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Want to make everyone see things the same way? Burn the books. Don't allow any dissenting ideas to creep in. Keep people anesthetized with pleasure, inanity, TV. And, since houses are now fire-proof, designate the firemen to do the book burning. Catch anyone with a book--destroy them and call it serving the greater good.
That knowledge could be ripped from us and a single-minded, totally controlled society put into its place, is among the more frightening possibilities for mankind. It might seem ...more
That knowledge could be ripped from us and a single-minded, totally controlled society put into its place, is among the more frightening possibilities for mankind. It might seem ...more
I loved this a lot, as someone with basically no social media I found it extremely pertinent to today. I was disappointed with the lack of decent female characters though.
As timely now as it was then. Perhaps more so.
Sep 06, 2016
Chrisie
marked it as to-read
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Oct 10, 2017
Jennifer
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