It sounds like it's the opposite of the Fahrenheit 451, where books are burned by firemen as the government doesn't want people reading books, as it gives them dangerous ideas which would make them unhappy. A great read when you think Ray Bradbury wrote it in 1953, and amongst the ideas in the book is that people have earpieces in all the time listening so they don't have to interact with others (sound familiar), and watch wall sized TV's where they can be part of the cast on soapies (who wants to be Brooke or Ryde on the Bold and the Beautiful).
I'll have to check it out.
