"used his fiction to explore and criticize his culture and society. Bradbury observed, for example, that ""Fahrenheit 451"" touches on the alienation of people by media: Bradbury stated the novel worked as a critique of the later development of political correctness: In a 1982 essay, he wrote, ""People ask me to predict the Future, when all I want to do is prevent it"". This intent had been expressed earlier by other authors, who sometimes attributed it to him. On May 24, 1956, Bradbury appeared on television in Hollywood on the popular quiz show ""You Bet Your Life"" hosted by Groucho"
"be built so that people can take a long look at themselves and reflect on their lives. When the meal is over, the exiles return to the city to rebuild society. The title page of the book explains the title as follows: ""Fahrenheit 451—The temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns..."". On inquiring about the temperature at which paper would catch fire, Bradbury had been told that was the autoignition temperature of paper. In various studies, scientists have placed the autoignition temperature at a range of temperatures between , depending on the type of paper. Bradbury's lifelong passion"
"Frost and Fire (short story) ""Frost and Fire"" is a short story by Ray Bradbury and the fourteenth in his collection ""R is for Rocket"". It was first published in Planet Stories (Fall, 1946) as ""the Creatures That Time Forgot."" Placed there by a past rocket ship that crashed, the people of the storied land are within sight of another rocket ship on a distant mountain plateau. The plot follows Sim, the protagonist of this story, and his apparently short life on a planet where people are cursed by radiation to live only eight days. The people of this planet"
"Bradbury's 1953 novel ""Fahrenheit 451"", a dystopian view of the future United States, drawing an analogy between the autoignition temperature of paper and the date of the September 11 attacks; one of the film's taglines was ""The Temperature at Which Freedom Burns"". The film debuted at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and received a 20-minute standing ovation, among the longest standing ovations in the festival's history. The film was also awarded the Palme d'Or, the festival's highest award. The film is the highest grossing documentary of all time. The movie begins by suggesting that friends and political allies of George"
"Mead is taken to the ""Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies"" for his peculiar habit. ""Fahrenheit 451"" would later echo this theme of an authoritarian society distracted by broadcast media. Bradbury expanded the book-burning premise of ""Bright Phoenix"" and the totalitarian future of ""The Pedestrian"" into ""The Fireman"", a novella published in the February 1951 issue of ""Galaxy Science Fiction"". ""The Fireman"" was written in the basement of UCLA's Powell Library on a typewriter that he rented for a fee of ten cents per half hour. The first draft was 25,000 words long and was completed in nine days."
"concept of censorship via burning books. It is said that Bradbury wrote the book due to his concerns of literature being burned in America during the McCarthy era and as well, fearing that mass media (television especially) reduce the interest in reading books. The Japanese light novel series , by Hiro Arikawa, describes how an armed Library Defence Force protects libraries from censorship after a lethal attack at library. Which is later adapted to manga, 12-episode anime, internet radio shows, and finally live action films and special TV episode. Book burning Book burning is the ritual destruction by fire of"
"has been the subject of interpretations focusing on the historical role of book burning in suppressing dissenting ideas. In a 1956 radio interview, Bradbury said that he wrote ""Fahrenheit 451"" because of his concerns at the time (during the McCarthy era) about the threat of book burning in the United States. In later years, he described the book as a commentary on how mass media reduces interest in reading literature. In 1954, ""Fahrenheit 451"" won the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature and the Commonwealth Club of California Gold Medal. It later won the Prometheus ""Hall of"
"customers who had overpaid for books due to the price-fixing. In 2014, Simon & Schuster signed a partnership deal with Amazon over ebooks and also launched a new speculative fiction imprint. In October 2014, Simon & Schuster signed a multi-year partnership deal with Amazon.com in negotiations concerning the price of e-books. Simon & Schuster also launched a new science fiction imprint called Simon451 that would publish titles across science fiction and fantasy with an emphasis on ebooks and online communities. The name of the imprint was inspired by Ray Bradbury's book ""Fahrenheit 451"" (the temperature at which books burn). Bradbury's"
"Guy Montag Guy Montag is a fictional character and the protagonist in Ray Bradbury's dystopian novel ""Fahrenheit 451"" (1953). He is depicted living in a futuristic town where he works as a ""fireman"" whose job is to burn books and the buildings they are found in. At the opening of the novel, he is happy in his work destroying books and never wonders about his role as a tool of thought suppression. Several events cause him to question his existence: Over the course of the novel, Montag becomes increasingly disillusioned with the hedonistic, anti-intellectual society around him. Bradbury emphasizes that"
"try and hide from the miserable time in which they live. They are pursued by someone who doesn't want them to escape. Also included in the chapbook ""The Dragon Who Ate His Tail"". A Pleasure to Burn A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories is a collection of short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury, first published August 17, 2010. A companion to novel ""Fahrenheit 451"", it was later released under the Harper Perennial imprint of HarperCollins publishing was in 2011. Portions of ""A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories"" were previously published in the collection ""Match to Flame: The"
"Farewell Summer Farewell Summer is a novel by American writer Ray Bradbury, published on October 17, 2006. It was his last novel released in his lifetime. It is a sequel to his 1957 novel ""Dandelion Wine"", and is set during an Indian summer in October 1929. The story concerns a mock war between the young and the old in Green Town, Illinois, and the sexual awakening of Doug Spaulding as he turns 14. With ""Something Wicked This Way Comes"", they form a trilogy of novels inspired by Bradbury's childhood in Waukegan, Illinois. The first chapter, also titled ""Farewell Summer"", appeared"
"A Pleasure to Burn A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories is a collection of short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury, first published August 17, 2010. A companion to novel ""Fahrenheit 451"", it was later released under the Harper Perennial imprint of HarperCollins publishing was in 2011. Portions of ""A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories"" were previously published in the collection ""Match to Flame: The Fictional Paths to Fahrenheit 451"" and the chapbook ""The Dragon Who Ate His Tail"". The origins and evolution of Ray Bradbury's ""Fahrenheit 451"" are explored this collection of 16 selected shorter works that"
"book and released as an album in 2007. The title alludes to ""Fahrenheit 451"" by its metric equivalent, ""signifying the writer destroying his rough drafts"". In book 14 of the ""Guardians of Ga'Hoole"" series by Kathryn Lasky, published in 2008, Braithe states that the name of the Place of Living Books, also called ""Brad"", comes from an author's name: ""The author's full name is not known. We call him Ray Brad. We think it's only scraps of his name but what is important is that ""he wrote about book burning"""", thus referencing ""Fahrenheit 451"". Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 is a"
"the library as a testing ground for burning selected books, a librarian angers him with his strange behavior. Originally written in 1947, the premise was later expanded upon and turned into ""The Fireman"", the novella which was later expanded upon and turned into ""Fahrenheit 451"". After burning all but a single copy of history's greatest horror writings, Earth attempts its first manned expedition to Mars. The familiar, current occupants of the red planet aren't happy to see them coming. Originally titled ""The Exiles"", first collected in Bradbury's short story collection ""The Illustrated Man"". A former library owner in a future"
"of his sister and other cave-dwellers. ""Frost and Fire"" was adapted as a graphic novel. It is the third in the ""DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel"" series, by Klaus Janson in 1985. An independent short film ""Quest"", based on ""Frost and Fire"" and directed by Elaine and Saul Bass, was released in 1983. Frost and Fire (short story) ""Frost and Fire"" is a short story by Ray Bradbury and the fourteenth in his collection ""R is for Rocket"". It was first published in Planet Stories (Fall, 1946) as ""the Creatures That Time Forgot."" Placed there by a past rocket ship"
"Fame"" Award in 1984 and a ""Retro"" Hugo Award, one of only six Best Novel Retro Hugos ever given, in 2004. Bradbury was honored with a Spoken Word Grammy nomination for his 1976 audiobook version. Adaptations of the novel include François Truffaut's 1966 film adaptation and a 1982 BBC Radio dramatization. Bradbury published a stage play version in 1979 and helped develop a 1984 interactive fiction computer game titled ""Fahrenheit 451"", as well as a collection of his short stories titled ""A Pleasure to Burn"". HBO released a television film based on the novel and written and directed by Ramin"
"ideas Bradbury had visited in previously written stories. For many years, he tended to single out ""The Pedestrian"" in interviews and lectures as sort of a proto-""Fahrenheit 451"". In the Preface of his 2006 anthology ""Match to Flame: The Fictional Paths to Fahrenheit 451"" he states that this is an oversimplification. The full genealogy of ""Fahrenheit 451"" given in ""Match to Flame"" is involved. The following covers the most salient aspects. Between 1947 and 1948, Bradbury wrote the short story ""Bright Phoenix"" (not published until the May 1963 issue of ""The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction"") about a librarian"
"Spring Fire Spring Fire, is a 1952 paperback novel written by Marijane Meaker, under the pseudonym ""Vin Packer"". It is the first lesbian paperback novel, and the beginning of the lesbian pulp fiction genre; it also addresses issues of conformity in 1950s American society. The novel tells the story of Susan ""Mitch"" Mitchell, an awkward, lonely freshman at a Midwestern college who falls in love with Leda, her popular but troubled sorority sister. Published by Gold Medal Books, ""Spring Fire"" sold 1.5 million copies through at least three printings. Cleis Press re-released the book in 2004 after extensive negotiations with"
"things in reality – like her rice pudding – cannot be ""unstirred."" Heat, too, she notes, flows in only one direction (the second law of thermodynamics). This is embodied by the characters, who burn bridges in relationships, burn candles, and burn letters – and in the end, Thomasina herself (like a short-lived candle) burns to death. Thomasina's insights into thermodynamics and heat transfer, and the idea that the universe is cooling, echo the poem ""Darkness"" by her ""real life"" contemporary, Lord Byron. Written in 1816 — the ""Year Without a Summer"", caused by atmospheric ash from the volcano Mount Tambora"
"prefigure Bradbury's novel. Classic, thematically interrelated stories alongside many crucial lesser-known ones, including, at the collection's heart, the novellas ""Long After Midnight"" and ""The Fireman"". A man rises from his grave to try and reclaim his former life, only to find that he is no longer welcome in the world. In the year 2349, the last cemetery on Earth is being removed. The bodies are to be burnt, as all others have been. Upon hearing the commotion of what is happening, the final corpse decides to rise in the night and hide from this ultimate fate. He learns that horror"
"his new book, ""Growing Up at Thirty-Seven"" (New York : M. Evans, 1976). On Dec. 14, 1982, Fahrenheit 451 Books opened a Used Book Annex. Present at the annex's grand opening was none other than Ray Bradbury and his favorite illustrator, Joseph Mugnaini. Run by Carmen Blue, the Annex drew bibliophiles from the entire Orange Country region until it closed in 1987. Within five years of its grand opening, Fahrenheit 451 Books received national recognition. In a 1981 article in ""The New York Times"" on the effect of the economic slowdown on book sales throughout the country, Lorraine Zimmerman was"
"hardcover by Mysterious Press. It has been re-issued as a trade paperback by several different publishing houses. Freezer Burn (novel) Freezer Burn is a 1999 crime novel by American writer Joe R. Lansdale. Down on his luck, loner, loser, Bill Roberts tries his hand at robbing the fireworks stand across the road from his house. Things don't go well, and he barely escapes with his life into an East Texas swamp. A day later, his head swollen with insect bites, he stumbles into a low rent traveling freak show carnival. His appearance allows him to fit in, and seeing no"
"man about the vulnerability of books to censure and destruction. Later, as a teenager, Bradbury was horrified by the Nazi book burnings and later by Joseph Stalin's campaign of political repression, the ""Great Purge"", in which writers and poets, among many others, were arrested and often executed. For further details on the history of book burning, see Bonfire of the vanities. Shortly after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the conclusion of World War II, the United States focused its concern on the Soviet atomic bomb project and the expansion of communism. The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC),"
"magazine. Hothouse (novel) Hothouse is a 1962 science fiction novel by British writer Brian Aldiss, composed of five novelettes that were originally serialised in ""The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction"" in 1961. In the US, an abridged version was published as The Long Afternoon of Earth; the full version was not published there until 1976. In 2009, IDW Publishing repackaged the novel with a new introduction by Clifford Meth. In the novel, Earth now has one side constantly facing the sun (which is larger and hotter than it is at present) so it has become a veritable hothouse, where"
"Although often compared with his contemporary David Lodge, a friend who has also written campus novels, Bradbury's books are consistently darker in mood and less playful both in style and language. In 1986 he wrote a short humorous book titled ""Why Come to Slaka?"", a parody of travel books, dealing with Slaka, the fictional Eastern European country that is the setting for his novel ""Rates of Exchange"", a 1983 novel that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Bradbury also wrote extensively for television, including scripting series such as ""Anything More Would Be Greedy"", ""The Gravy Train"", the sequel ""The Gravy"
"the vial for drugs), spreading the bacterial infection from a second epicenter. The bacteria turns out to be immune to fire. Graham Masterton and J. Michael Straczynski both praised the book at the time of publication, with Straczynski describing it as a mix of ""Biblical prophecies, high-tech, and ancient horrors"". Fire (Rodgers novel) Fire is an apocalyptic science fiction/horror novel by Alan Rodgers, published in 1990 as an original paperback from Bantam Books. It was reprinted by specialty publisher Wildside Press in 2000. A fundamentalist Christian US President, Paul Green, is unhinged by the accidental death of his wife while"
"of those who came before, the enormity of what has been accomplished, and why we must remain vigil, and treasure and protect every step forward we’ve managed to take."" Spring Fire Spring Fire, is a 1952 paperback novel written by Marijane Meaker, under the pseudonym ""Vin Packer"". It is the first lesbian paperback novel, and the beginning of the lesbian pulp fiction genre; it also addresses issues of conformity in 1950s American society. The novel tells the story of Susan ""Mitch"" Mitchell, an awkward, lonely freshman at a Midwestern college who falls in love with Leda, her popular but troubled"
"fire in a runaway reaction caused by the catalyst. Fatally injured in a crash landing, he crawls to the sea so that bacteria in his body can initiate new life on Earth. In John Christopher's novel ""The Death of Grass"" (1956), a mutated virus kills cereal crops and other grasses throughout Eurasia, causing famine. Kurt Vonnegut 's novel ""Cat's Cradle"" (1963) ends with all the bodies of water turning into ""ice-nine"", a fictional phase of ice that forms at room temperature. In J. G. Ballard's novel ""The Burning World"" (1964, expanded into ""The Drought"" in 1965), pollution in the oceans"
"Fire (Rodgers novel) Fire is an apocalyptic science fiction/horror novel by Alan Rodgers, published in 1990 as an original paperback from Bantam Books. It was reprinted by specialty publisher Wildside Press in 2000. A fundamentalist Christian US President, Paul Green, is unhinged by the accidental death of his wife while she is vacationing in the Soviet Union, and attempts to provoke a nuclear war and thus usher in Armageddon and the Rapture. The expected nuclear holocaust doesn't occur, due to massive malfunctioning in both US and Soviet arsenals, and the US Armed Forces mostly refusing to obey his commands. One"
"title ""Too Hot to Handle"" in the mid-1950s. The British title is properly spelled as an acronym (with no full stops), but it is also common to find it spelled ""Cold"". The novel is split into two books, one called ""Cold Front"" and the second entitled ""Cold Conspiracy"". The time between each book appears to be the time period allotted to Gardner's previous Bond outings, ""Never Send Flowers"" and ""SeaFire"". The story opens with the crash of a Boeing 747-400 at Dulles International Airport in Fairfax and Loudoun counties, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., and the apparent death of Bond's friend"
"Hothouse (novel) Hothouse is a 1962 science fiction novel by British writer Brian Aldiss, composed of five novelettes that were originally serialised in ""The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction"" in 1961. In the US, an abridged version was published as The Long Afternoon of Earth; the full version was not published there until 1976. In 2009, IDW Publishing repackaged the novel with a new introduction by Clifford Meth. In the novel, Earth now has one side constantly facing the sun (which is larger and hotter than it is at present) so it has become a veritable hothouse, where plants"
"and international conspiracies with ancient traditions and curses, often to ingenious effect. ""The Flame and the Wind"" (1967), by contrast, is an unusual historical novel set in Roman times, in which a nephew of Pontius Pilate tries to discover the facts about the crucifixion of Jesus. Many of his books feature stock characters, including General Charles Kirk of British Intelligence and his friends, the scientist Sir Marcus Levin and his Russian wife Tania. Blackburn was born in Corbridge, Northumberland and educated at Haileybury College and Durham University. He was the brother of the poet Thomas Blackburn. During the Second World"
"by Terence Fisher. Night of the Big Heat Night of the Big Heat is a science fiction novel written in 1959 by John Lymington. It tells the story of an unnamed British island that is experiencing a bizarre and stifling heatwave. The main characters are a former novelist named Richard Callum and his wife Frankie, who own a pub called the White Lion. Richard has hired a secretary to help out on his new book, Patricia Wells, who turns out to have an obsession for Callum. A visiting scientist named Harsen reveals, ultimately, that the reason for the extreme heat"