Fahrenheit 451 in 2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge

May 04, 2015 Catsalive rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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04/05/15

A fast, enjoyable, emotive read. I'm sure it was a sensation in the 50s & really worrying in the 60s. For me, it faded a bit into all the other dystopian, post-apocalypta that I've read over the years, but it was still worth the effort.

I kept thinking what an idiot Montag was as he let his pride & anger overcome sense, but if he hadn't done it he wouldn't have survived the war. I also kept wondering when this war was going to manifest & blow all their worries to smithereens - I got my an 04/05/15

A fast, enjoyable, emotive read. I'm sure it was a sensation in the 50s & really worrying in the 60s. For me, it faded a bit into all the other dystopian, post-apocalypta that I've read over the years, but it was still worth the effort.

I kept thinking what an idiot Montag was as he let his pride & anger overcome sense, but if he hadn't done it he wouldn't have survived the war. I also kept wondering when this war was going to manifest & blow all their worries to smithereens - I got my answer.

I know I would go insane if I had to watch tele all the time just to get through the day. There's not much I can stand to watch. I hate all these so-called reality shows that clutter the airwaves.

As for censorship, well, it's always with us, particularly in America where some people are still trying to get evolution banned & creationism added to curricula. There are always people wanting to give people no education, limit information & keep the masses downtrodden & believing what they're told - religion is always there when the censorship cards are handed out. Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.
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07/04/16
I've just finished this for the second time, before I send it on to someone else. I'm glad I re-read it as I picked up on more, & enjoyed it more, this time. How prophetic it is. I highly recommend reading the Afterword & Coda, where Bradbury talks about the sweet irony of his own books - and particularly 451 - being cut about & censored. This being the 50th anniversary edition, there's also a good interview with Bradbury at the end.

I must see Truffaut's 1966 movie, even tough it doesn't stay close enough to the story for Bradbury's liking. 'It's a good movie...", but how can in be Fahrenheit 451 without Clarisse, Faber & the Mechanical Hound. I see his point. There has been much talk of a remake that will stick to the storyline, first mooted in the mid-90s by Mel Gibson, but it has been put on the backburner a couple of times. I do hope it comes to fruition in the not too distant future. ...more

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Jun 01, 2010 Tawnya rated it really liked it

I loved this book. Though the author is kind of a fanatic about media and politically correctness. It was written in the 50's and I wonder what he thinks of life today! And the ending was a little disappointing. But I still loved it! ...more

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