The Maze Runner Author notes

The Author of the book I'm reading, "The Maze Runner" is James Dashner. James Dashner was born in Austel, Georgia on November 26, 1972, and has five brothers and sisters. He attended BYU in Utah, where he received a Masters Degree in Accounting. He worked in finance for a while but then decided to try his hand at writing. He started out writing fantasy and science fiction. He lives in the Rocky Mountains with his wife and four children. He has won many awards for his work including. New York State Charlotte Award, Kentucky Bluegrass Award, Oregon Reader’s Choice Award, New Hampshire Isinglass Teen Read Award, Missouri Truman Reader's Award, Illinois Abraham Lincoln Award, Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award, Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award, Georgia Peach Book Award, and the New Jersey Garden State Book Award. Why do you think he has so many awards from different states?

Setting of Farenheit 451

The setting of "Fahrenheit 451" is in the future, sometime in the 24^th century, in and around an unspecified city.  Right now it is taking place in the streets of the city at night when pretty much nobody is out and the main character Guy Montag meets a mysterious young girl named Clarisse.  A quote from the book providing details of the setting is,  "He walked out of the Fire Station and walked on the street toward the subway where the silent air-propelled train slid soundlessly down its lubricated flue."  (Page 2) This shows setting because it describes the place around him. what do you think a flue is?