451' Fahrenheit

451° Fahrenheit 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: this is a world of the future in which all written publications are mercilessly destroyed by a special fire brigade, and the possession of books is prosecuted by law, interactive television successfully serves the general stupefaction, punitive psychiatry decisively deals with rare dissenters, and an electric dog goes hunting for incorrigible dissidents... The novel that brought its creator worldwide fame. Bradbury's statement in 2007 that "451° Fahrenheit" is misunderstood was sensational. This book is not about government censorship, it is a story about how television is destroying interest in reading books. In the early 1950s, most Americans had never seen a television, but Bradbury predicted a new era of freedom, wealth and entertainment, when the desire to be happy, coupled with political correctness, would lead to the banning of books. "Television tells you what to think and hammers it into your head. It is always and necessarily right."