Fahrenheit 451 - October 19, 1953
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English - October 19, 2021 07:00 - 5 minutes - 7.16 MB - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsTV & Film Society & Culture literature entertainment film history sciencefiction Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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One of the best-known works of dystopian science-fiction, Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451," was first published on October 19, 1953. While Bradbury predicted things like earbuds, flat-screen TVs and ATMs, it's a relief he was so far off about censorship and anti-intellectualism. Right?
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