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Jun 28, 2007
My work is never done
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An Amazing book about when the Governments of the World become so corrupt and Tyrannical that books are censored in order to stop people from thinking for themselves.
I don't know why this isn't required reading in high school (really, Billy Budd???). This book about censorship, set in a dystopia where firemen burn houses with hidden books, blew me away.
Here's a line from a rebel:
"'I hate a Roman named Status Quo,' he said, 'live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal. And if there were, it would be related to ...more
Here's a line from a rebel:
"'I hate a Roman named Status Quo,' he said, 'live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal. And if there were, it would be related to ...more
I'd never read it, so I finally got around to it. The part that most struck me was the wife who was so immersed in the television and radio media that she barely interacted with anything else. A prediction of submission to the noise of media and the depression that goes with it... The male/female dynamics were dated and the end simplified the effects of bombing. I've read one of the stories included in the volume: the Playground - a very dark look at childhood, but true enough to be effective. (
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This book is a classic. The movie was great, too. Mark Twain said, "The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read." I don't want to imagine a world with no books.
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Jul 25, 2007
Annie
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Nov 11, 2007
Rindis
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it was amazing
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Apr 25, 2008
Lucija
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