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Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

Start date: November 1, 2020

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Jan 07, 2011 Kevin Xu rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Aug 20, 2014 Michelle rated it really liked it

Shelves: reviewed, 2014, dystopian

Imagine a world where books are outlawed. The government dictates what you know. You receive information through television and radio. Technology is everywhere, and free thinking is suppressed. Fireman no longer put out fires, instead they start them, sent out on calls to burn the homes of people who have books.

Guy Montag is a fireman. He burns books for a living. His wife, Millie, lives in a world of television and sleeping pills, and can't (or won't) break away from her technology to really c ...more

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