Rating: Summary: Like it or not, it's a landmark. Review: Really a mixed bag of reviews so far. Readers either like Bradbury's style or they can't stand it. But any reader who's at all awake has to respect him. His style is quite idiosyncratic, and so much the better. I consider him a master of what might be called the extended parable, and "Fahrenheit 451" seems to fit that description. It would be sad indeed to imagine American literature without "Fahrenheit 451," especially since it reflects the tenor of the time in which it was written, the era of Senator McCarthy, when anti-intellectualism was, again, rampant in the U.S
Rating: Summary: The book did not get my attention Review: There was nothing in the book that could get my attention so that I could really focus on the book very well I often found muself start to day dream in the middle of a page or something of the sort
Rating: Summary: You will read more... Review: Bradbury create the book about one of the variant of future,and I want to hope , this variant will not become reality.Read more.... Thank
Rating: Summary: This is the lamest book I have ever read Review: This book really sucks. It makes no sense whatsoever and is a waste of my time. Ray should have had better things to do
Rating: Summary: Bradbury tells tales of both simplicity and depth. Review: This book epitomizes what is most wonderful about Bradbury's work; he tells fairly simple tales but they can also be explored for their depth of meaning. As we see in other books like "Brave New World", the primary characters in "Farenheit 451" may appear to be naieve or even stupid, at times. But, one doesn't have to look very far or very hard to see examples of blind acceptance of ideas and leaders. To intelligent, critical minds, this acceptance is often ludicrous. Look back 60 or 70 years and you see a whole nation succumbing to stupid ideas - and 6 million people died. "Farenheit 451" is a prime example of what science fiction can often do better than any other type of fiction - give us parables or lessons of those things that are best and worst in ALL of us
Rating: Summary: Enough has already been said about this classic novel. Review: Many people have already read and reviewed this novel. I willjust say that it is worth the 7 rating.
Rating: Summary: Great classic SciFi novel Review: This is a great novel, in which future is predicted, at least in some technological advances. Let's hope the social side keeps far away from our societies
Rating: Summary: A lesson to be learned? Review:
A classic of Ray Bradbury's, this book, like all of his books, is a product of a fantastic imagination. However, I found that the fantastic I expected from this Bradbury book was not as fantastic as I found in his other novels.
The book storyline itself is very interesting. Indeed, Bradbury gets his point across. At first, the book seems Orwellian, as if there is a tyrant or Stalinist leader in America. But this is not true, and the actual reason _why_ the books are burned is very interesting. The reason was a completely new concept I never really thought of.
Bradbury makes you think.
This novel tends to reflect heavily on Bradbury's fear of "the bomb" and of course, the opression of book reading (as does his other classic, "The Martian Chronicles").
There has been much critical review about Bradbury's treatment of one of the main characters, Clarisse. Her ending tends to be unanswered and incomplete; however, this should not have an effect on your choice of reading the novel.
Overall, the book should _definitly_ be read. I cannot necessarily agree with Bradbury's perhaps-paranoid version of the future, but his point is well taken and well respected.
Rating: Summary: A Mindless Zombie Review: Irony without imagination and the will to think for yourself.You're just a mindless zombie, a puppet for people to control you. Inmy opinion, that's what Ray Bradbury is saying in his book. - J. Litton, BDHS
Rating: Summary: One of my top 5 favorite books of all time. Review: Well worth reading. But don't bother watching the movie, it doesn't resemble the book much at all
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