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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
Jul 10, 2008
Michelle
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
utopia-dystopia-theme
beautiful descriptive stuff
Oct 21, 2007
Rhiannon
marked it as to-read
Aug 05, 2008
Anika Torruella
rated it
liked it
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Shelves:
science-fiction-fantasy
Sep 03, 2008
Erich Franz Linner-Guzmann
rated it
it was amazing
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Shelves:
science-fiction,
own,
psychologisch,
dramen,
horror,
suspense,
award-nominee,
meisterwerk,
author-male,
dunkle
Feb 04, 2009
Ross
rated it
it was amazing
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Shelves:
fiction,
science-fiction
