Author/Illustrator: Ray Bradbury
Publisher/Place of Publication/Date: Simon and Schuster, 1951
Genre: Science fiction
Brief Description of Content: Set in 1993 in a world where books have been voluntarily and involuntarily burned. Main character is a "fireman" who is called to burn when books are found. Ignorant society where intellectuals have been banished to the far corners. Television screens blast into homes. People are blissfully ignorant.
Favorite quote: "If you hide your ignorance, no on will hit you and you will never learn."
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