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Every science fiction fanatic, especially one as young as myself, has a list of classic science fiction books that he or she has yet to read. One's definition of classic can vary; it's not the content of the list that matters but its existence as a personal measure of our "SF street cred." I have read
Dune
and
Starship Troopers
, and plenty of Asimov pre-Goodreads. Until now, however, Fahrenheit 451 has eluded me. Today I remove it from my list.
Something about Ray Bradbury's style gives m ...more
Something about Ray Bradbury's style gives m ...more
Jun 04, 2008
Nicky
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Fahrenheit 451 is an interesting, depressing picture of a somewhat dystopian world. It has become, to many readers, a book about censorship, and I think that message is relevant. It doesn't matter what an author intends, once the book is out there in the world -- the important thing is what people find in it. (There's some merit in reading it the way Bradbury intended it to be read, of course -- some merit in seeing it the way he does, and seeing what messages he intended -- but this doesn't sup
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A very good depiction of the awakening of a man in a degenerate and intellectually stagnant society. A dystopia that arose, not from totalitarian despots seizing power, but from democracy, the tyranny of the majority.
Somewhat heavy handed at times although Bradbury's style really suited the story in my opinion and brought it to life. Definitely deserves it's place alongside 1984 and Brave New World in warning us of potential dangers in our future and is disturbingly prophetic at times. ...more
Somewhat heavy handed at times although Bradbury's style really suited the story in my opinion and brought it to life. Definitely deserves it's place alongside 1984 and Brave New World in warning us of potential dangers in our future and is disturbingly prophetic at times. ...more
once upon a time in the future, feeling too much is bad, intellectualism is right out, and reading any one of the near-infinite list of banned books is enough to get you imprisoned or killed. books are for burning, life is for living at high speed and with little regard for anything other than tonight's episode of desperate housewives. firemen light the paper bonfires, and this is of course one man's awakening from all the 50s cold-war future-that-isn't-yet.
I know it's utter blasphemy to only s ...more
I know it's utter blasphemy to only s ...more
The audio version was incredible. The author commentary at the end was soo inspiring. He wrote the book at a UCLA library pay per use typewriter. Now I want to go figure out which library it was and retrace Ray Bradbury's steps.
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This book made me think. It made me realize how easily our precious books can be taken away from us. No matter what you read, just read!
Jun 11, 2007
Brooke
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science-fiction,
classics
Aug 31, 2008
Richard
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Mar 25, 2009
Danielle The Book Huntress
marked it as to-read
