Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury at Amazon.com

Amazon.com Review
In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury's classic, frightening vision of the future, firemen don't put out fires--they start them in order to burn books. Bradbury's vividly painted society holds up the appearance of happiness as the highest goal--a place where trivial information is good, and knowledge and ideas are bad. Fire Captain Beatty explains it this way, "Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs.... Don't give them slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy."

other books by Ray Bradbury

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury at Amazon.com

Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury at Amazon.com

The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury at Amazon.com
The Illustrated Man is a big man, and every inch of him covered with images. When his flesh twitches the colours burn in three dimensions. People move, tiny pink hands gesture, tiny mouths flicker and voices rise, small and muted. By the author of "Fahrenheit 451".