<-Bradbury, Ray, 1920-
Full name: Ray Douglas Bradbury.
American science fiction and fantasy writer born in Waukegan, Illinois who lives in California.
Also a writer of screenplays, notably Moby Dick (1956).
<-Fahrenheit 451. 1952.
A dystopian set in a future in which books are banned, and firemen burn them. A classic on the
dangers of censorship and the importance of intellectual freedom. Adapted to film in 1966.