Fahrenheit 451

It was a pleasure to burn. it was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and *changed*.

Author: Ray Bradbury

Science fiction

Published on 16 Aug 1993 by HarperCollins Publishers.

In a society in which books are outlawed, Montag, a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden volumes, meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read. Suddenly he finds himself a hunted fugitive, forced to choose not only between two women, but between personal safety and intellectual freedom.