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''Fahrenheit 451'' is a dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury published in 1953. It is regarded as one of his best works. The novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. The title refers to the temperature that Bradbury asserted to be the autoignition temperature of paper〔.〕 (In reality, scientists place the autoignition temperature of paper anywhere from high 440 degrees Fahrenheit to some 30 degrees hotter, depending on the study and type of paper). The novel has been the subject of interpretations focusing on the historical role of book burning in suppressing dissenting ideas. In a 1956 radio interview, Bradbury stated that he wrote ''Fahrenheit 451'' because of his concerns at the time (during the McCarthy era) about the threat of book burning in the United States. In later years, he stated his motivation for writing the book in more general terms. In 1954, ''Fahrenheit 451'' won the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature and the Commonwealth Club of California Gold Medal. It has since won the Prometheus "Hall of Fame" Award in 1984〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://lfs.org/awards.shtml )〕 and a 1954 "Retro" Hugo Award, one of only four Best Novel Retro Hugos ever given, in 2004.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1954-retro-hugo-awards/ )〕 Bradbury was honored with a Spoken Word Grammy nomination for his 1976 audiobook version. Adaptations include François Truffaut's film adaptation of the novel in 1966, and a BBC Radio dramatization was produced in 1982. Bradbury published a stage play version in 1979 and helped develop a 1984 interactive fiction computer game titled ''Fahrenheit 451'', released in 2010 with a collection of his short stories, A Pleasure To Burn''. ==Plot summary== ''Fahrenheit 451'' is set in an unspecified city (likely in the American Mid-West) at an unspecified time in the future〔During Captain Beatty's recounting of the history of the firemen to Montag, he says, "Out of the nursery into the college and back to the nursery; there's your intellectual pattern for the past five centuries or more." The text is ambiguous regarding which century he is claiming began this pattern. One interpretation is that he means the 20th century, which would place the novel in at least the 24th century. "The Fireman" novella, which was expanded to become ''Fahrenheit 451'', is set in October 2052.〕 after the year 1960.〔In early editions of the book, Montag says, "We've started and won two atomic wars since 1960" in the first pages of ''The Sieve and the Sand''. This sets a lower bound on the time setting. In later decades, some editions have changed this year to 1990 or 2022.〕 The novel is divided into three parts: "The Hearth and the Salamander", "The Sieve and the Sand", and "Burning Bright". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fahrenheit 451」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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