![]() ![]() However, perhaps his most famous work, Fahrenheit 451, the tale of a dystopian future where books are burned, was written in a local library. The Bradburys moved into the property around 1960, according to the Los Angeles Times, which said that the author wrote in a Beverly Hills office for many years, before turning to his Cheviot Hills basement. "Come see where so many great works of fiction were conceived," urge the estate agents, describing the sale as "a tremendous opportunity to begin a new chapter in its storied history". ![]() "We needed a place where Ray could store everything he refuses to throw away and that could also be an office for his writing." ![]() "The basement was the irresistible ingredient," she said. Maggie Bradbury, the author's wife, told the Los Angeles Times in 1974 that they actually chose the house because of its large basement, according to a biography of the writer. Ray Bradbury in his basement writing den at home in California in 2008. ![]()
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