Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, is a dystopian novel that has many references to modern day technology. The catch is that it was written in the 1950's. Bradbury created an entire world in the future through Fahrenheit 451. This world is simply an exaggerated version of today's society. He predicts earphones, Bluetooth, automatic doors, color television that can cover an entire wall, but the most disturbing prediction is the one that shows the amount of feeling that is doused by media. Nearly every household has a computer or TV and its inhabitants are consumed by it. This is the same in Fahrenheit 451, though on a much more extreme scale. Bradbury tried to make a world that was as terrible as he could imagine. We are quickly meeting that standard.
How did he do it? How did he predict the technology and the behavior of society 50 years in the future?
He claims in his interview that his characters speak to him. He is simply wrote down what they were saying. Is it just me or is that a little creepy? This man lets the voices in his head write a story and 50 years later it its found that the story is a near mirror to us today. Could he be predicting the future? It sounds ridiculous, but that is the only answer that I can think of. That or it's one heck of a coincidence.
Ray Bradbury, What do you mean by your characters telling you their story, and why/how are they predicting the future? What is your take on your own fictional writing becoming truth?
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