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Summary: A terrifying yarn on extremeist censorship.
Review: A darkly terrifying tale of an extremist future wherecensorship has married family values: if a six year old shouldn\222tbe reading the material, then no one else can either. Our Hero, who sneaked some books and has been secretly reading them, shows us just why the faceless Authority burns all books at Fahrenheit 451. The future has a strong emphasis on interactive television (hey, it covers the four living room walls), and literacy seems to be at the bottom of the heap. Dossiers are kept on all individuals who show an intellectual spark. Such individuals are swatted out of existence, though there seems to be no shortage of those willing to covertly buck the Authority. Plenty of backstabbing neighbors lead to the climax of the novel. With the emphasis today on television and computer skills, and less emphasis on the basic reading skills (just look at reading scores), one can imagine our future, just 4 generations from now, subtly turning into the extremist future world of Fahrenheit 451. A recommended read for any wishing to extol the virtues of more reading and less television; for those wanting a glimpse of a future where technology has suppressed the creative spark; and for those wishing to learn exactly what censorship does to a society.
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Summary: If the world was without books....
Review: If the world was awry, and books were against the law, what would it be like? This book describes a world of askew life. One man, in his attempt to save literature, takes his mission to the top
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Summary: Bradbury Excells
Review: Bradbury's future Hell/America and protagonist Guy Montag bring to light several questions and ideas that are frighteningly real, especially in light of recent court cases daeling wioth Internet censorship. This fuure America is one where the general public is dumbed down and "conditioned to apathy" by television and radio, to a point where existence depends on these electronic suggorate families. Chillingly close to home in it's implications - these words cannot do it justice - a classic, and a must-read
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Summary: Bleak, Blind, and Boring.
Review: Being forced to read it in school for its "so called"relation to censorship (sp?) I would have to say !!BURN IT!! Althoughthe book is about censorship and why/how it is wrong I can't say much good about it. The theme itself is good, but the story itself is trash. One of the most un-realistic ideas i've ever heard. First off, everyone in the country is an idiot. Second, that includes the hero. Third, even those who have minds of their own have no intellegence. And finally, way to many cracks in the foundation of the story and two many holes in the story itself.
L8r.
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Summary: Frighteningly real
Review: This book about a fireman (burns books) turned good was written in the '50s but still remains terribly relevant today. The descriptive language, imagery, and symbolism all combine to make this book the best I have ever read. If you believe in the 1st Amendment, read this book
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Summary: an unbelievably realistic depiction of an anti-world
Review: This is undeniably Bradbury's best. Though difficult to
follow quite often (his use of symbolic imagery can be
confusing), the surprise ending removes all veils that
kept the book from being understood. If you read this
book you will find yourself quoting from it, because as
long as limited Freedom of Speech exists, so will the
message that this book depicts.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: Ray Bradbury takes us into the future where the government burns books to keep people from thinking and/or rebelling. I think that these circumstances could be somewhat true to the future of this world. Dictators have burned books throughout history to keep the people tame in their ideas. We should all just step back and say,"Hey, do we really want to give the government this much power. I mean, what happened to power to the people
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Summary: ASTOUNDING!
Review: Absolutely the very best book written in modern history which
shows us the value of our convictions! If you never read
another book, DON'T MISS THIS ONE!
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Summary: Confusing, yet unmistakably a masterpiece
Review: An extremely confusing book. The parts which I could follow were few and far between. Yet when I finished, I extraordinarily understood what the author was was getting at. If you are one to finish books, at the end of this one you will be very fulfilled
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Summary: frighteningly realistic, astounding
Review: Bradbury tells a bizarre tale of a world were firemen burn
books, books are banned, and vidio media rules. What is most frightening is the stunning reality of his tale.
Bradbury saw to the future, even most of this novel's technology is correct with today's society. All in all,
a fine book, true to nature, and exciting.
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