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Fahrenheit 451
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Laura
In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.

A magnificent movie was made based on this book: Fahrenheit 451 (1966) directed by François Truffaut, with Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack

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The Sassy Bookworm
Read this in school!
David Cerruti
Jul 03, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Here’s where I adopt the time honored practice of posting on GR a review that is little more than a self-referential blog post. This is embarrassing. Although I’m older than most of the people on GR, practically everyone I know read Fahrenheit 451 many years ago. I loved The Martian Chronicles, so there’s no excuse for the delay.

Ray Bradbury dedicated Fahrenheit 451 to his literary agent.
“This one, with gratitude, is for DON CONGDON.”
Until his death less than two years ago, Don Congdon lived i
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Aod
Mar 10, 2008 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: soon2
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Mary E.
Jul 29, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, classic-lit
Andrew
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Shelves: science-fiction
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Andrew
Jan 29, 2009 marked it as owned-to-read  ·  review of another edition
Kevin
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Tensy (bookdoyen)
Apr 10, 2009 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: dystopian
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Shelves: banned
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Shelves: guardian-sci-fi, own
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May 07, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Jo
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Shelves: utopia-dystopia