That's kinda depressing...

Sail

Ray Bradbury denies that Fahrenheit 451 had anything to do with censorship.

whatever

Wait, what the hell? My copy of the novel says it's about censorship, just like the book on the article. Why didn't he say something sooner? That really sucks, but we can still look at it as an anti-censorship novel even though that wasn't the intent. It still sucks, though.

tuttle88

Why do you care what the author says about his book? In my opinion, and this may piss of any authors out there, it isn't what the person originally intended it to mean that matters, its how YOU interpret it. So if you think its about censorship then its about censorship, if you think its about bunny rabbits then its about bunny rabbits, and you're probably a retard but you are entitled to your interpretation of the work.

Sparhawk

Why do you care what the author says about his book? In my opinion, and this may piss of any authors out there, it isn't what the person originally intended it to mean that matters, its how YOU interpret it. So if you think its about censorship then its about censorship, if you think its about bunny rabbits then its about bunny rabbits, and you're probably a retard but you are entitled to your interpretation of the work.

Another example of where the author's intent and the audience's perceptions diverged is in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. This was a book that was meant to illustrate the "joys of socialism", but instead just got people pissed off at the Chicago meat packing industry.