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T.A.
Sep 07, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
"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.

Whch isn't to say that there are firemen running around burning books and comm
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Aaron
Aug 18, 2013 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
The classic. Read it again. Gleaned some more from it this time, probably 30 years after reading it the first time....
Susie
Apr 17, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: re-read
One of my favorite rereads. Books ARE dangerous
Danielle Thomas
Mar 17, 2017 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: ray-bradbury
Loved it. Reread many times.
Cindywho
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. ( ...more
Jason
Aug 16, 2007 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: ebook
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.
Susan Levin
Felt very dated - even though it takes place in the future.
Karen
All time favorite book
Jace
Feb 21, 2008 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Mosker
Apr 19, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Brandon
May 08, 2009 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Kate
Sep 24, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Stacie
Oct 15, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Rick Muir
Jun 11, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Gwyn
Feb 06, 2012 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Micaella
Jan 19, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Steve
Feb 13, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Lauren
Jun 02, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Geoff
Sep 19, 2013 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
withpins
Feb 05, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Micaella
Dec 25, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
L.
May 20, 2020 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Tabatha
Aug 03, 2022 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
withpins
Feb 13, 2023 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition