "fireman" (which in the novel involves the burning of books), being sure that gets the job done "for the benefit of mankind." But soon he was disappointed in the ideals of the society of which he is, it becomes an outcast and is attached to a small underground group of outcasts, whose supporters memorize text books to save them for posterity. During his life, Bradbury has created more than eight hundred different literary works, including several novels and novels, hundreds of short stories, dozens of plays, a number of articles, notes and poems. Bradbury has traditionally been considered a classic of science fiction, although much of his work tends toward fantasy genre, parables or fairy tales.