I discovered Bradbury's short stories when I was a library geek in junior high school. Decades later I was pleased to find my middle-school-aged son prowling my bookshelves, looking for Bradbury stories. We picked up a few more for him (my old paperbacks were falling apart), and when he had time to kill on a trip to register at the university, he stopped by the U Book Store and bought a large collection of Bradbury stories.

I know any kid who grows up reading Bradbury knows to question authority, talk back to the television or radio, and to think critically about the world around him.

I read Fahrenheit 451 many years ago, and I enjoyed the movie. What I find so remarkable about that room of screens of faces talking back is that it has come to pass - are we on our toes enough to consider that this isn't necessarily a good thing?

SRS