Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451Release Date: February 01, 1995 |
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Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 - In this classic of dystopian science fiction, censorship is so prevalent that "firemen" are entrusted with the task of burning books to keep the citizenry away from anything that might cause dissent. Suicides are commonplace, and people drug themselves with pills, thrills, and the meaningless programming that pours from four-wall television. Guy Montag is a fireman; he loves the act of burning, but he's never actually stopped to consider what it is he's burning. Nor has he ever stopped to consider whether his life contains any meaning, or happiness. Then he meets a strange girl named Clarisse, who encourages him to question everything. Inspired by Clarisse, Montag does two radical, forbidden things: he begins to read, and he begins to think. One of Bradbury's definitive works, FAHRENHEIT 451 is an amazingly prescient book, anticipating not only social but technological trends. Bradbury described a world where people would be surrounded--bombarded, in fact--by their televisions and personal sound systems, an
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| Authors | Ray Bradbury |
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| Narrator | Christopher Hurt |
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| Fiction Genre | Current Events |
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| Fiction Subgenre | • • • • • • |
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| Book Editions | HardcoverTranslation220December 17, 2007Minotauro Ediciones Avd9"(h) x 5.75"(w) x 0.75"(d), 0.95 lbs.9788445076415 |
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| Publisher's Note | It was a pleasure to burn. |
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