Fahrenheit 451

I'm not a big fan of science fiction. I don't like books about vampires and quests. But some science fiction I DO like and "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury is one of them. Ray writes with punch. He uses no extra words. His book reads along moving me steadily and surely through this most incredible and fast moving story about a fireman named Guy Montag. Guy lives some time in the future, a time when firemen do not put out fires, but create fires. They burn books. Concerned neighbors will call in to the fire station telling of their suspicions of books in a certain house. The firemen go to the house with their kerosene flame throwers to burn the books. The book owners are committed as insane or put into jail or even put to death. The firehouse has a mechanical dog which will search out the amino acids of the intended victim and shoot them with procaine from a needle in it's mouth. Bradbury's future is scary, man. Guy, an experienced fireman, begins to question the society he lives in. People don't read books but are entertained by televisions that take up entire walls. Guy and his wife, Mildred, have televisions on 3 of the 4 walls in their living room. The television is individualized. The television commercials and news mention Mildred by name. Mildred calls the people on the television her family. Even though Guy and Mildred live together, they don't really know each other or interact beyond the most superficial exchanges. This book was written in 1953 - many good things happened that year. I read they were thinking about making another movie of the story. One article mentioned Mel Gibson as Guy and another mentioned Tom Hanks. I think it would be a great story on the big screen but they might have to add to the plot because even if the books are burned, much of the content is on computers.