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Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

Start date: October 1, 2020

Finish date: October 31, 2020

Discussion: New School Classics- 1915-2005

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Aug 12, 2019 Kenny rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, fantasy

“If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you'll never learn.”
Ray Bradbury ~~ Fahrenheit 451

This book ... wow ... this book. I don't know what to say at this point. Fahrenheit 451 really shook me, but in a good way. Let me ponder a bit.

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Oct 08, 2012 MichelleCH rated it really liked it

I can't believe it has taken me this long to read this novel! Equally nice was reading it close to banned books week. A great way to celebrate the freedom to read.

The beginning felt very dreamy to me as Montag, a fireman of the future, meets Clarisse. She is his neighbor and talks about a time when there was community and a sharing of ideas. I kept thinking that Clarisse was a figment of Montag's imagination, as I couldn't imagine that she would have been allowed to exist for so long in their mo ...more

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Jul 17, 2019 Julie rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-sci-fi, fin-2019, 1950s-fiction

Well, that was painful. The longest 187 pages I've ever read. Confirms my dislike of distopian sci fi and "Arty" 1950's novels. On the plus side, I've read this classic and can now give my opinion about it. And my opinion is uuuuugggghhhh ...more

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Jan 11, 2012 Pam rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: book-club-choice, classics, 5-star-favorites, 2012

I closed the back cover on Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Fabulous. It is one of those classics that I shake my head and think, "WHY haven't I read this before?" In a world where TV's keep getting larger, sports teams more "important", fun and vacations are deemed to be "needs" not "wants", where we eat in front of the television and text instead of talk, this book should be mandatory reading... AND followed by mandatory discussion, in every classroom. ...more

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