To learn more about Ray Bradbury I read his book Fahrenheit 451. I enjoyed this book but not as much as Brave New World.
Fahrenheit 451 is about a world where books are illegal to read or own, and firefighters set fire to any books which are found. I think it's a similar dystopian society as Brave New World. The people in this society aren't allowed to learn or do too much in fear that it will spoil their 'happiness'. In this book, the main character is a firefighter who decides he doesn't want to burn books anymore, he wants to save them and learn from them instead. The book follows his journey.
I'm not sure whether I'm interested in researching Ray Bradbury much further because while I enjoyed the story, I didn't like the writing style that much and found it difficult to picture things from the book. This would make it challenging to explore visually. However, I really like the sound of The Martian Chronicles, a science fiction selection of short stories. The Illustrated Man also sounds really good. Maybe I should focus on short stories instead.
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