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Fahrenheit 451 é uma obra sobre a qual já muito ouvi falar e Ray Bradbury é uma referência da literatura norte-americana, pelo que me foi completamente impossível contornar a leitura desta obra. Sabia que mais cedo ou mais tarde teria que ler este tão conhecido trabalho da literatura e sobre o qual já ouvi maravilhas. Confesso que a ideia me fascina. Apesar de ser uma amante de livros, fascinava-me ler este livro, ler sobre este conceito de queimar livros, de fazer arder conhecimento para este d
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A world where books are burned... Quite possibly one of the scariest dystopias I could ever imagine. A place where society has become so advanced and so quick thinking, that they don't have time for books. Books are replaced with television and movies, which are generally superficial and not at all thought provoking. People insipidly watch television all day, and report their neighbors at the slightest suspicion of a book. I'd like to think, hey there's no way this could happen today. But Bradbu
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I listened to this as an audiobook with Tim Robbins as the narrator. Win!
I somehow missed this classic and found it to be brilliant. The writing is tight and compelling. I love dystopian lit and this one sets the standard for the genre. It's a bit scary as there are parallels to this society and ours today. Guy Montag's job as a fireman involves setting fires rather than putting them out. Unfortunately, he is burning books which are banned by the government. Control knowledge and you control peo ...more
I somehow missed this classic and found it to be brilliant. The writing is tight and compelling. I love dystopian lit and this one sets the standard for the genre. It's a bit scary as there are parallels to this society and ours today. Guy Montag's job as a fireman involves setting fires rather than putting them out. Unfortunately, he is burning books which are banned by the government. Control knowledge and you control peo ...more

2 stars = "it was ok" which is about how I felt about it.
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