Ray Bradbury, the science fiction writer, died today at age 91. The Meals on Wheels Book Room frequently has his works available though I don't think anything is there now. 

Bradbury is best known for his 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451. Paper will burn at 451 degrees fahrenheit. In 

the story the job of the fire department is to burn books. The government has decided that books can make people unhappy and therefore books are banned. The heroes in the story each become a book by memorizing it and constantly repeating it. 

Bradbury also wrote Martian Chronicles. 

In one of his short stories a man is arrests for talking a walk and for not having a tv. 

The basic theme of Bradbury's work is the problems with love of technology. 

He will be missed. 

David Sneed