Gates tells NPR that she always loved author Ray Bradbury's writing, and she thought her son Rory would feel the same way.
"When I started reading Fahrenheit 451 aloud to him, we were both struck by its specificity — not just the specificity of the language but also the crispness with which he brings the world and its issues to light," she says.
Gates says they were astounded when they found out Bradbury wrote the novel in nine days at a typewriter he rented for 20 cents an hour.
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