Fahrenheit 451 CD

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Summary: If you don't know the meaning of "book" read this "book" !!!
Review: Can't remember how many times i read this novel. It reflects us our "animal like" nature and our demoslishing activities ! It reviews todays situation to our eyes.The media, the state, the meaning of television, the WAR, the army, the police and many others ! And this book is written in '52 !!! Bradbury has made a gigantic prophecy ! And finally this novel makes it clear how to survive among all these chaotic forces which want to destroy the mankind : BOOKS . The thoughts, the lives, the humans and mankind's treasures which are in them ! It gives me a reason to go on living and fighting ! Don't pass this novel !!!

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Summary: The more times I read F451, the better it gets
Review: I am a 16-year-old and I also had to read this (in my holidays) for school. The book was very confusing at first, but it makes you think. This is the only sci-fiction novel I have liked. Those who hate this novel show themselves to be almost illiterate (just look for the spelling mistakes).

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Summary: Just reinstating what another has already said.
Review: I totally agree with "Reader from Vermont" Whoever you are, you summed up exactly how I felt about the book. I chose to read it because of all the hype. I was disappointed, I expected more. I feel that it is a good book, but overrated.

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Summary: WASTE OF MY TIME
Review: first of all i was assigned to read this book for a class. it started out lame. and all it did was get worse. who cares about a firefighter who burns book. now come on, i could write a book, about books,ten times better then that. maybe if the books had names and talked then maybe it would of caught my attention.

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Summary: Fahrenheit 451 is totally awesome!
Review: Ray Bradbury's first book is absolutely captivating! I read it in my AP english class at school. His dealing with censorship was absolutley amazing. Most of the futuristic things in this story have become true since the 1950's when Bradbury wrote this book. Even if you don't like science fiction you'll love this book, I hate Science Fiction and I loved this book. You've got to read it!

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Summary: A Scary Preview of the future of American Society
Review: I first read this book after my mother, a senior english teacher, was getting ready to have her students read Farenheit 451. I immediately fell in love with the book. In the almost 10 years since I fist read the book, I have read it over and over again. While in college, I wrote a paper for a Lit class showing the how Bradbury's science fiction is slowly becoming science fact (i.e. seashells= walkman. Its scary to see how a book written in 1953, as a work of fiction, is becoming reality. If you want to know what I mean, then read "Farenheit 451" and see for yourself. It is a definite eye opener that sends chills thorugh my body everytime I read it.

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Summary: Bradbury's writing is sensational! A 1st-rate book!
Review: The sheer poetry of Ray Bradbury's words in F451 is absolutely amazing. Not only that, but he also gives a chilling look into a very possible future, were books are burned. And it shows how insignifigant and stupid people become without books. Bradbury is a 1st-rate writer, and Farenheit 451 is no exception. This and Dandelion Wine are his two best books EVER. A compelling, chilling story, and a must read for those who like futuristic stories, Bradbury stories, and poetic stories.

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Summary: really good
Review: this was a good book. the part called "coca"is the best (about cencorship) the book is kind of like "the giver" only a lot better.

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Summary: One of the greatest books of all time
Review: I was first exposed to this book in school, where it was no more that a captivating plotline. In the years since that, I have grown to love this book and become swept up in the character quirks and bleak yet wonderful portrayl of the future. One point that is eluded to in the book and seems to be a prophecy that could very well come true is that of the society's need for friends(see Montag's wife's urgency around her "friends") but the reality being that it is shallow company. For them, real entertainment is provided by the television, and friendship is a hollow term for the company that we so desperately desire. This is part of what makes Clarisse such a compelling charecter; she has rejected this notion of friendship for family and conversation. She sees that the hollow pleasures enjoyed by so many are just an excuse to keep the mind idle. Clarisse was a visionary, a free thinker, but most of all an enjoyer of books, a love she paid for with her life. This is only one aspect of the book that makes it such a masterpiece.

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Summary: Fahrenheit 451, the future is now.
Review: A very scary book. Reading in these times ought to scare anyone into throwing away their TV. It's truly amazing how smack dab on Bradbury was, and how poorly we listened to him. The only minus to the book is in not examining the side of the mindless public too indepth. Reality can be very scary, that's why we all sometimes hide from it. His vision of what it's like when we all take that extended leap into the world of virtual reality (TV, internet, movies etc...) ought to be more frightening than reality itself. I just hope we're not all too far gone.