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Fahrenheit 451

by Ray Bradbury

About this title: In this classic of dystopian science fiction, censorship is so prevalent that "firemen" are entrusted with the task of burning books to keep the citizenry away from anything that might cause dissent. Suicides are commonplace, and people drug themselves with pills, thrills, and the meaningless programming that pours from four-wall television. Guy ... read more

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Fahrenheit 451

by Ray Bradbury

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Edition: GS7654 paperback / softback Binding: Science Fiction, Literature & Fiction Publisher: Corgi Date Published: 1967

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Edition: paperback / softback Binding: Science Fiction, Literature & Fiction Publisher: Corgi Date Published: 1967

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Edition: paperback / softback Binding: Science Fiction, Literature & Fiction Publisher: Ballantine Date Published: 1971

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Edition: Reprint Binding: Paperback Publisher: Corgi SF Collector's lIBRARY, London Uk Date Published: 1973 ISBN-13: 9780552092388 ISBN: 055209238X

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Edition: Reprint Binding: Paperback Publisher: Panther Science Fiction/grafton, London Uk Date Published: 1987 ISBN-13: 9780586043561 ISBN: 058604356X

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by Ray Bradbury

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: HARPERVOYAGER Date Published: 1993 ISBN-13: 9780006546061 ISBN: 0006546064

Description: Published by HarperVoyager in 1993. Paperback. Number of pages: 192. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more

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Edition: Reprint Binding: Softcover Publisher: Corgi, Great Britain Date Published: 1973 ISBN-13: 9780552092388 ISBN: 055209238X

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Fahrenheit 451-Something Wicked This Way Comes

by Bradbury, Ray

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Binding: Paperback

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Binding: Audio Cassette Publisher: RECORDED BOOKS, LLC Date Published: 1998 ISBN-13: 9780788732744 ISBN: 0788732749

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Fahrenheit 451

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Edition: Reprint Edition. A Corgi Book Binding: Softcover Publisher: Transworld Publishers, Ltd., London Date Published: 1968

Description: Softcover. Poor condition. Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires. And he enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames...never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid. read more

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Binding: Mass-market paperback Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York Date Published: 1965

Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. 1965 Ballantine paperback. NOT EX LIB! Clean, lightly tanned pages with some reading weaqr, barely creased spine, moderate to heavy cover scuffing, writing on front cover, light edgewear. 147 p. read more

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Customer rating: 5 out of 5 5 out of 5
Jun 17, 2009
By MsTapeWorm, Winchester, CA

"This book will take you into a future society when books are censored and people are kept happy by a means of substance lacking entertainment. People live for shows of different colors and tv shows that focus on keeping the audience comfortable and to ensure they don't think too complexly. See a man begin to question his society as a whole and then his part in it himself. Is there a way to escape the ignorance?"

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Love this book, Jan 22, 2009
By 1819suny, Ludington, MI

"This book is old but still holds deep meaning for thought. It was a great read."

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goodreads rating 4 out of 5 4 out of 5
Jan 8, 2009
By Guillermo, Monterrey, Mexico

"Dejé de leer porque leer me alejó de las personas que amo. Me deshice de todos mis libros porque ellos me robaron mucho tiempo al lado de las personas más valiosas. Dejé de leer, porque a medida que veía escenarios, personas, comportamientos, atmósferas, relaciones, etcétera; impresas en las páginas de los libros, comencé a tomarlas como alternativas de vida, como comportamientos que debieran ser socialmente aceptados o asimilados a la vida cotidiana, es decir: perdí la noción de diferenciar entre lo 'real' y lo 'imaginario'. Antes de dejar de leer comenzaba ya a blandir el argumento de que la ficción es tanto o más real y verdadera que la historia en sí. Que la ficción puede ser, más que un retrato fiel de la realidad, su profecía, su predicción. Aún lo pienso así.

Entiendo la memoria y el recuerdo como una construcción mental. Así que, poco a poco recordé que yo era una persona que leía y agarre un libro. Agarré un libro dentro de una lista de libros de una persona que leyó a mi lado por algunos años y que decidió leer otro libro donde yo no figuro como personaje.

Leí las primeras cinco o seis páginas a fuerza. Obligándome a interesarme por la trama para encontrar algo que me animara a seguir con la historia, y entonces, tal vez, volver a leer como sé hacerlo: buscando, indagando, cuestionando al texto página a página, para que me respondiera la pregunta de por qué debo seguir leyéndolo o para que me convenciera que quiero seguir leyendo.

Papá ha sido un asiduo lector de sci-fi, y nunca, hasta que me animé a leerla entendí porque puede ser necesaria. Bradbury es una apuesta segura, creo, porque es un autor dentro del canon de este género y que además, es reconocido por el canon oficial como un buen escritor.

Sabía, grosso modo, de que iba la novela, pero, nada me había preparado para comprender lo que entendí a través del personaje de Guy Montag. El libro es indispensable como respuesta a la comprensión de la historia del hombre sobre el mundo. Como este muere y renace, una y otra vez. Como no desiste en su andar, porque, andamos.

La lectura nos hace comprender... algo que no comprenderíamos de otra manera. A través de ella realizamos procesos mentales o vivimos experiencias únicas, en ocasiones tan intensas o profundas como la vida misma, pero, desconfíamos, dudamos del poder de la palabra, es más: nos asusta. Le tememos tanto a los libros y su poder porque los ignoramos. Estamos ante los libros como nuestros antepasados lo estuvieron frente al fuego. Un libro en las manos puede quemarnos. Una mala lectura nos puede hacer pendejos y otra buenísima nos puede hacer más pendejos: osados, presuntuosos, taimados, ridículos. Es más, todo este asunto de goodreads como concepto puede ser la perdición de la lectura: leemos para decir a los demás qué leemos y cómo lo leemos y, sobre todo: cuánto leemos.

Pareciéramos destinados como el uróboros a estar persiguiéndonos por toda la vida. Cazándonos. Destruyéndonos. Y volviendo a darnos vida después del incendio. ¿Qué hacer mientras tanto? Escribir un poco para que otros leamos y escribamos sobre lo que leemos y otros lo lean y escriban... y en los ratos de ocio, en los ratos donde la luz incandescente o halógena haya cansado nuestros miopes ojos, en esos momentos, entondes, dejar el libro de lado, y tomar la mano de la persona que hay a nuestro lado, ¿quién?, quien sea. Tengan por seguro que esa persona le tenderá la suya a la siguiente y así, sucesivamente, quizás, la lectura tenga un sentido humano. Quizás."

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goodreads rating 4 out of 5 4 out of 5
Jul 7, 2008
By Jenny, Monument, CO

"Ray Bradbury is amazing..such vision and imagination! This story could have easily have taken place in 2008 yet it was written in the 1950's. Desensitization to human realities (pleasure and thrill of any kind King), TV obsession, and such a decline in an interest to read, the masses don't hardly blink an eye when books are not only banned, but burned (we aren't there yet..but you can see some similarities). I love the chase with the mechanical hound that mimics a true "Bad Boy" reality TV cop's chase. But what I love the most is how he wrote. One character who described his grandfather as a sculptor of thoughts and ideas: " Grandfather has been dead for all these years, but if you lifted my skull, by God, in the convolutions of my brain you'd find the big ridges of his thumbprint. He touched me." And when quoting his grandfather, "I hate a Roman named Status Quo! Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal. And if there were, it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day every day, sleeping life away. To hell with that..shake the tree and knock the great sloth down on his ass."

This is great stuff! No wonder it's considered a classic and required reading for many high school classes. I'm ashamed I haven't read him sooner and my next read..another Bradbury book, Dandelion Wine."

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