Fahrenheit 451 MWDS
Name & Class: _ _A.J. COX 1ST PERIOD ___ Title/Author: Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury Date of Publication/Genre: Published-1953 Genre-Dystopian Fiction, Science Fiction Biographical information about the author: Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) grew up in Waukegan, Illinois during his young childhood and moved to LA at 14. He was always a big reader throughout his childhood. He is most famous for being a ?king? of sci-fi in the 1950?s Historical information on the period of publication: During the 1950?s the USA was enduring the Cold War and was starting the Arms and Space Races. This led to science fiction being very popular at the time.