Fahrenheit 451° is the temperature at which paper ignites and burns. Bradbury's philosophical dystopia paints a bleak picture of the development of a post-industrial society: a future world in which all written publications are mercilessly destroyed by a special fire brigade, book possession is prosecuted, interactive television successfully serves the universal stupefaction, punitive psychiatry decisively deals with rare dissenters, and an electric dog is sent out to hunt down incorrigible dissidents...

The novel that brought its creator worldwide fame.

Bradbury's statement in 2007 that 'Fahrenheit 451' is misunderstood was sensational. This book isn't about government censorship; it's about how television is destroying the interest in reading books.

In the early 1950s, most Americans had never seen a television, but Bradbury predicted a new era of freedom, prosperity, and entertainment, when the desire for happiness, coupled with political correctness, would lead to the banning of books.

'Television tells you what to think and then pounds it into your head. It's always right.'