Bradbury himself was investigated for Communist ties throughout the 1950s. The story’s themes about government censorship and control tapped into society’s fears during the peak of McCarthyism in the United States. The novel was immensely popular and an instant classic at the time of publication. In 1953, Bradbury published Fahrenheit 451, which would become his most significant work. Published the following year, The Illustrated Man remains one of Bradbury’s most popular collections of short stories. Though he published several short stories in his early writing career, it was the publication of his first major novel, The Martian Chronicles, in 1950 that established his reputation in the writing community. He became a full-time writer in 1943 after it was determined he was ineligible for military service in World War II due to poor eyesight. Having never attended college, Bradbury would say he was a “student of life,” reading by day and writing by night. He published his first short story in 1938, the same year he graduated high school. Bradbury always knew he wanted to be a writer, penning his first short stories by the age of 11.
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