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Fahrenheit 451: A Novel

by Ray Bradbury

Simon & Schuster | September 9, 1993 | Hardcover

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 451" -- 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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Burning Bright

Dobrin Georgiev

11 years ago

Imagine yourself sitting in your living room, having a cup of tea and reading a harmless object called a book, when suddenly your front door is broken down and a bunch of men come running through the door with blowtorches and begin to torch your house. Now your house, all your belongings, and most important of all, your memories are being burnt down. And it all happened just because you had a book. Why would anybody do such a horrible thing? Well, because in the book Fahrenheit 451, books are dreaded and feared by the common folk, and it's up to the "firemen" to help them out by burning all books in the world. Throughout the book the main charachter begins to realize what books really were made for. THey begin to understand the value of these little rectangular object that burn beautifully when set on fire, the objects that light up the night sky when they burn and "die" off. By the end of the novel he is trying to save books instead of burning them to hot smoldering ashes.

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