![]() ![]() ![]() In honor of Bradbury’s passing, this week’s column will focus on another of his novels that has been challenged for some of its cultural themes- The Martian Chronicles. In fact, that title was the first one covered by the Banned Books Awareness project. Fahrenheit 451, a book about a dystopian future in which books and reading are outlawed, has ironically been a banned book here in the real world. ![]() His visions of futuristic worlds set to a backdrop of present-day social commentary has inspired and enthralled readers for decades in classics such as The Illustrated Man, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and Fahrenheit 451.īut along with the accolades there were the controversies. The world of literature lost a legend when Ray Bradbury passed away. ![]()
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