Fahrenheit 451: Forskelle mellem versioner

[[Fil:FAHRENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury, Corgi 1957. 160 pages. Cover by John Richards.jpg|thumb|Forsiden af romanen fra 1957.]]

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Romanen har været genstand for fortolkninger med fokus på bogafbrændingers historiske rolle i undertrykkelsen af modstridende idéer for at opnå forandring. I et radiointerview fra 1956<ref>"[https://oldradioprograms.us/My%20Old%20Radio%20Shows/B/Biographies%20In%20Sound/Biographies%20In%20Sound%20(NBC)-1956-12-04-Ticket%20To%20The%20Moon%20-%20Tribute%20To%20Scifi.mp3 Ticket to the Moon (tribute to SciFi)]" (mp3). ''Biography in Sound''. Narrated by Norman Rose. NBC Radio News. December 4, 1956. 27:10–27:30. Retrieved February 2, 2017. <q>I wrote this book at a time when I was worried about the way things were going in this country four years ago. Too many people were afraid of their shadows; there was a threat of book burning. Many of the books were being taken off the shelves at that time.</q></ref> sagde Bradbury, at han skrev ''Fahrenheit 451'' på grund af sin bekymring på daværende tidspunkt (under [[Mccarthyisme]]n) om bogafbrændinger i [[USA]]. Senere har han beskrevet bogen som en kommentar til hvordan massemedier reducerer interessen for at læse litteratur.<ref>Johnston, Amy E. Boyle (May 30, 2007). "Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451 Misinterpreted". ''[https://www.laweekly.com/ray-bradbury-fahrenheit-451-misinterpreted/ LA Weekly website]''. Retrieved July 9, 2019. <q>Bradbury still has a lot to say, especially about how people do not understand his most famous literary work, ''Fahrenheit 451'', published in 1953 ... Bradbury, a man living in the creative and industrial center of reality TV and one-hour dramas, says it is, in fact, a story about how television destroys interest in reading literature.</q></ref>