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"First of all, I don't write science fiction. I've only done one science fiction book and that's Fahrenheit 451, based on reality. Science fiction is a depiction of the real." - Ray Bradbury
There was a time when I considered paranoid dystopic books like this as quaint and relics of cold war anxiety. Nearing the end of the Bush administration in 2008, I can't help but feel this book is more vital than it ever has been.
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There was a time when I considered paranoid dystopic books like this as quaint and relics of cold war anxiety. Nearing the end of the Bush administration in 2008, I can't help but feel this book is more vital than it ever has been.
Whch isn't to say that there are firemen running around burning books and comm ...more
The classic. Read it again. Gleaned some more from it this time, probably 30 years after reading it the first time....
One of my favorite rereads. Books ARE dangerous
Mar 17, 2017
Danielle Thomas
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it was amazing
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Loved it. Reread many times.
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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Read again with my daughter as she is a sophomore now in high school. I enjoyed it much more having chosen to read it instead of being told to.
Felt very dated - even though it takes place in the future.
Feb 12, 2014
Karen
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it was amazing
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All time favorite book
Aug 28, 2013
Alice
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really liked it
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Nov 03, 2019
Esther
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