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My favorite quote from Ray Bradbury and of his concerns over censorship regarding literature and the arts is this great statement. “You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
Fahrenheit 451 is listed as a dystopian novel, but I just have to wonder... in an age of Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, where there is no face to face communication and the use of sentences, if any, are filled with emoji’s, how far behind is our society from Bradbury’s ‘Dysto ...more
Fahrenheit 451 is listed as a dystopian novel, but I just have to wonder... in an age of Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, where there is no face to face communication and the use of sentences, if any, are filled with emoji’s, how far behind is our society from Bradbury’s ‘Dysto ...more
Two things stick out when you read this novel from sixty years ago. Firstly, how timely it is in the twenty-first century. Second, the language.
The storytelling is poetic in a way that is hardly seen today, especially in a dystopian tale. Then there's the dialogue of the individual characters, most with strange language skills at a time when people no longer have command of a strong vocabulary. Then there's the main character's sinister boss, who speaks with the knowledge of the language of book ...more
The storytelling is poetic in a way that is hardly seen today, especially in a dystopian tale. Then there's the dialogue of the individual characters, most with strange language skills at a time when people no longer have command of a strong vocabulary. Then there's the main character's sinister boss, who speaks with the knowledge of the language of book ...more
A powerful book with a powerful message. I think particularly appropriate in this day and age.
truly bewildering!
loved every philosophical statement!!!!
loved every philosophical statement!!!!
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