I think you meant to say "the library at Alexandria..."
Another big influence on Bradbury's thinking were the anti-Communist activities of Senator Joseph McCarthy and the HUAC group in the early 1950s. Just as with Hitler burning books, it was about suppression of individual beliefs and concerns in the name of a nation. That the book was published in 1953, when these groups were at the height of their power, was not coincidental.
At one time, typewriters were available in libraries for use with coin deposits. Bradbury claimed he wrote much of the book sitting at one such device at a university library in his hometown of Los Angeles.
An astonishing book. I met Ray Bradbury at a writers' conference.
Now I am very envious please tell me he wasn't awful lol
I think you meant to say "the library at Alexandria..."
Another big influence on Bradbury's thinking were the anti-Communist activities of Senator Joseph McCarthy and the HUAC group in the early 1950s. Just as with Hitler burning books, it was about suppression of individual beliefs and concerns in the name of a nation. That the book was published in 1953, when these groups were at the height of their power, was not coincidental.
At one time, typewriters were available in libraries for use with coin deposits. Bradbury claimed he wrote much of the book sitting at one such device at a university library in his hometown of Los Angeles.