Fahrenheit 451 question

I don't quite know what you mean. It has 394,331 ratings on Goodreads alone and is one of the most popular books in modern literature.

Bradbury is a great writer. It's dated for America. We are in a world of too much information where truth is hidden/buried in plain view. Were not in an totalitarian world of thought control that requires going back to an oral tradition. I suppose if you're Kurdish or Basque.

There are many lists out there of the top 100 books of all time (Google it!). Fahrenheit 451 is on most or all of them, in good company with 1984, Animal Farm and Brave New World. How can anyone claim that it is not a successful/popular book? The movie was the only one that French director François Truffaut did in English.

Personally I loved this book. It was the first book to really make an impression as a youth. I would hardly believe that society could ever get this bad. All you have to do is just a look around and you will see that there are still groups out there trying to ban, or burn, certain books. That is just a stepping stone to what took place in this wonderful book.

I think it isn't so popular because most people want to see and read action. But in Fahrenheit 451, it's more of Montag's thinking that makes up the most of the book, where he challenged everything he had known and knows.

I have loved this book and try to plan my living spacs and my life according to just a possible situation like this plot.

What do you mean unpopular? It's a classic that's required by many schools (well, mine at least).

Fahrenheit 451 is a classic! Why do you think it's unpopular? It was my gateway book to Bradbury. I discovered it in the school library in middle school, and it wasn't required reading for me. I love how the keepers of the books were tramps.

Ken 1 hour, 23 min ago -1 votes
Many years ago, when I read this, I thought of it as a 'poor man's' 1984. I felt that Ray Bradbury had nicked much of his vision for the future from George Orwell.

I see it differently now... they are both history books! 451 = 1930/40s Europe and 1984 = modern day America.


Good review I also ways see them as different but not quite why. Your explanation is very good.

I don't know whether this book suffers so much from a lack of popularity as it does from a readership gap. Back in "my day" it was required reading in school; I haven't found that so presently--based on comments from several younger family members.

I certainly enjoyed it and have re-read it several times. I also think it should be returned as required reading in school as it very cleverly outlines the consequences of censorship, bureaucracy and group-think.

It's very popular but I think maybe people want some books with real thriller you know .. Fahrenheit 451 is one of the classics and today a few people like the classics .. great story for me though .. my sister hated it :D

Personnally I hated it.

Paradoxically, I think this classic has had a boost by being re-released as a graphic novel (by Tim Hamilton). As with my most favorite - and repeat - reads, I prefer a hard copy over an e-edition. The illustrations are extraordinary and capture with more vividness Mr. Bradbury's original story.

Very popular!

I thought this when I read Animal Farm. I "happened" across it, and thought I had found some rare gem the literary world had ignored...turned out I wasn't the only one who thought it was epic :) It's just not epic in our circles :)Spread the Word, get your friends to read it...Fahrenheit 451 is brilliant.

Seems pretty popular to me. I know several reading groups who read this just in the last year and that was BEFORE he died.

don't•eat•my•books•please wrote: "this was so good why haven't more people read it?"

Cause it doesn't have any vampires, or sadists.

This book should be popular,especially when we as Americans are in danger of losing many of our freedoms

I hadn't realized that it wasn't popular in the first place. The book's a dystopian classic, right up there with Huxley's Brave New World and should be required reading.

Ya, I can't say it's unpopular.

I agree with Will. Bradbury is very well known. He is an amazing storyteller and his books are classics.

Many years ago, when I read this, I thought of it as a 'poor man's' 1984. I felt that Ray Bradbury had nicked much of his vision for the future from George Orwell.

I see it differently now... they are both history books! 451 = 1930/40s Europe and 1984 = modern day America.

I gave Fahrenheit 451 5* because it is a great example of writing that is a) visionary b) controlled. Bradbury's prose is taut and succinct and that adds to the feeling of menace that permeates the story. It may not make cosy reading but it delivers a powerful message in an inimitable style.