Let me start by saying Fahrenheit 451 is not science fiction. It is an “If this goes on…” story, a predictive “fiction.” It takes a piece of the present and swirls it into an idea that if this goes on here is what the author might expect. The people unwilling to believe it are the ones that label it SCI-FI and go about their day. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a dystopian novel set in the future