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Fahrenheit 451
I.
About the Author
II.
Overview
III.
Setting
IV.
Themes and Characters
V.
Literary Technique
VI.
Topics for Discussion
VII.
Questions
VIII.
Adaptations
Literature Guide - Fahrenheit 451
Bradbury, Ray Published 1953
I About the Author
Raymond Douglas Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920, in Waukegan, Illinois, to Leonard Spaulding and Esther Moberg Bradbury. He began his writing career while still a teenager, publishing Futuria Fantasia, a fan magazine. His first professionally published piece, the short story 'Pendulum', appeared in the November 1941 edition of Super Science Stories. During the 1940s, after he turned to writing full-time, his work was published in several science-fiction magazines, including Weird Tales. ...
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