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Fahrenheit 451 Author: Celebrate the 40th anniversary of this timeless classic with a special edition featuring a new foreword by the author and a message that is as relevant today as when it was first published. Since the late 1940s, Ray Bradbury has been revered for his works of science fiction and fantasy. With more than 4 million copies in print, Fahrenheit 45... more » -- originally published in 1953 -- remains his most acclaimed work: "One of the most brilliant overall jobs of social satire." The Nation "Frightening in its implications...Mr. Bradbury's account of this insane world, which bears many alarming resemblances to our own, is fascinating." The New York Times Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which book paper burns. Fahrenheit 451 is a short novel set in the (perhaps near) future when "firemen" burn books forbidden by the totalitarian "brave new world" regime. The hero, according to Mr. Bradbury, is "a book burner who suddenly discovers that books are flesh and blood ideas and cry out silently when put to the torch." Today, when libraries and schools are still "burning" certain books, Fahrenheit 451 is a work of even greater impact and timeliness.
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If the State's position on books depicted in this novel becomes reality (does it really seem impossible?) then this site becomes firewoodswap.com.
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This book talks of censorship and social control; something we should all be concerned with, given the current Administrations obsession with the faux "War on Terror" and it's resulting diminishing of free speech and our constitutional rights. The title is what Michael Moore based his "Farenheit 911" film on.
A must read for anyone who wants to put a historical context into the current zeitgeist of paranoia and illegal wiretapping!
A must read for anyone who wants to put a historical context into the current zeitgeist of paranoia and illegal wiretapping!
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As an ardent reader, Fahrenheit 451 is scary. I did not read this book until I was an adult, so its impact was powerful. Can you possibly imagine a world without books?
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