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This is one of those too few books that I can mark as having a meaningful and lasting impact on my life. I first read it back in high school, one of the obligatory books on the school’s ‘list’ to make for well-rounded and well-read students.
In my first foray with 451, there was a lot my teenage mind glossed over/missed but what I gleaned from it settled deep in my brain and in college I finally bought a copy for myself. College has been a few years behind me and I’ll be the first to admit that ...more
In my first foray with 451, there was a lot my teenage mind glossed over/missed but what I gleaned from it settled deep in my brain and in college I finally bought a copy for myself. College has been a few years behind me and I’ll be the first to admit that ...more
(Reading Challenge 2016: Satire)
"Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality. And what does the word quality mean? To me it means texture. This book has pores. It has features. This book can go under the microscope. You'd find life under the glass, streaming past in infinite profusion. The more pores, the more truthfully recorded details of life per square inch you can get on a sheet of paper, the more 'literary' you are. That's my definition, anyway. Telling detail. Fresh detail. The good wr
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