“Shut the door, they're coming through the window, shut the window, they're coming through the door," are the words to an old song. They fit my lifestyle with newly arriving butcher/censors every month. Only six weeks ago, I discovered that, over the years, some cubby-hole editors at Ballantine Books, fearful of contaminating the young, had, bit by bit, censored some 75 separate sections from the novel. Students, reading the novel which, after all, deals with censorship and book-burning in the future, write to tell me of this exquisite irony.”
Quote by Ray Bradbury
Work
Fahrenheit 451: A Novel
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is a thought-provoking novel set in a future society where books are banned and firemen start fires to destroy them. The story follows a fireman named Guy Montag who questions the status quo and becomes involved in a rebellion against the oppressive government. more
Author
Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury, born on August 22, 1920, and died on June 5, 2012, was an influential American science fiction writer, playwright, and poet. His works are known for their unique imagination and profound philosophical insights, which have had a profound impact on the science fiction genre. more
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