Fahrenheit 451

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Summary: More relevant than ever
Review: It's the late '50s, I'm in my early teens, cutting my teeth into English, and gobbling up scifi by the truckload, from Asimov all the way through the alphabet down to Wells. Occasionally, I reread those books, and some of them still flare up my imagination. F451 is one of those. There is a misconception that scifi authors must predict the future in minute detail, the more so if they deal with social issues, lest their work becomes "dated". Not so; good authors write about the present. If one chooses to select current trends and extrapolate them, it's irrelevant how accurate a prophet one is. It matters not whether or not firemen will ever go from firefighters to firesetters. What matters is that Bradbury foresaw, and denounced, a society drowned in entertainment - worse still, "infotainment" -, assailed by a barrage of GUIs, emoticons, acronyms, shoot-'em-down, trigger-happy computer games, "educational" software that is none other than, "interactive" TV shows plastered on wall-sized screens, complete with FX and surround sound ... And never a moment to be alone with ourselves and just plain think. From readers'comments, I garner F451 is being given as an assignment to 7th and 8th graders. Too little, too late. Their brains have already been washed away by too much through the day MTV, and no week in Paris - or Mars - will ease the bite of it.

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Summary: an 8th grade reader from L.A
Review: I m in page 56 of fahrenheit 451. I expected it to be easy. Instead,it's very hard to understand. I wish my teacher would have given us another book. The sentences don't make sense,some are not even sentences. I im trying to see if there are any summaries on the web because i have to do a one page reaction for each section in the book

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Summary: Great a wonderful novel!!
Review: When I got this 7th grade assinment to read this book I didn't want to do it. But once I got into the book I really enjoyed it. Some of it's concepts are a little hard to understand,but it was a wonderful assinment. I'm really glad my teacher gave me this assinment!

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Summary: This book is hard to understand
Review: This book is hard for me to understand because most sentences doesn't make sense. Some does make sense but most of them no. Ray Bradbury should do more better then that. I've being forced to read this book because my 9th grade english teacher made us. When I start reading this book it is okey. When I'm on page 30 the sentence doesn't make sense. It just mostly say "I burn bookee". I would rather read Great Expectations instead. If you are a very good reader you may try it.

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Summary: It's not to bad
Review: The book it self is ok but sometimes in gets a bit weird, ray bradbury did a good job at predicting "hearing seashells" when he wrote this book in 1950's

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Summary: Perfect winter reading
Review: I'm in the process of re-reading 451. Montag's desparation to discover a fire within himself is such a timeless conflict. How many of us find ourselves mired in the everyday routine of a career - to come home and spend time with our "families" on the tv. In the end we're racing to escape with Montag. The most important aspect of this book is what you DO after you put it down and face life again. Cheers to Mr. Bradbury for giving us something to think about long after we're done reading his metaphoric prose.

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Summary: To read this book would be a refreshing shower in reality
Review: I had to read this book for american literature class, before I had even opened the book , less even turned a page everyone was already pleading their case that it was garbage and that they didnt want anyhting to do with it . But I proceeded to read it anyway , after the first page I was glued . I coudlnt put it down , and even when i attempted to , this books flash of the future still sent shivers up my spine. It is an excellent book ,and now the kids in my class are reading it, they love it .It is definitley one of the best books Ive ever read . I think what makes it so appealing to me , is that it was written in the 1950's and look at the reality of what he originally wrote as fiction . AMAZING !!! Bravo !!!

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Summary: Not worth reading
Review: This book has been raved about as a classic SF story for many years now, so I decided it had to be worth reading. How wrong I was! As with many so called "brilliant classics" the author gets a novel idea and then tries to run with it. Unfortunately, the story fizzles out completely towards the end and the full impact of the original message dies with it. I was very disappointed with this book and wonder how people rate books like this so highly. Don't bother reading it!

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Summary: Thoroughly Disapointed
Review: This book is a is written about a futuristic civilization in which books are burned and anyone who is caught reading gets arrested (or worse). The main character is a "fireman" named Guy Montag who begins to realise that books are'nt really so bad, and he rebels. Firemen in this society don't put out fires, they burn the books. The storyline is slow and depressing. The book is rather boring, to put it politely. I believe that this is the only book that should be burned. DON'T BOTHER.

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Summary: Simple but Perfect
Review: "Fahrenheit 451" is one of those rare books that goes straight to the heart of its issue, what we are doing to ourselves in this TV/Multimedia crazed society. So much more than a cry against censorship, this book is a rallying cry for us to wake up and see what is happening all around us. From the video walls to the relationships of children and parents, Bradbury is eerily prophetic in his predictions. I can see why some readers today would feel uncomfortable with this book; the truth not only hurts, but sometimes it can be downright damning.

P.S. This is not a young adult book. The levels of symbolism and prophecy make this a read much more appropriate to an older, more mature audence.