Four hundred and fifty one degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature at which paper burns. Just transpose the number and word, and it’s also the title of an influential sci-fi novel born in the era of ...

In a world drowning in information, the real threat is not the burning of books, but the extinguishing of thought ...

It’s a strange world where firemen start fires, instead of suppress them. Stranger yet, they burn books. In Ray Bradbury’s classic futuristic novel, “Fahrenheit 451” fireman Guy Montag, while burning ...

American dystopian classic “Fahrenheit 451” by the late Ray Bradbury encapsulates the dark realities of a society without books, intellectual curiosity, or critical thinking. “Fahrenheit 451” tells ...

“Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury in 1950, before the publishing of "The Martian Chronicles." Cyril Cusack tells Bee Duffell she must leave her house before it is burned down in a scene ...

Local, independent bookstores have never been more important. With fair access to literature under political attack, bookstores are a bulwark against censorship and an asset to the communities they ...

NEW YORK — At age 91, Ray Bradbury is making peace with the future he helped predict. The science fiction/fantasy author and longtime enemy of the e-book has finally allowed his dystopian classic ...

Last spring, the Des Moines Public Library was one of 84 nonprofits, public libraries and community organizations nationwide to receive a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read grant. The NEA ...

Did I read this correctly? The Republican-controlled State Board of Education is going to mandate a list of books to be read by every student in Texas, and it is considering “Romeo and Juliet” and ...