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... and it's also been on my TBR pile forever. I have just finished in the last month Coraline, The Graveyard Book and Fahrenheit 451.

Top ten from the SF Supernova list: 1984 by Orwell, George Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury, Ray Dune by Herbert, Frank Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe by Adams, Douglas Frankenstein by Shelly, Mary I, Robot by Asimov, Isaac Ender's Game by Card, Orson Scott Brave New World ...

And here are the results! Books with 7 or more votes made it to the list. 1984 by Orwell, George Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury, Ray Dune by Herbert, Frank Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe by Adams, Douglas Frankenstein by Shelly, Mary I, Robot by Asimov, Isaac Ender's Game by ...

... by George Orwell Bel Canto by Ann Patchett The City of Joy by Dominique Lapierre Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury How to Survive the End of the World As We Know it: Tactics, Techniques, and Technologies For Uncertain Times by James Wesley Rawles

In the order I finished them: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut

... farther behind. Thank heavens we always have books to read! With that thought I give you...(drum roll, please)... 1. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 4 1/2 stars, library

... of the classic poets, Lord of the Flies, 1984, any John Steinbeck, any of the Bronte Sisters, Pride and Prejudice, Fahrenheit 451. Thankfully I have since read most of these. No, I don't believe it matters whether it's "classic" or "modern." It just has to be something the student ...

... Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle Non-fiction: The World Without Us by Alan Weisman August Fiction: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Non-fiction: I didn’t have an outstanding non-fiction read for August September Fiction: Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon H ...

... the Sea 748. Around the World in 80 Days 749. Heidi's Wandering and Learning Years 797. The Cloven Viscount 799. Fahrenheit 451 801. The Fellowship of the Ring 802. Lord of the Flies 810. The Baron in the Trees 818. The Nonexistant Knight 824. A Wrinkle in Time 855. The S ...

Holiday gifts showered, and now I have the new graphic novel version of Farenheit 451, Nat Turner by Kyle Baker, and The Hound of the Baskervilles (Illustrated Classics).

... the third right away. I quite enjoyed the first one so it will be interesting to see how it goes. Now to go rent Fahrenheit 451... I finally read the book this year but have never seen the movie.

... Wife by Audrey Niffenegger * Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Alternates Animal Farm by George Orwell Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson (top 5 but it's non-fiction) Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier Kafka ...

... Octavian Nothing by M.T. Anderson Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury It was really hard to whittle down this year, there are quite a few more titles that might have made the cut on another day.

... e 28. 1 Henry IV - Shakespeare 29. The Tempest - Shakespeare 30. The Winter's Tale - Shakespeare 31. Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury 32. The Cave - Jose Saramago 33. Shakespeare's Vast Romance - Charles Frey Actually, besides countless more volumes of ...

... not what I would have expected from him. I have read and really enjoyed Never Let Me Go, but I wasn't actually a fan of Fahrenheit 451. And I finally got around to reading Brave New World just this year, so it's not yet time for a reread.

... White Noise 31. Slow Learner 32. As I Lay Dying 33. Absalom, Absalom! 34. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 35. Fahrenheit 451 (re-read) 36. The Man in the High Castle 37. Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said 38. Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone 39. ...

... people brave enough to conjure up visions of what can go wrong with the best-laid plans of idealists. Fiction only. 1. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury ***** READ 12/25/09 2. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 3. Jennifer Government by Max Barry 4. Shades of Gray by Jasper Fforde 5. ...

--Re-reads 1. Lord of the Flies by William Golding 2. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3. 1984 by George Orwell 4. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut 5. Beloved by Toni Morrison 6. Cien años de soledad by Gabriel García Márquez 7. Catch-22 ...

--Re-reads 1. Lord of the Flies by William Golding 2. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3. 1984 by George Orwell 4. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut 5. Beloved by Toni Morrison 6. Cien años de soledad by Gabriel García Márquez 7. Catch-22 ...

... wonders what your daughter's 16 year old mind would make out of Lydia's behaviour and the way it affects her whole family. Fahrenheit 451- I waited way too long in my life to read this- it's wonderful. A world without books; what a horrible prospect. Things Fall Apart- I just had the honor ...

... love all four). Based on what I've read, I think she should give these a try: The Handmaid's Tale and Cat's Eye, Farenheit 451, Nineteen Eighty-four (a book I think everyone should read), Alice in Wonderland, Rebecca, Like Water For Chocolate (just because I love it so), and S ...

... reading. Of the books you have listed, the following are on our curriculum: Gulliver's Travels, The Iliad, Fahrenheit 451, Things Fall Apart, The Great Gatsby, Of Mice and Men, Nineteen Eighty Four, All Quiet on the Western Front and Lord of the Flies. For the most ...

For English LTers, can you just remind us how old that makes your daughter? I'm guessing 16-ish? If I'm right then she has some great books to choose from and I would especially recommend Things Fall Apart, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, The House of Spirits, Of Love and Shadows, Pride and Preju ...

... Fall Apart, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, The House of Spirits, Of Love and Shadows, Pride and Prejudice, Fahrenheit 451, Jane Eyre, The Outsider, Alice in Wonderland, Rebecca, A Passage to India, The Eyre Affair, Sopie's World, Lord of the Flies, Tess of the D' ...

... Bail Pere Goriot, Honore de Balzac Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett Home, Larissa Behrehndt Labyrinths, Borges Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury March, Geraldine Brooks Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte The Good Earth, Pearl S Buck A Clockwork Orang ...

... am very glad that books, and especially ~this~ book speak/spoke to you the way they/it do/did. (Choose your own syntax...) Fahrenheit 451 is also one of my favorites, for very much the same reasons - equally relevant in ~my~ time. Bradbury wrote MANY other stories; I've got a collection (in ...

Finished Fahrenheit 451 a little while ago. Next up will be Scarlet Feather by Maeve Binchy, I think.

Just finished Sleepyhead by Mark Billingham. Just starting (a re-read!) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I haven't read it since 1980-something, so I guess it's time!

... book - it just seems like that might be subtraction by addition. A possibly odd idea came to mind: pairing it with Farenheit 451. In both, the preciousness and excitement of books is a key, in tension with a totalitarian state.

... Armstrong C-Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess D-Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams E-Emma by Jane Austen F-Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury G-Glass Houses by Rachel Caine H-Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams I-I Love You, Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle J-Jane E ...

Used: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Life, the Universe, and Everything by Douglas Adams Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis Invisible Cities bu Italo Calvino The Hippopotamus by S ...

crazybatcow in Audiobooks : Darn dirty sales! (Nov 24, 2009, 10:00am)

... I put the apostrophes around "real". My definition would be things that I feel I *should* read (such as Atlas Shrugs, Farenheit 451, Black like Me)... oh, and Gone with the Wind, Color Purple, The Iliad... oh, I could think of hundreds of books that I will eventually read so I feel ...

#117 kittycatpurr I read Fahrenheit 451 a few months ago and loved it. It's one of my favorite books. I hope you really enjoy it, too :-) As for me, I did finally settle on BoneMan's Daughters and am about 1/4 the way through. I picked up and hefted the new SK book while at the ...

Reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

... depend on your goals to start (#20), but isn't this the case with any course? I've found that dystopian novels (1984, Fahrenheit 451, and the like) work well with teenagers. Perhaps because they always think their world is on the precipice at all times. I've used some cyberpunk (most ...

... Ember: good coming of age, distopian novel Haroun and the Sea of Stories: a must read for everyone who likes stories Farenheit 451: a must must must read. completely changed my reading life Confessions of a Jane Austin Addict: i hated this book, but a teen would probably find it ...

... Martian Chronicles. Unhappily, the Heritage Press never published its own version of the Limited Editions Club's great Fahrenheit 451 with Mugnaini's illustrations--a wonderful book!

... His character is much more approachable than Sherlock's. Also I learned recently that the robotic killing dog in Fahrenheit 451 was inspired by The Hound in this story.

41. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

... of Joy - Ray Bradbury 3. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley 4. 1984 - George Orwell 5. Anthem - Ayn Rand 6. Farenheit 451 7. Alas, Babylon 8. I am Legend - I guess sci-fi? Horror? 9. World War Z same as above? 10. Johnny and the Bomb - Terry Pratchett Sci-Fi Fantast ...

... Bramham. About the polygamous community in Bountiful, BC. Read with Escape by Carolyn Jessop. 7. Sci-Fi/Dystopia- Farenheit 451. I don't usually do this genre, so I had the pleasure of reading a lot of amazing classics. 8. 1001 Books- Animal's People by Indra Sinha- although there ...

... I did not care for the follow up book Farewell Summer nearly as much. As far as Bradbury's science fiction goes, I liked Fahrenheit 451 a lot, did not care too much for The Martian Chronicles at all (it reminded me of Twilight Zone episodes), and that is all of Bradbury's science fiction ...

... of a movie? Only if you haven't seen the movies made of the two I mentioned, or many of the other dystopic movies, such as Fahrenheit 451 or Logan's Run that have come along in the near century since its publication. I'm on an anti-dystopic kick lately. I tend to blame our dystopic world ...

... The Picture of Dorian Gray is a good one; the prose will be easier than some others. Animal Farm is great, as well as Fahrenheit 451 and The Island of Dr. Moreau. Kidnapped is also a great adventure story. And, I definitely second the poster who recommended To Kill a Mockingbird. ...

... Thief by Markus Zusak. @9: I'm with you! If it's inappropriate to choose a book that was already chosen, I'll pick Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

... of Choice by Barry Schwartz A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder by Eric Abrahamson and David Freedman Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes The Pillars of the Earth ...

... previous version) just a few times, but pretty much every time I am here to post, Sandydog1 is the last poster. I choose Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, I have read a lot about it on LT and it seems worth reading.

... t.org/story/09/10/05/1757210/What-Belongs-In-a-High-School-Sci-FiFantasy-Lit-Class">Link So far, as expected, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, Robert A. Heinlein works and Ender's Game have been suggested. But we could have one here, too...

I've just got a copy of the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and also a DVD of the film. I've seen the film a number of times before (years ago) but never considered it from an existential perspective. I haven't read the book before and understand it is more detailed than the film with ...

I finished Fahrenheit 451 this morning. I can see why it's a classic. I loved the interview with Ray Bradbury at the end. Then I read the October chapter of A Sand County Almanac, and now I've started The Hound of the Baskervilles. In the Ray Bradbury interview he said he based his hound ...

... Lemony Snicket The Cider House Rules by John Irving Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown The Island by Victoria Hislop Left Behind by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins Trib ...

... Gone With the Wind is one of my favorites! I would like to reread it again some day too. I'm about half way through Fahrenheit 451. Why ban a book if you can just burn it? ;-)

"I've tried to remember. But, hell, it's gone when I turn my head." Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury "Isn't this show wonderful?"

... any dead man killed in a war. Killed jumping off buildings, yes, like Gloria's husband last week, but from wars? No." Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury p. 94

... ier 116. The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson 117. Untangling My Chopsticks by Victoria Abbott Riccardi 118. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 119. Geek Magnet by Kieran Scott 120. Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (audio) Books read - 12 Audiobooks listened to - 1 Graphic ...

Finished Fahrenheit 451 and felt like I had to read it again to take it all in. It was really good, though. For a lighter read, I blew through Geek Magnet yesterday. Now I'm listening to The Little Book by Selden Edwards (why is The Poky Little Puppy the first touchstone on that?) and ...

Last night I finished A Mercy. Now I see a few other LTers are picking it up this week. Now I'm on to Fahrenheit 451.

We did The Maltese Falcon last year and this year we are doing Fahrenheit 451. We had what I would term a "dismal" participation for Maltese and probably won't do any better with Fahrenheit. Its a great idea though. One book, one city or town seem to be more effective because the choices are ...

Opps! Double post.

... the end of the week, all of the "banned books" will be checked out. I love our librarian! To Kill a Mockingbird and Fahrenheit 451 are two of my favorites.

well...I read Fahrenheit 451 today, and had to update my list as a result...but I think I'm safe now for the rest of the quarter.

36. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Category: Grab Bag Guy Montag is a firefighter - one of those men who burn the libraries and homes of individuals who dare to keep forbidden books. A chance encounter with a thoughtful girl causes him to start noticing small things in life that he never ...

14./118. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Guy Montag is a firefighter - one of those men who burn the libraries and homes of individuals who dare to keep forbidden books. A chance encounter with a thoughtful girl causes him to start noticing small things in life that he never paid attention to ...

... Stitches, a graphic novel memoir that I'd seen several people here raving about - it was really good. Now I'm reading Fahrenheit 451, sort of for Banned Books Week (as far as I can tell, it hasn't been banned or challenged, but it's topically appropriate).

krazy4katz in Book talk : Kindle (Sep 28, 2009, 12:42am)

... know what happened with 1984, which just PROVES that Amazon is going to take over the world. Next on my reading list is Farenheit 451 - a hardcopy left over from my pre-kindle days. Perhaps I too will see the evil lurking out there among the ebook sellers. I have drunk the koolaid and ...

... Plague of Secrets by Lescroart 185. A Year Without Made in China by Bongiorni 186. War of the Worlds by Wells 187. Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury 188. Now and Then by Sheehan 189. The Girl at the Lion D'or by Faulks 190. Roadside Crosses by Deaver 191. Factoring Humanity by Sawyer 1 ...

... I first read any of his work. I also loved Dandelion Wine and Something Wicked This Way Comes. I plan to re-read Fahrenheit 451 as well. Thanks for the reminder and I'm glad you liked it.

Yesterday I brought home Fahrenheit 451 for free through this program: http://www.neabigread.org/

... to inspire Americans to read. This weekend if you live in Arizona you can go to this website and find out where to get Fahrenheit 451 for free: http://bigreadaz.webs.com/ If you live somewhere else, you can search for events in your community here: http://www.neabigread.org/

Se per voi Farenheit 451 non è un romanzo di fantascienza non so proprio cosa altro dire... E' come dire che un "Piccolo felino, dal corpo agile e flessuoso, baffi sensibili, zampe con artigli retrattili e manto che può presentarsi in diversi colori" non è un gatto, ma è un cane.... Dalle ...

Another thumbs up for Fahrenheit 451 - methinks it will be winging its way onto my bookshelves sooner or later... Plus another brilliant thread which has happily whiled away a good hour or so of the post-peak-season quiet in our bookshop! Looking forward to seeing what's next!

#128: I will be interested in seeing what you think once you have a chance to read them. They are very different from Fahrenheit 451.

... mine (in no particular order) from U.S.A.: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Lord of the Flies Animal Farm Fahrenheit 451 The Girl with Silver Eyes

... 11/23/09 7. The Good Earth 8. Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer 9. Bridge of San Luis Rey 10. Fahrenheit 451

Interesting topic. The Dark is Rising Fahrenheit 451 Charlotte's Web Dandelion Wine The Wind in the Willows Uh, yeah, I probably wouldn't have listed two Bradbury's upon reflection, but that was what came to mind, probably because I'm rereading Fahrenheit. USA, just short of 3 ...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Farenheit 451 Lord of the Flies Of Mice and Men You had a wide age range there...

... Do? by Gene Ambaum and Bill Barnes - a comic strip about a library that makes me laugh at the humor in my job and people Fahrenheit 451 by Ran Bradbury - read in one afternoon/evening Labor Day by Joyce Maynard - I fell in love with the cover, and then with the story David Copperfield ...

33. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury This is a fictionalized tale of Mr. Bradbury’s view on the dangers of censorship. Written in 1950 concerning the not too distant future (at the time) 1990, it is amazing at the level of insight Bradbury had into our current way of life. He describes rooms ...

We're doing Fahrenheit 451 here. It's our first year, and we're pretty excited.

Mildred from Farenheit 451?

... is Playing and Leviathan '99. In tenth grade we did an entire nine weeks of Bradbury. I did not enjoy it (except for Fahrenheit 451) but his type of writing is right up my husband's alley.

... not this one so much - and I'll read Dick, Heinlein and Farmer. But I'm not a big fan of Bradbury or Asimov. And I hated Fahrenheit 451 - but I love Truffaut's film adaptation.

Wow! I just finished Fahrenheit 451 and this is the first time I have read it, what an amazing story, hard to believe it is over 50 years old. How very frightening to imagine a world without books and I really hope we never have to rely on MY poor memory to recreate books. The edition I ...

Thanks for the tip MissWoodhouse1816 and legallypuzzled! There are some fun ones there - Farenheit 451 among them. The comic strip author Henrik Lange did something similar for classic books in 90 Classic Books for People in a Hurry, a collection of 4 panel summaries.

Challenge dates: October 1, 2009 - October 1, 2010 Here are my categories and some preliminary titles for 2010. Might as well really ...

... of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells - overall - meh. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Native Son by Richard Wright Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow Herland by Charlotte P ...

... Charles Wilson (sci fi) ***** 8. The Gypsy Morph (Genesis of Shannara by Terry Brooks (fantasy) ***1/2 9. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (sci fi) ****1/2 10. Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne (sci fi) ****1/2 11. Holiday in Death by J. D. Robb (myst ...

So many possibilities but I think I will select Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury from chrisitiguc's library.

... 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke 7. Dreams Underfoot: The Newford Collection by Charles de Lint 8. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 9. Ringworld by Larry Niven 10. A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller

Re-read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. This is the selection for this month for one of my book clubs, and I hadn't planned on re-reading, since I have read it at least two other times. But I rented the movie, and after watching it, decided to go ahead and re-read the book. I'm so glad I ...

#37 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. This is the selection for this month for one of my book clubs, and I hadn't planned on re-reading, since I have read it at least two other times. But I rented the movie, and after watching it, decided to go ahead and re-read the book. I'm so glad I did! ...

My library system did the Big Read last year with The Maltese Falcon and will do it again this year with Fahrenheit 451. One suggestion I would give you is to get your community involved. We have six libraries in one county and had mixed success with participation because we didn't really ...

I'm reading Fahrenheit 451 and loving it.

#33 - sisaruus - Fahrenheit 451 is one of my favorite books of all time! My sister has to read/highlight for her AP English class this summer, and I begged her not to let the annotations ruin an amazing book for her. So far, she doesn't hate it, which I'll take as a success considering she ...

Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Oh my.

... time. We had guests at the house until last Thursday so we are just recovering this week in the heat. I am getting into Farenheit 451 and looking forward to the next meeting. I have also started The Coffee Trader (my first Kindle book) and enjoying it so far.

19. Twilight 20. Breaking Dawn 21. Eclipse 22. You are here 23. The Gods Themselves 24. Fahrenheit 451

... reasons that we concentrated quite a bit on Aus Lit Wake in Fright etc. and some other non-Aus stuff that comes to mind Fahrenheit 451, Animal Farm, Brave New World. Funny how the dystopia stuff sticks in the mind. Most of the time it was a book combined with a film. There was also ...

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

walk2work in The Green Dragon : Kindles (Jul 21, 2009, 8:57am)

Well, here's one reason: http://www.slate.com/id/2223214/pagenum/all/#p2 Hope we never get to Fahrenheit 451. Like littlegeek, I apparently no longer have enough estrogen to remember s%$&.

Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is a novel I'd love FS to do. Agree re the Faulkner, currently re-reading As I lay dying and have Absolam, Absolam in the TBR soon pile. LolaW - I haven't read any of your list, but all sound enticing.

... LL and a girl’s night out for Jan and her girls. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to join you next month to discuss Fahrenheit 451. My mom passed away on July 2nd and my dad is in the early stages of dementia and can not be left alone. I was with him until Sunday night, my sister is ...

... I have The Coffee Trader on the Kindle and it looks like it might be interesting. I am looking forward to rereading Farenheit 451. It has probably been 30 years since I originally read it. Have a good time discussing. I will be back next month.

... good luck with the challenge this year. I saw your list from last year, some great books in there, I'm a big fan of farenheit 451 / watchmen and I'm currently listening to a lot of sherlock holmes stories on tape right now, you seem to have read a few of his stories last year. just ...

Next stop Fahrenheit 451 ?

I've just discovered Scribd (www.scribd.com). It has e-books and other documents like essays and articles. I downloaded Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and Blindness by Jose Saramago. I was really pleased to find the latter - I wanted to read it before watching the movie but the ...

... 5 Boyle, Elizabeth (R) Love Letters from a Duke 4 Boyle, Elizabeth (R) His Mistress by Morning 2 Bradbury, Ray (SF) Fahrenheit 451 4.5 Coelho, Paulo (fic) Veronika Decides to Die 4 Lee, Rebecca Hagen (R) Always a Lady 3 Jannson, Tove (fic) The Summer Book 3.5 Layton, Edith (R) ...

Remember in Fahrenheit 451, in a world where books are banned, this little community of book lovers have taken it upon themselves to 'become' their favourite books by each learning a particular text by heart? Go on then, which book would you 'be'. I'm tempted to go for The Tiger Who Came to Tea ...

... 18- Scotland (Industrial History in Pictures) by John Butt 5/5 19- The Journalist by Harry Matthews 2.5/5 20- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 5/5 21- The Road by Cormac McCarthy 4.5/5 22- All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 4/5 23- The Fan Man ...

... I can get our list updated. I was going to alternate the 4 vote/2 vote list as follows: July Eat, Pray, Love Aug Fahrenheit 451 Sep The Coffee Trader Oct Tears of Autumn Nov The Great Gatsby Dec Bridge of Sighs Jan Travel as a Political Act If anything changes after ...

... enjoying the radio version much more than reading the books. I think that was down to voice tones and comic timing. Read Fahrenheit 451 and Brave New World several years ago, but I don't remember too much about them at the moment. I'm reading The Left Hand of Darkness, and enjoying ...

I think Fahrenheit 451 comes after Eat, Pray, Love. Did we decide what order to read the next five books in? Here they are: The Coffee Trader The Great Gatsby Travel as a Political Act Tears of Autumn Bridge of Sighs

... me whether we have officially picked books beyond the Eat, Pray, Love and the new list we just approved. I thought Farenheit 451 was on the list but can't remember if there were others. Thanks.

... is true technology that science-fiction hasn't even written about." Funny how I'm reminded of the talking walls in Fahrenheit 451. :) ETA: Touchstones.

18/06/2009 - 19/06/2009 Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury This was my third attempt to finish this book and I finally did it! Bradbury's prose style requires you to focus every last bit of attention on the words in front of you - thankfully the effort is well rewarded. Total books read to ...

... of Time by Terry Pratchett 1984 by George Orwell The Gift of Asher Lev by Chaim Potok I looked for Fahrenheit 451; but all library had to offer when I was there was the Cliff Notes. Then went to Target and found a shelf of paperback classics and found it there for ...

... by Marjane Satrapi. I laughed, I cried.... The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.

... what the book was about. But by the time Daniel narrates his first memory the story takes off and the rest is fantastic. Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury Category: Young Adult Guy Montag is a fireman. In this futuristic story the USA is always at war. But that's ok because all anyone wants ...

Have you read any other dystopias besides the three you mentioned? I love dystopias in general, but I found Fahrenheit 451 disappointing and I also think 1984 is a bit flawed (I wasn't impressed by the fact that the long description of the political situation couldn't be incorporated naturally ...

... book was about. But by the time Daniel narrates his first memory the story takes off and the rest is fantastic. 20. Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury *** Guy Montag is a fireman. In this futuristic story the USA is always at war. But that's ok because all anyone wants to do is have fun - ...

#193 - kwiflowa - Fahrenheit 451 is one of my favorites - a book that high school did not manage to ruin for me! #195 - richardderus - I'm going to take your suggestion, even though it wasn't directed at me! A friend of mine bought me A Thousand Splendid Suns for my birthday, and everyone ...

I have had such a good week reading and it's not even the weekend yet! I finished Book of Daniel and then I read Farenheit 451 and last night I started and finished Rebecca in one sitting! I could not put it down. Today I have started Rebecca's Tale.... I want to eat and drink books!! ...

... so sad. At the moment everything in store is 30% off. They have got EVERYTHING even new releases from last week. So I got: Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee I expect prices to keep dropping over the next week or so, but also ...

... sics (Category changed 11/17/09) 1. The Tempest by William Shakespeare 2. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 3. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 4. The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim 5. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 6. Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier 7. Till W ...

... slaughter over a short period of days of the Haitians living in Dominica Republic on 1935. Lasting image: parsley. 13. Fahrenheit 451 Imagine a librarian who hasn't read 451 yet? Well, finally can put it on the done pile and renew my ALA membership.

Given the two examples, perhaps there is a bug with books with titles ending with numbers. Is there a problem with Farenheit 451?

... and Earth Abides from George R. Stewart Brian Aldiss's Non-Stop for the 'Lost Generation Ship' type of story Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury in preference to his The Martian Chronicles I have Lest Darkness Fall but I don't know if I'd count it as a classic. I also wouldn' ...

Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury, 191 pp. (139) -- This 50th anniversary version also included Bradbury's reflections on the story as well as an interview. Last time I read this I was in high school. I am certain I didn't get half of what's there then -- and wondering if I got all of what's ...

... times in your life (excluding picture books read to children; i.e., Goodnight Moon does not count)? Not sure, could be Fahrenheit 451 or maybe A Wrinkle in Time. 6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old? A Wrinkle in Time 7) What is the worst book you've read in ...

... of Haiti or Dominican Republic. The slaughter took me completely off guard. And parsley... completely off guard. Read Fahrenheit 451 for the first time ever. Probably the only librarian who didn't pick it up in grade school. Started Twilight. My niece lent it to me over the weekend. Sh ...

... and skipping a few already listed that I mostly agree with for some others not yet listed that I think are just as good. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Neuromancer by William Gibson (actually not the best of his work, but the only one that makes the 25 year cut-off, and I just don't feel ...

A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams Last Defenders of Camelot by Roger Zelazny Pashazade by Jon Courtenay Grimwood Reality Dysfunction by Peter F Hamilton Snow Crash ...

... this book, sulfa is used liberally on wounds to prevent infection because penicillin was still not in wide use in 1949. In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury bases the entire idea of firemen being used to burn books on the fact that the use of asbestos in building construction had eliminated the need for ...

Fahrenheit 451 "It was a pleasure to burn."

I thought Childhood's End was mentioned as a joke. It's certainly not a YA novel. Neither is Fahrenheit 451 or The Martian Chronicles.

... (H. M. Hoover) 2 - Double Identity (Margaret Peterson Haddix) 2 - The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm (Nancy Farmer) 2 - Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) 2 - Life as We Knew It (Susan Beth Pfeffer) 2 - Little Brother (Cory Doctorow) 2 - The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury) 2 - The Sta ...

The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451 (Bradbury).

... (David Palmer) Enchantress from the Stars (Sylvia Engdahl) Evil Genius (Catherine Jinks) Fade (Lisa McMann) Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Feed (MT Anderson) Genesis (Bernard Beckett) Grey Lensmen (Edward E. Doc Smith) Growing up Weightless (John M. Ford) Have Spacesui ...

#101 boulder_a_t: It is definitely worth the wait :-) Fahrenheit 451 is one of the few books that will go on my permanent keeps shelf to be re-read.

... Jason Cromwell (for my English honors project and to bulk up the trans section of my personal queer library) Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (Which I apparently already owned, but couldn't check my inventory... I will be SO HAPPY when there's an LT app for my iPod, or I have a cell ...

... choose just one - and it changes depending on when I'm being asked. So - here are some of them: 1984 by George Orwell, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison All ...

... (David Palmer) Enchantress from the Stars (Sylvia Engdahl) Evil Genius (Catherine Jinks) Fade (Lisa McMann) Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Feed (MT Anderson) Genesis (Bernard Beckett) Grey Lensmen (Edward E. Doc Smith) Growing up Weightless (John M. Ford) Have Spacesui ...

#66: A number of people here on LT count re-reads, myself included, but others do not. I entirely up to you. I enjoyed Fahrenheit 451 a lot when I read it several years ago, but IMO it is not Bradbury's best work. It is certainly better than The Martian Chronicles which I read earlier this ...

I just posted my review of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury on my blog In the Shadow of Mt. TBR. I included a vid clip about a parent trying to get Fahrenheit 451, a book warning about the danger of ...

... on my TBR pile since BEFORE Mt. TBR and before I joined LT... back when I called it my "I'm gonna read that soon" pile. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury was sooooooo worth the wait (my review is In the Shado ...

... on my TBR pile since BEFORE Mt. TBR and before I joined LT... back when I called it my "I'm gonna read that soon" pile. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury was sooooooo worth the wait (my review is In the Shado ...

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 1984 by George Orwell The Ear, the Eye and The Arm by Nancy Farmer

... tour. My stop date is May 11th and I'm on page 29... no pressure, right? It's a nice book so far. I'm also reading Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, one of my favorite authors. This book has been on my tbr pile since before Mt. TBR existed, and before I joined LT. I am, of course, ...

... My date is May 11th, and I'm on page 24. *rolls her eyes and groans* No pressure, right? I'm also trying to read Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. My brain is revolting against its forced labor... lol. The singing birds and sunshine keep pulling me away from the books. It's spring, ...

#286 R-Montag - Does your user name refer to Montag in Fahrenheit 451? I love that book!

> SupaMaori: How is the Alex Rider Series? I've heard of it many times, is it good? I just finished (12) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and enjoyed it immensely. I loved the commentary, the amazing writing and the story. I highly recommend it! ^_^

... of the space Beagle" by Van Vogt and liked it very much. I am enthusiastic of the Foundation series by Asimov and Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury made me a great impression...nice group, I hope it will develop further

22. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - kind of shocking that I never got around to reading this before... I'm glad I never did though. I think it would have made The Olive Readers less entertaining since it seems like it borrowed some inspiration from it. I enjoyed it, but unlike Brave New ...

22. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - kind of shocking that I never got around to reading this before... I'm glad I never did though. I think it would have made The Olive Readers less entertaining since it seems like it borrowed some inspiration from it. I enjoyed it, but unlike Brave New ...

... toccano spesso la vita. I mediocri la sfiorano con una mano sfuggevole. I cattivi scrittori la sforzano e l'abbandonano". Ray Bradbury,Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451 I was quite underwhelmed. Very 1950s. Inconsistant: The firemen carry around rule books; after so long without books, Captain Beatty can quote a lot of classics and expects his hearers to know what he is talking about. I'm not sure why I never read this before. I've counted ...

I echo recommendations such as Ray Bradbury with Fahrenheit 451, Foundation series by Asimov, and also Robert A. Heinlein, esp Stranger in a Strange Land. A personal favorite of mine is Connie Willis The Doomsday Book. Orson Scott Card, Ender Series is on my tbr pile, my sons ...

... by Steinbeck The Winter of Our Discontent by Steinbeck For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemingway The Stand by King Farenheit 451 by Bradbury Frankenstein by Shelley A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The Virginian by Wister All the Pretty Horses by McCarthy

I'm doing a read-a-thon tomorrow and have a ton of books on my TBR tomorrow pile. Fahrenheit 451 - Bradbury Sarah, Plain and Tall - MacLachlan 84, Charing Cross Road - Hanff The Phantom Tollbooth - Juster And Then there Were None - Christie Year of the Lucy - McCaffrey Hot Six ...

I have been reading Helen of Troy for a month now, and I still haven't finished it. I'm also reading Fahrenheit 451 and The Courtesan. I finished (10) The Dark Queen by Susan Carroll two days ago, and it was SO GOOD!! 4 1/2 stars!

... Hand of Darkness--Ursula LeGuin Ender's Game--Orson Scott Card (again for teens) Book of the New Sun--Gene Wolfe Farenheit 451--Ray Bradbury Y:The Last Man--Brian K. Vaughn (It's, horror of horrors, a comic book. I know, kick me right off the forum this instant.) ETA: fix ...

... who have picked up the books. Foundation, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Rendezvous with Rama, Fahrenheit 451 and so on don't stay on bookstore shelves and get reprinted a couple dozen times over because a handful of older fans keep buying them over and over ...

Yes, they surely do. It reminds me mostly of Fahrenheit 451 and the Matrix, although it does have a few 1984 like bits (Father=Big Brother anyone?). Haven't read We, so can't comment on that though.

I enjoyed Equilibrium, too. It really is a mash-up of 1984, Farenheit 451, We, The Matrix and the whole totalitarian dystopia genre. But they do it well, and it's exciting.

... It's one of Those Books That Got Away because it wasn't there when I went back. (And let's not mention the first edition of Fahrenheit 451 that I couldn't afford, but when I went back a week later, it'd been sold. *sob*) There was a great doco on ABC Sunday Arts last weekend that Mr TQD taped, ...

Here are the books I'm gathering for possible reading on the 18th. Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury (recommended by GeorgiaDawn) 84, Charing Cross Road by Hanff And Then There Were None by Christie Blood Rites by Butcher Ethan of Athos by Bujold Hot Six by Evanovich The Phantom Tollb ...

... Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper Dune by Frank Herbert A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Hyperion by Dan Simmons War with the Newts by Kar ...

A couple of good old ones in among the new stuff, I wouldn't find objectionable. But not Fahrenheit 451 - I read that recently and thought it was awful. Baxter's prose has improved a great deal. Some of his early novels were hard-going, but he's got better.

... nowcrash Look to Windward Dune Altered Carbon Ringworld Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy Hothouse Crash Fahrenheit 451 Tiger! Tiger! (aka The Stars My Destination) Serpent's Reach Old Man's War The Forever War The Man in the High Castle Stand on Zanzibar Lo ...

... and the Wardrobe: you aren't ten. You probably also aren't needing instruction on basic Christian theology. Fahrenheit 451 is odd. Bradbury, decades after the fact, decided to announce that the book wasn't a piece about censorship, but rather he intended it to be about the ...

... events. They're fun fast reads. I think I'll be starting One Corpse Too Many next. 34 > what did you think of Fahrenheit 451? I really liked that book.

... example. I honestly don't think much old sf is worth the investment - however small - of reading them. I recently read Fahrenheit 451 for the first time. I love Truffaut's film, but I hated the book. I also tried The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe a week or two ago. That's a much-loved ...

... I finished the Bill Bryson book about Shakespeare yesterday, and then I stayed up past my bedtime last night to finish off Fahrenheit 451. My current palate cleanser is Before You Leap by Kermit the Frog. *giggle*

... but from looking at your library, i think it's well worth suggesting. set in a dystopian future America, along the lines of Farenheit 451 and Children of Men, where a fundamentalist group has control of people's lives. so, i got a little carried away! it so much fun to suggest books to ...

... more readable than I'd expected. And, despite loving Truffaut's film, I was surprised to discover that Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 really was quite poor.

... 3/26/09, *** Reviewed #27: Scotland: The Story of a Nation by Magnus Magnusson 3/15/09 - 3/27/09, ***1/2 #28: Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3/27/09 - 3/28/09, **** Reviewed #29: Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes read 3/28/09, ****1/2 Reviewed #30: The Name of This Book ...

Books about books. What a cool idea. I'm waiting for People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. Also like Fahrenheit 451, which I read once every few years. There's Rex Libris, a graphic novel about a librarian, which I have not got my hands on yet. I am not wild about the GN genre, ...

... so long since I've posted here. I've been out in the middle of North Carolina with no Wi-Fi :( I'm glad you brought up Fahrenheit 451, because I considered that as well, Beatles. Sadly, when I got back to Lakewood, WA, I have discovered that some of my fears are justified. The Used Book Stor ...

I am in a very depressing United States in Farenheit 451.

"What a silly old man." Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury "May I take this whiskey? I'll need it later."

readafew in dystopia : Brave New World (Mar 27, 2009, 1:01pm)

maybe Fahrenheit 451 or 1984?

My Mother got me into reading science fiction, first introducing me to two classics - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and The day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. I've been hooked ever since.

... after 100 pages. Wasn't enjoying it and am hard-pressed to understand why so many people think it's so good. Picked up Fahrenheit 451 instead. Halfway through that and rapidly coming to the conclusion it's the Catcher in the Rye of the science fiction world...

dukeallen in Book talk : Survival with books (Mar 19, 2009, 9:08am)

Fe fi FOE Comes touchstone isn't working... and Farenheit 451 for ideas on use of the first.

... gave up on The Gone-Away World. I'll return to it when I've more free time to wade through its waffle. Instead I'm trying Fahrenheit 451. I love the film, remains to be seen how I feel about the book...

I have 2 books done for the Grab Bag category: 1. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury 2. The Girls - Lori Lansens I have 2 for Recommended Reading, too. 1. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens 2. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea - Chelsea Handler So, that is 10 books so far! ...

20- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 5/5

You know that sounds like a Bloody awful Dystopian World to live a lot like Ray Bradbury's book Fahrenheit 451 or when Hitler was burning books in Berlin during World War II. Who wants to live in a Dystopian Future like that? Certainly not me. I would have to join a Secret Society just like the ...

I re-read Fahrenheit 451 every few years because it is so good. I'm due for another re-reading. I also have my own copy.

46. The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing by M. T. Anderson 47. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Dandelion Wine is terrific! It is already one of my memorable reads for the year. It is completely different from Fahrenheit 451, though.

Dandelion Wine is terrific! It is already one of my memorable reads for the year. It is completely different from Fahrenheit 451, though.

... George R. Stewart when we were talking about it. I don't know about the other book by Kirkpatrick. I actually own Fahrenheit 451 but haven't read it in years. I would like to read it.

I will throw out another suggestion. At the last meeting some of us were talking about Fahrenheit 451, I know some of you have already read it although I haven't, it sounds like it would have some good conversation material and it is available in paperback and also probably not too hard to find ...

Thank you so much! I don't remember reading anything before I read Fahrenheit 451, but apparently I've read a lot of his short stories in high school. Funny how that happens...

Interesting thoughts on Fahrenheit 451, maggie. I may give it a re-read -- I read it for a government and politics class as an undergrad, but it would be interesting to read it again in view of today's technology!

I finished Fahrenheit 451 last night. Stayed up late, even. Usually, I cave in and turn off the light to listen to the radio. I am off to the library to see about some YA books for a change. OK, alright, I'll confess: looking for short, quick reads to beef up my 75 Book Challenge list. I ...

I finished Fahrenheit 451 and loved, loved, loved it. Quick, breezy read with lots of good stuff to think about. Written in 1953 this book describes addiction to mindless entertainment and I thought ...

... I'm 55, memorized The Cat in the Hat when I was four and have NOT FORGOTTEN IT. When they burn all the books like in Fahrenheit 451 (another favorite book and film with the lovely and talented Oskar Werner), I'll join the book people and that's the book I'll be. Also remember Harold ...

... for Owen Meany by John Irving 2) The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle 3) Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 4) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 5) Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery 6) The Girls by Lori Lansens I'm currently working on four others, so hopefully this will ...

I got a used copy of Fahrenheit 451, which I have never read, when I turned in The Wordy Shipmates for credit. Now I am reading it. I like this little book shop which has both used and new books. When did this become the model?

... re-read 9. Son of a Witch, Gregory Maguire re-read 10. Thursday Next, First Among Sequels, Jasper Fforde 11. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury 12. Quicksilver, Neal Stephenson 13. Confusion, Neal Stephenson 14. System of the World, Neal Stephenson Books Read AF ...

CLASSICS 1. Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, msg 30, Thread 2 2. Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury, msg 74, thread 3 3. The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thread 3, msg 150 Puck of Pook's Hill by Kipling ?The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells ?The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel H ...

... first time reading this novel, it is not my first Ray Bradbury. My experience with the author dates back to when we read Farenheit 451 in 8th grade. I had actually flaked out about getting the book (or getting my parents to buy it) but somehow I managed to fake it long enough to avoid ...

I've read Fahrenheit 451 and Brave New World which you have also read. Plus The Declaration by Gemma Malley which is a Young Adult dystopian novel. I plan to read Handmaid's Tale, The Road and something by John Wyndham but not sure what yet. The rest are still open.

... same as you about Slaughterhouse-Five - why is it such a classic? Mind you I felt the same about Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451. The only dystopian classic I like is 1984, which could be because I love the writing style of Orwell. With Slaughterhouse-Five, to me it was clumsily ...

... fun easy read, imo. I am glad I did read them and I am planning to read them for the 999 challenge as re-reads. I have Fahrenheit 451 on my TBR list. I don't know if I will get to it this year.

... in the whole book. I'll tell you more when I see you! You've only rated it 4 stars, huh? *surprised* Have you started Fahrenheit yet?

#64 < strike > works well. Farenheit 451 I'm sure we are still missing a lot of very good books. Just can't think of any at the moment.

I may be repeating some books. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury The Road by Cormac McCarthy Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov Ender's Game by OSC The Demons at Rainbow Bridge by Jack L. Chalker (Quintara Marathon) Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Frankenstein by Mary S ...

My two lads and I watched "Equilibrium" last night and had a ball. Little touches of 1984, BRAVE NEW WORLD, FAHRENHEIT 451 and "The Matrix" throughout. Actually, Liam and I thought it better than "Matrix", while Sam politely demurred. But we all agreed Christian Bale blows Keanu out of the ...

... Zombie would not be candidates. I would scare everyone off! I would probably take To Kill a Mockingbird and maybe Fahrenheit 451. I'm not sure what that says about me, but both would fit nicely in my bag.

>68: I had the exact same reaction to Fahrenheit 451. Though one of his most famous, I don't think it's one of his best.

>68 aww that's too bad, I really liked Fahrenheit 451, especially the ending!

#68: Sanddancer, I ran into the same problem with The Martian Chronicles by Bradbury earlier this year that you did with Fahrenheit 451, which I never really considered to be a novel, rather more of a novella. I liked it better than you did, though. Back to the Chronicles - they were written ...

... target="_blank">Photobucket Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Another classic dystopian novel, although this one sadly failed to live up to its reputation. The concept is an interesting one - books are ...

_Zoe_ in 999 Challenge : Zoe's 999 (Feb 5, 2009, 12:08pm)

... for McSweeney's to start. And thank you sanddancer for remembering to come back here and tell me what you thought of Fahrenheit 451! I'm impressed; I didn't even remember my November post and had to reread it to find out what I'd said ;). It also makes me happy that you agree with my ...

sanddancer in 999 Challenge : Zoe's 999 (Feb 5, 2009, 11:13am)

Zoe - as per your comment way back in Message 13 in November, I've just finished Fahrenheit 451 and I completely agree with your comments. I liked the idea, but thought the execution was poor. It didn't seem to go deep enough into either character development or how else the society was run.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Category: Dystopia Guy Montag is a fireman, but in this version of the future, a fireman's job is not to put out fires, but to start them, namely by burning books. As a book lover, I found the idea of a world where books are illegal particularly ...

... Hanff | My Review Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury | My Review The Dark Flight Down by Marcus ...

Bob, I think you're confusing 1984's televisor - which could see into the home - with Fahrenheit 451's wallscreens, which couldn't. The wallscreens gave the illusion of interactivity, though I don't recollect if that was in the novel or Truffault's film.

... of "wow!") 9. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (yes, I do consider this sf, even though Atwood never would) 10. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (regardless of the talk above, I love Bradbury's lush, melancholy writing style and love this book -- plus his is the only author ...

From PishPosh's library, I choose Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. My son had to read it for school and I just bought it to put in my TBR pile.

... snob, but it's my 2 cents worth anyway. Best Literary: The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving Best Dystopian: (tie) Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury & The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Best Fantasy: (tie) Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke & Wicked: The Life and Ti ...

... law institutions (police, DA's) are against it. How many have been arrested for it? My first post cited such things as Fahrenheit 451 and the german burning of the books and I wrote that was another thing I am against. But it is a grey area, to my mind. To adherently say that no matter what, ...

... Galaxy - disappointing movie, although Stephen Fry's narration and Bill Nighy's Slartybartfast make up for it somewhat. Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - the movie version is by one of the new wave directors, and pretty good especially considering the almost total lack of special effects. ...

... toe. Any book, Western or otherwise, that did not preach the Party line was burned by the Red Guard, shades of Bradbury's Farenheit 451. This book isn't all about books, but books do play a large role when the boys find a cache of Western books (translated into Chinese) hidden by a ...

OK so far I've read Love In A Time of Cholera, Fahrenheit 451 and have started Portrait of a Lady which I'll hopefully finish this weekend. Ideally I write-up my reviews of them this weekend.

... Maintenance Robert Pirsig Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck The Giver Lois Lowry Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury Siddhartha Hermann Hesse The Sound and the Fury William Faulkner Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell ...

Little Women To Kill a Mockingbird Fahrenheit 451 The Martian Chronicles

... but if a student chose to read such a book on their own, then that has to be allowed. Let us not go the way of Fahrenheit 451 or the scene in Pleasantville where they burn the books. Or historically where Hitler burned the books that were against what he preached. That being said, ...

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury Cold Sassy Tree, by Olive Ann Burns Cold Mountain, by Charles Frazier A Breath of Snow and Ashes, by Diana Gabaldon Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny With a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits, by Celia Rivenbark

... ay: Until Forever by Johanna Lindsey (fave romance writer now I just need to start reading the ones I have of hers.) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (son is reading for school so I bought myself a copy since he has to return his in June) Watership Down by Richard Adams (another ...

Okay, guys. I guess I will have to read Fahrenheit 451 and Dandelion Wine (both of which I own) and be the arbiter. Unfortunately that won't make me an expert because i will only had read 3 Bradbury books! Watch this site for further developments. But not immediately--I'm a slow reader! :-)

... I had just finished up Dandelion Wine, which I loved. I also liked Something Wicked This Way Comes, but not as much as Fahrenheit 451, although I am only giving Fahrenheit a slight edge because I think it is more thought provoking. I guess I have my own personal Bradbury scale, worst to ...

Banned Books 1. metamorphosis - franz kafka 2. farenheit 451 - ray bradbury

This is a rare occasion where I will actually weigh in on something TadAD has said and disagree. I love Farenheit 451 and think it is one of the best written books I've ever read. Bradbury's typical lyrical style is not as much in evidence, but the subject matter doesn't lend itself as much to ...

... An interesting explanation from WikiAnswers, (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_is_Fahrenheit_451_banned): "The banning of 'Fahrenheit 451' Ray Bradbury's 1953 book about the evils of book banning and censorship is one of those circular jokes that we see every once in a while. The initial ...

>65 & ff: My problem with Fahrenheit 451 is not the thought-provoking-ness of it (though, in this post-Cold War era, it loses a trifle of its punch, imo). It's the awkward, tedious style of writing. I'm firmly convinced that this remains a classic only because everyone "knows" it's a classic. ...

... House of Usher is not oblique--the protagonist actually builds a replica of it) that could be considered the antithesis of Fahrenheit 451--I don't want to be more specific because I don't want to give a spoiler. However, I had anticipated what was going to happen, but that didn't spoil the ...

#65: Carolyn, IMHO, Dandelion Wine is the better of the two. That being said, however, I think Fahrenheit 451 more thought provoking.

#65: Carolyn, IMHO, Dandelion Wine is the better of the two. That being said, however, I think Fahrenheit 451 more thought provoking.

... But TadAD has me in therapy so I am recovering. :-) Next up will be Dandelion Wine. If that goes better I may try Fahrenheit 451--but I'll be giving that one the 50 page rule!

try Bradbury's very famous Fahrenheit 451 : a dystopia where critical thought is dangerous, reading books is against the law (because, of course, reading encourages critical thought), people watch television 24/7 and firemen's job is to burn books. What could be more horrifying to all bookworms ...

Finished The Amber Spyglass and then Fahrenheit 451 (for my book club). Now winding up The Broken Sword before I begin a group of Antoine de Saint-Exupery books including The Little Prince.

>74 & 76: Well, it sounds like your reactions are somewhat similar to mine, though I also was vastly underwhelmed by Fahrenheit 451, Stasia...great idea, I hated the writing. As I said to MM privately, I think Something Wicked This Way Comes was good, Dandelion Wine and The Illustrated Man ...

DWWilkin in Book talk : Reading a book (Jan 14, 2009, 12:30am)

Oooh shades of Ray Bradbury and Farenheit 451 Thought we should have some sites to make it seem more scholarly

#70 & 74: I'll chime in on The Martian Chronicles too. Having read in the past 2 years Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes and Dandelion Wine, I had really come to expect more from Bradbury. I would not recommend TMC to anyone. To me it felt like a bunch of old Twilight Zone ...

... clockwork orange - anthony burgess 6. lolita - vladimir nabokov 7. brave new world - aldous huxley 8. farenheit 451 - ray bradbury 9. farewell to arms - ernest hemingway H. Sci-Fi 1. red mars - kim stanley robinson 2. green mars - kim stanley ...

... for that category and loved it. I'd be interested in hearing what you thought of it when you read it. I'll probably read Fahrenheit 451 from your list too and perhaps The Road. I like your D category.

... of Faith* The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted Garden Spells The Girl With No Shadow The Enchantress of Florence Fahrenheit 451 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society The Sugar Queen Run (touchstone to wrong book but I can't correct right now...one by Ann Patchett) ...

... Díaz 8. Broken Prey by John Sandford 9. Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith 10. City of Thieves by David Benioff 11. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 12. Freakonomics by Steven Levitt 13. From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas Friedman 14. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsso ...

... Tom Gordon by Stephen King 31. Widow's Walk by Rober B. Parker 32. Your Heart Belongs to Me by Dean Koontz 33. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 34. Why We Suck by Denis Leary 35. Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore 36. Why My Wife Thinks I'm an Idiot by Mike Greenberg ...

... by Terry Brooks (2001), 405p 19. May 10, 2008 Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke (1953), 212p 20. May 22, 2008 Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1953), 179p 21. May 23, 2008 The Chosen by Ricardo Pinto (1998), 624p 22. Jun 9, 2008 Toward the Year 2018 by Foreign Policy ...

We all might have a nightmare of Farenheit 451 by Bradbury...oh the horrors of big brother coming after us to burn TBR books and our libraries. What a HUGE conflagration it would be. Alcottacre's books would be the foundation and all others would be piled high to the sky!

... The Broken Sword and Philip Pullman's The Amber Spyglass, then the first full read will be Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 for my neighborhood book club.

... - Aldous Huxley **My Review** 2 - Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury **My Review** PiyushChourasia in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : blackdogbooks year 2008 (Dec 27, 2008, 6:30pm)

... Dandelion Wine, I also might start on this one next month. I haven't yet read any Ray Bradbury, but I already have Farenheit 451 also in my TBR list, now unless you give a bad feedback, Dandelion Wine is gonna be there. I am anyways thinking of reading a few classics to start the ...

67. Fahrenheit 451 Wow! This one was quick...but still thought provoking.

... heaven is like. Where are the keys to the safe deposit box." Nothing near the difficulty of memorizing entire books, a la Farenheit 451. It might be good to be able to do something for someone else in a time when so much must be done for you.

... one that I read aloud as my husband and I commute to work...that one doesn't count. Luckily, I had only 15 pages left in Fahrenheit 451 to read on Christmas morning, and no turkey to cook 'til today, when the step-daughters are coming with their families. My younger son gave me two books; ...

"What incredible power of observation the girl had..." Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury "What is it you're saying?"

I've decided it was about time I finally read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

To Kill a Mockingbird.....just because. Farenheit 451.....to contemplate how books, and other pleasures, can enrich your life. East of Eden.....to give you a sense of right and wrong and how the choice to follow either has far reaching consequences. Also, to help you to understand what the ...

27) Fahrenheit 451. Something quick while waiting for the ER to arrive. 179 more for 9426.

... 7- 8- 9- Possible read include : The unabridged journals of Sylvia Plath, Middlesex, The handmaid's tale, Emma, Farenheit 451, The Fountainhead, Eva Luna, The Awakening For those who are not familiar with the Gilmore Girls series: Rory Gilmore is a young girl who is also a ...

Going through Fahrenheit 451. It's okay, but is there some sort of unwritten story convention where anyone fighting against a totalitarian reigeme must make every possible effort to reveal their beliefs?

... the other two books are not yet published). I also think that Bradbury is great and recommend The Illustrated Man and Fahrenheit 451. However, these aren't really funny books. A really interesting science book that I read this year was The Radioactive Boy Scout, a cautionary tale about ...

... fictional or otherwise, who censor opinions of those they disagree with.... think the very dated, but true 1984 & Fahrenheit 451. .. and talk to a few of the people here who either have private libraries or who haven't posted all of their books because of who might see them. and ...

... they are his finest work. (Of course I haven't seen his illustrations for the limited to 200 copies first edition of Fahrenheit 451, and sort of hope I don't as the cost of that work is astronomical.

... It rolled down an..." -The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde "'The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks...'" -Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (I need to remember to put this book back on the shelf upstairs, I forgot it was in my room) "The music changed, and Charlie tapped on Edwa ...

47 Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Not at all keen on this. Couldn't make much sense of it. 48 Lolita by Nabokov. Long, unusual, pretty shocking actually. 49 When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs. Good but not as good as I may have expected. 50 Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. OK, but ...

1. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 2. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3. Lord of the Flies by William Golding 4. The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin 5. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 6. 1984: A Novel by George Orwell 7. All The King's Men by Warren Robert Penn All ...

_Zoe_ in 999 Challenge : Zoe's 999 (Nov 28, 2008, 11:37am)

I liked Day of the Triffids, but I was actually disappointed with Fahrenheit 451. I felt like once I knew what it was about, reading the story didn't really add anything. I'll be interested to hear what you think about it! I should really read The Handmaid's Tale someday....

sanddancer in 999 Challenge : Zoe's 999 (Nov 28, 2008, 9:23am)

... a few of John Wydham's books may fit this category so I may read another of his. I haven't read The Handmaid's Tale or Fahrenheit 451 so I'd try those too. I was also going to read The Declaration which you have on your list as I've heard good things about this.

Thank you, judylou! By the way, thanks for the suggestion for Fahrenheit 451! #51. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury- A dystopian novel that has us living in a world where it is illegal to own books. The reference of Fahrenheit 451 is that this is the temperature at which paper ...

Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Rabbit, Run by John Updike Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun by Wess Roberts Getting Things Done by David Allen Set Phasers on Stun by S.M. Casey

... ever before, and there have been so many good ones that I will be hard pressed to come up with a best of list! And do read Fahrenheit 451. You will be impressed! Nickelini, I had to think about whether or not to reveal this part of the story, but I don't think it will detract from the story ...

... and it's awesome - I've added a few to my wishlist :) And this conversation was a little while ago, but I didn't read Fahrenheit451 in high school either... another one for the list!

!Classics - Mostly Austen Persuasion Emma Pride and Prejudice Mansfield Park Fahrenheit 451 Grendel Das Glasperlenspiel Ben Hur Beowulf

124. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

nmhale I'm looking for a Bradbury fantasy and will check out those. I think I may have Fahrenheit 451 hanging around somewhere if I can dig it out. I may read more than one. I move Dandelion Wine to the "I want to" category--because,,,I want to! Biblioholism will definitely go on my T ...

Oh, and Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 goes without saying, right?

I choose Fahrenheit 451 from Sandydog1's library.

... Hawthorne 16/05/09 3. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 13/06/09 4. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 24/02/09 5. Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 09/06/09

... e Eloge des Voyages insensés The Black prince The blood of Flowers Prière à la lune Une vie bouleversée Fahrenheit 451 The blind owl Silbermann Add to this that : 1. I have 10 days left to finish Pan and Anthologie de la poésie persane which I've borrowed ...

... about infant cognitive abilities. Most of his "books" are really collections of related shorter stories, but several like Fahrenheit 451 are totally complete novels. Films of his works are all over the map, but I recently rewatched Truffaut's version of Fahrenheit 451 and it's pretty decent, ...

... in a few minutes the shock will wear off. In the meanwhile, I'm so glad that you are getting into Bradbury. I think Fahrenheit 451 is one of the greatest books of all time, and I also enjoyed Dandelion Wine though again it is something completely different. Bradbury has this way of ...

I liked We by Zamyatin. It reminded me of 1984, as well as Fahrenheit 451, which is probably my favorite dystopian. I really enjoyed Divided Kingdom, probably more than We. The ending worked for me.

... by George Orwell 6. Animal Farm by George Orwell 7. Slaughterhouse 5 8. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card 9. Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury notablebooks.blogspot.com 1. How Doctors Think 2. Supercrunchers 3. Book Thief 4. A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the ...

I love to reread both The Handmaid's Tale and Fahrenheit 451 every couple of years.

I found it particularly ironic when he did this with Fahrenheit 451.

#279 MusicMom: I had not read Bradbury up until last year when I finally got around to Fahrenheit 451, so Something Wicked This Way Comes is only the second book of his I have ever read. They are completely different to my thinking, but the language, just as Whisper says, is vivid and ...

If you're going to try Bradbury, my two cents is to read either of those mentioned by Whisper1 and wait on the more famous Fahrenheit 451. It's become a landmark science fiction story but, personally, I think it's a bit awkwardly-written and tedious in places...sort of resting a bit on its ...

... people who start burning books conclude by burning human beings. "Forget them," says a character in Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 — a book, like Orwell's 1984, that is haunted by memories of 1930s totalitarianism. "Burn all, burn everything. Fire is bright and fire is clean." ...

... That was cool. (I got to be Chekhov.) High school brought Alas, Babylon, 1984, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and Fahrenheit 451. Outside reading in SFnal fields was rampant, of course!

No science fiction outside of the usual during my secondary education, just Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451. My district didn't do Ender's Game. (Despite my lukewarm opinion, it wouldn't have been the worst thing I read--my freshman year teacher had us read John Grisham and Clive Cussler, ...

... 1. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 2. The Declaration by Gemma Malley 3. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 4. The Road by Cormac McCarthy 5. Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham 6.Handmaid's ...

... texts. I usually teach Of Mice to that level for its language simplicity. I am currently trying to get them to enjoy 451 but they are so resistant. Most complain they cannot understand the text, and this is with me reading it to them for 20 minutes a day and discussing it!

... really recall much about the specifics of the story. Recently I've re-read To Kill a Mockingbird, Slaughterhouse-Five, Fahrenheit 451 and The Handmaid's Tale. I bought a new copy of Watership Down about a year ago. I read and loved it when it first came out but remember little about ...

... there are so many good new books always coming out. I did two re-reads this week for Banned Books Week--The Giver and Fahrenheit 451, both of which I enjoyed immensely. Think I'll be back on new reads for a while, though.

I finished by Banned Books Week re-read of Fahrenheit 451 last night and am excited to post about it later this week. I'm now into Greasy Rider for Early Reviewers.

karen5l in Banned Books : Banned Books Week (Sep 30, 2008, 7:36pm)

To honor Banned Books Week, I borrowed Fahrenheit 451 from the public library. Noticed my posting back in June (7). I think I'll start now and read one banned book a month through next year's BBW. ALA's page for this year is at http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/bannedbooksweek/bann ...

I'm in the middle of a Banned Books Week re-read of Fahrenheit 451, and even though I read it every year or two, I'm totally blown away by how prophetic and insightful Bradbury was. If I have time this week, I'd like to do a re-read of The Bluest Eye but will most likely have to move on to Gre ...

... aspect didn't do as much for me, perhaps because I've read about that in so many sci-fi novels. Also, there were some nice Fahrenheit 451 themes such as society addicted to entertainment and other hollow pursuits. Without a doubt, this was a very intelligently imagined, no theory holes in it ...

... - Dune? Is this a must-read? Should I put it on the list? (If it helps I am not a big fan of Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451 aside) or Philip K. Dick)

The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie What is the What by Dave Eggers Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith by Kathleen Norris

Just started Fahrenheit 451 a couple of days ago, and will likely still be reading it into next week. Will likely start another banned/challenged book after that, although I don't know which yet: unfortunately, there are many to choose from...

... the ALA has the most-challenged books catalogued by year on their website. I'm going to be reading Catch-22 and then Fahrenheit 451, and I'll continue on from there. Who knows, I could stretch this out for weeks. I've been meaning to go on a banned modern classics bender for a while, and ...

... the Tom Swift series. It was a smallfraction of what I read. As I got older we had to read books like Alas, Babylon! and Fahrenheit 451 in school, still this was a tiny fraction of my reading. It really wasn't until the early 1980s when I was home with three small children that I started ...

After Fahrenheit 451 (last week) I found The Black Prince in my mailbox today. This afternoon I visited Boulinier (the bookshop with the cheapest second-hand books on the Boulevard Saint-Michel) and brought back Le Pays des asphodèles, Pleure, ô pays bien-aimé, Le vertige and Silberman ...

... evening book(s) have yet to be decided, but they'll likely be The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie and/or Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

my top 3 were easy picks this month: Disquiet by Julia Leigh The Girls by Lori Lansens Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

I find it ironic to think that a book about book banning (Fahrenheit 451) has itself been banned. I read it a couple of years ago, and though I did not read it with school kids in mind, I cannot think exactly why it would be banned. Was there the odd cuss word that I missed? Or was it his ...

I also, embarrassingly enough, was a bit removed from my school years when i finally read Fahrenheit 451. I'm so glad I finally got around to it, though. You're right, it is definitely something everyone should read.

... books but some fun reading. Some of the other books I have coming up.... The Stars My Destination Demolished Man Fahrenheit 451 The Shockwave Rider Time Out of Joint Fabulous Riverboat The World Inside More Than Human Behold the Man

... claymations stumbling through Dr. Seuss cities; he made English professors heroes so he is touted as a great writer. Fahrenheit 451 has been in print for 50 years because it is required reading in schools. Tarzan of the Apes has been in print for over 90 years because it is a great read. ...

26. Fahrenheit 451 I had read this in junior high, but I have new appreciation for this book since reading it as an adult. What really amazed me was how the societal issues of Bradbury's futuristic world completely mirror those of our own world today, right down to our war with Iraq. I wish my ...

91. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury I picked this one up at the library because I felt like rereading something. As it turns out, I only imagined I had read it in high school - this was (embarrassingly) my first time! Not much to be said about this that hasn't been said before. It is a ...

I have only ever read Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury. I am going to have to read Something Wicked This Way Comes. Next trip to the library . . .

i watched a show that mentioned Farenheit 451 so i read it. it was good tho. i guess ill have to check out some more banned books so i can decided if banned books are better.

... y In Beauty May She Walk: Hiking the Appalachian Trail at 60 More for the future: One Hundred Years of Solitude Fahrenheit 451 2001: A Space Odyssey 2010: Odyssey Two Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Gotta read Farenheit 451!!!!!!!! I have Dandelion Wine and should get to in the next few weeks.

... - not very good * Damon Knight - 'The Country of the Kind' - not sure about this one; reminded me a bit of the film of Fahrenheit 451 * Bertram Chandler - 'The Cage' - obvious and dated * A. E. van Vogt - 'Fulfilment' - spoiled by the complete and utter bollocks van Vogt seemed to think ...

... End - Clarke Day of the Triffids - Wyndham Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - Dick Dune - Herbert Fahrenheit 451 - Bradbury Forever War - Haldeman Foundation - Asimov Frankenstein - Shelley Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Adams Kindred - Butler Left H ...

Sorry, haven't read The Time Machine. But I was horrified by Fahrenheit 451. And I was not so hopeful (Spoiler Alert!) that the great pieces of literature were going to be kept alive by a bunch of hobos living down by the river. Sorry, Ray. TPBM has been to a book-burning.

... to be fair and not to exclude other authors at their expense. I did not try to The Foundation Trilogy - Isaac Asimov Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury A Princess of Mars- Edgar Rice Burroughs 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke Childhood’s End - Arthur C. Clarke Nerves - Le ...

... Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells - Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham - Graybeard by Brian W. Aldiss - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - The Dream Master by roger Zelazny

... Vernor Vinge The Parafaith War : L. E. Modesitt The Day of the Triffids : John Wyndham Foundation : Isaac Asimov Fahrenheit 451 : Ray Bradbury 2001: A Space Odyssey : Arthur C. Clarke Dune : Frank Herbert Tikkun : Gil Ilutovich The Invincible : Stanislaw Lem Hyperion : ...

I just finished Fahrenheit 451 - just OK for me; Bradbury's writing is pretty powerful in places, but overall these dystopian novels leave me cold. Off to search the TBR pile. . .

#34 jhowell - Keep trying with Fahrenheit 451! It's one of my favorites!

In reply to Message 34: jhowell: I read most of Fahrenheit 451 but had to give up on it toward the end.

... There are so many reviews on LT and I was surprised by how many people hated it and thought it was fluff. I just started Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury which I have never read -- it is not really grabbing me so far.

I am still reading Fahrenheit 451 for school. It's a short book, but I had more important stuff to read, such as New Moon and Eclipse. I finished Eclipse on Tuesday, perfect timing.

... John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids Bernard Wolfe - Limbo Alfred Bester - The Demolished Man Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 Arthur C. Clarke - Childhood's End Charles L. Harness - The Paradox men Ward Moore - Bring the Jubilee Frederik Pohl & C.M. Kornbluth - The Spa ...

... 12. In what ways does the dystopia of Oryx and Crake compare to those depicted in novels such as Brave New World, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, and in Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale? What is the difference between speculative fiction-which Atwood claims to write-and science fiction proper? 13. ...

... The Great Gatsby-- Fitzgerald 8/08 20- Of Mice and Men--Steinbeck8/08 21- The Scarlet Letter- Hawthorne 9/08 22- Fahrenheit 451--Bradbury 9/08 23- Sound and The Furry 9/08 24- Best American Poetry 2008 --ed. Charles Wright 9/08 25- Wise Blood --O'Conner 10/08 26- Pale ...

... they are fine adaptations, and succeed in main part because they are longer presentations than 2 or 2 1/2 hours. Oh, and Fahrenheit 451 is another . I understand Bradbury didn't like it, but don't see a diminishing of his original concept in the film. That's a perfect example of people ...

I love Truffaut's adaptation of Fahrenheit 451. I've never read the book but I understand it's not all that close to it.

#92 arthurfrayn - Fahrenheit 451 is easily in my top five books of all time. I've read it many times.

... it's a book I might not have come across if not for the class. I also liked A Separate Peace, Catcher in the Rye, and Fahrenheit 451. My senior English teacher let me and a few other students who had already read Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights read other Bronte sisters books of ...

zanix in 888 Challenge : Zero's 888 (Jul 21, 2008, 8:15pm)

Complete: doubled up on eight of my contemporary authors. OC: Everyman, Saturday EX: Fahrenheit 451, Stardust

Fahrenheit 451 *** by Ray Bradbury 07/19/08 Stardust *** by Neil Gaiman 07/20/08

Ahhhhh Fahrenheit 451. So much to enjoy. Books, dystopia, mystery, and most of all Bradbury!!!

... en 19. Size doesn't matter by Meg Cabot 20. Change the world 9 to 5 21. Crap at the Environment by Mark Watson 22. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 23. The Big Switch by Nicholas Carr There's a bit of a mix - some easy reading for train journeys, some work related reading and some I ...

... The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury World War Z by Max Brooks The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Redwall series, mostly Redwall and Taggerung

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury The Shadow of the Wind by Carlow Ruiz Zafon There are others, but those are the ...

I haven't read Fahrenheit 451 nor do I love to cook. I wish I could do both. TPBM has a favorite soup recipe.

... from a particularly hideous Canberra winter by staying under the covers). I found one when I went to look at reviews for Fahrenheit 451 and found that I couldn't get there through my library...and some others when series was implemented - I had about 5 Terry Pratchett books which didn't get ...

... just finished New Moon and I am reading some stories from Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul. I will probably start Fahrenheit 451 today or tomorrow. I have to read it for school.

... than ?10 - I think it would give them nightmares) but definitely it's worth reading this as an adult as well. I found Fahrenheit 451 was another book really worth reading. I think most people are familiar with the story in some way or another, but I suspect that a lot haven't actually read ...

... surprised if I was - I know I'll make it up in about a month when things start calming down (I hope) 101. (136) Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury (190pp) I'd never read this one before (or even seen the film) so I'm glad that I've finally done so. I did enjoy it, I also see some of the ...

... stuff, and Melinda. J_ipsen, completely agree. It really eludes me why the FS hasn't at least done titles like Fahrenheit 451, Dune or Amber Chronicles, which are classics by almost any sense of the word. I know about the Easton Press series, though I haven't bought books from ...

Booksloth in Book talk : Guess the book v3.0 (Jun 27, 2008, 12:42pm)

I'm pretty certain it's quoted in Fahrenheit 451 - the book. Was it also in the film? ETA - touchstones

... Jade Tiger by Jenn Reese 5. Catechism of the Catholic Church 6. Complete Idiots Guide to Christianity 7. Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 8. How Languages are Learned by Patsy M. Lightbown 9. The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff It feels very much like I've ...

I felt a bit iffy about reading Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 but it got me reading his short stories which were even better. I also never thought I would enjoy Nick Hornby, but one copy of About A Boy later and I'm hooked.

... Man by Michael Crichton - I'm a huge Crichton fan, and this was one of his novels that I hadn't already read. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - I had to read this for one of my high school English classes and I had just read another one of his novels, which I enjoyed, so I ...

#72: Yeah, I like the mix of classic detective-noir stuff and scary, Fahrenheit 451-like future. Plus I like recognizing the stuff from Gun's world that have popped up in other sci-fi books; a system similar to karma cards was in Cory Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, for ...

Just finished Fahrenheit 451 in record time, and I'm glad to see that high school did NOT ultimately ruin it for me. Granted, I kept hearing my English teacher in my head, but I appreciated it in a way that I couldn't in high school. Currently reading Terminal Man, but I'm anxiously awaiting ...

#21 coloradogirl - I love Fahrenheit 451; I've read it several times.

Currently re-reading Fahrenheit 451, and I am absolutely entranced. I had to read it for one of my high school English classes, and I find it MUCH more enjoyable now that I can read it for pleasure! I'm already 80 pages into it, so I should have it finished sometime tomorrow morning.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 1001: 8/20 Non-fiction: 3/20

weener in Book talk : Guess the book v3.0 (Jun 12, 2008, 12:10pm)

Man...I've read this too. It sounds really familiar. Is it Fahrenheit 451?

I'm planning on reading The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass, Twilight, and Fahrenheit 451 (for school). Plus, as many others from my TBR pile as possible.

... through! I can't WAIT to get my hands on the third book in the series! But in the meantime, I'm either going to start Fahrenheit 451, The Loch, or State of Fear.

"There IS a matter of personal preference too..." That's ulitmately what this boils down to. I recently reread Fahrenheit 451 and Something Wicked This Way Comes and I thought they had some very good stuff in them. I like Clarke a great deal, but as a prose stylist he can get a little ...

... about halfway through Red Dragon, which I'm enjoying immensely. I'm still debating about which book I should read next: Fahrenheit 451 (which I've already read), The Loch by Steve Alten (which I've also read), or The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton (which I haven't read).

... in high school that everyone else seemed to hate but me. (I remember being in a similar situation with Siddhartha and Farenheit 451.) Seriously, though, I don't remember enough about it to come up with a good defense of the book, especially when it comes to style. Although, on a ...

Shades of Fahrenheit 451 I rate the book, review the book, give to the appropriate person/organization, and tag accordingly. I never trash a book, either literally or figuratively, unless it is actually falling apart and cannot benefit from glue and/or tape. My library includes both owned ...

... ;) Seriously, most of what I have read this year has been for school, including the two books that I re-read, 1984 and Fahrenheit 451. Only 2 ½ books (I am still working on the ½) have been outside of class work and three classes that I have taken have not added any books to the total. ...

... today, but right now, I'm rereading Congo by Michael Crichton - one of my favorites! After Congo, I plan on reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Red Dragon by Thomas Harris, and The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton.

... books. Steinbeck made me want to kill myself so I call that a fail. LOL Another author I dislike is Ray Bradbury. I read Fahrenheit 451 by and liked it but hated most of the other stuff. I found that too many of his stories ended really depressingly with no resolution which I can't handle. I ...

MrAndrew in The Green Dragon : Fire Drill (Jun 3, 2008, 9:17pm)

... Does it work equally well for earthquakes? How about some recommendations for good fire drill books? I'm thinking Fahrenheit 451.

... absolutely beautiful. I was thinking of rereading either Meg or The Loch by Steve Alten, but I might have to reread Fahrenheit 451 instead! (I read F451 for one of my high school English classes, and I don't think I was really able to appreciate it.)

... Scalzi Sabriel by Garth Nix Lirael: The Daughter of the Clayr by Garth Nix Abhorsen by Garth Nix Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Lost Fleet: Dauntless by Jack Campbell The Lost Fleet: Fearless by Jack Campbell A Song In Stone by Walter H. Hunt ...

... The Bible (whichever version) Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling (you can't ...

... The Bible (whichever version) Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling (you can't ...

zanix in 888 Challenge : Zero's 888 (May 15, 2008, 1:26am)

... K. Dick ** 6. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells ** 7. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick *** 8. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury ***½ Extra Credit: The American West {complete} 1. All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy ****½ 2. The Hot Kid by Elmore ...

... ok 1 may Morehouse,D Psychic Warrior 7 may Simpson,J Garden Food Crops Fiction - 3 jan Bradbury, R Fahrenheit 451 5 jan Norton, Andre Cat's Eye 7 feb LeGuin, Ursula A wizard of Earthsea 28 feb Norton,Andre Star Ka'at 12 mar LeGuin, Ursula The ...

I'm finishing up The Body in the Library - I love Agatha Christie, and am also reading Farenheit 451, which I never did read in high school.

I'm finishing up The Body in the Library - I love Agatha Christie, and am also reading Farenheit 451, which I never did read in high school.

... Shining by Stephen King 2. Redwall by Brian Jacques 3. Borders of Infinity by Lois McMaster Bujold 4. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 5. Les fantômes du cyberspace by Johan Heliot 6. Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold 7. Matter by Iain M. Banks 8. Th ...

... that you mention it it does sound like something Trashcan would say... lol but, Thalia is correct. It's Farenheit 451. I almost put the second line in, thinking that one line wouldn't be enough. Guess it was ;-)

Fahrenheit 451? I read it a while ago, but I think I remember it starting out with a sentence like that.

What about To Kill a Mockingbird? The prose is simple as far as I can remember and it's such a classic and lovable story. Farenheit 451 is another simple classic. Animal Farm and Anthem, too. What about Agatha Christie mysteries? I second the Cat Who books as well. And this may ...

... Ray Bradbury 5. A Dirty Job Christopher Moore 6. Hand of Evil JA Jance 7. Exit Wounds JA Jance 8. Farenheit 451 Ray Bradbury 9. The Darkest Evening of The Year Dean Koontz 10. Lamb Christopher Moore 11. Odd Thomas Dean Koontz 12. Confessions ...

muzzie in Book talk : Desert Island Books (Apr 28, 2008, 5:56am)

Atlas Shrugged The Brothers Karamazov To Kill a Mockingbird Fahrenheit 451 On the Beach Califia's Daughters Hondo A Distant Music (The Tin Whistle) (The Penny Whistle) It’s one book, sold under different names. Alice in Wonderland The Stand The Hornet’s Nest Dev ...

... especially as one of them is a Coetzee, hopefully one of the ones still remaining on the list. Still unfortunate that Fahrenheit 451 doesn't make the grade, despite being quite a great novel. Hopefully I have read something of the new additions, and not too much that I have read has ...

#5 trinah, Fahrenheit 451 is still not on the list. In fact, I am in two minds about the 2nd edition, which I studied but did not buy in Waterstone's in Piccadilly today, and not just because, by my quick reckoning, I've only read 89 of the books on the new list, rather than the 136 I had ...

... a heck of a time keeping up with reviewing): 21. John Adams by David McCullough (nonfiction, 656 pages) 22. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (fiction, 190 pages) 23. The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie (fiction, Early Reviewers, 349 pages--review above) 24. ...

Hey there, My high school students (Clarksville, TN) just finished reading Fahrenheit 451. I've used some of the lesson plan resources from the Big Read. There was a Big Read book discussion in Nashville over the book but it was not timed well with my class so I couldn't ask my students to ...

#4 Awesome, look forward to hearing the new revisions. I'd love to know if Fahrenheit 451 has been added, because, that is IMO, one of the worst omissions of the old edition.

Over the winter my community read Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.

... in the Rye Chronicles of Narnia (as a child) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Ella Enchanted Fahrenheit 451 Feed Flowers for Algernon Gathering Blue The Giver (as a child) A Great and Terrible Beauty The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Hobbi ...

... Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (Gr. 8?) THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL ...which, amazingly, has no touchstone (Gr. 8) Fahrenheit 451 (Gr. 9?) The Great Gatsby (Gr. 11?) Lord of the Flies (Gr. 10) One Hundred Years of Solitude (college) A Raisin in the Sun (Gr. 10?) A Separate ...

... as the Chronicles of Narnia, and they ate them up. She has also done some Bradbury (Dandelion Wine, I think) and Farenheit 451. She is not a huge reader of fantasy/sci-fi herself, so now she feels lost trying to make recommendations. I did talk her into reading The Lions of Al Rassan ...

I just hope Fahrenheit 451 is never reduced to purely eBook form. That would be a tragic irony. Nobody would get the message of a book about burning books in a future where books are electronic and unburnable (yet deletable). Think about it.

readafew in dystopia : A HANDMAID'S TALE (Mar 21, 2008, 12:58pm)

The real issue with Fahrenheit 451 is it is all about thought control. They actually prefer people not to think in the first place, that way lies, trouble.

One of the reasons they memorised the story word for word in Fahrenheit 451 was that it was an offence to own a book. You couldn't write it down because then it could be destroyed. By containing it in your memory and passing it on that way, there is no physical book itself. You have no way of ...

> 114 TeenAuthor I loved Fahrenheit 451 too. Bradburys writing's amazing and it's definitely one of the better dystopia's I've read.

Reading Fahrenheit 451 for the first time ever. I wanted to see what the fuss was about Bradbury, and he hits you with a sledgehammer of conformist madness, and the way he writes draws you in from the very first page and doesn't let you go. I had to tear myself away from it in order to EAT. Normal ...

ty1997 in Book talk : Required Reading (Mar 19, 2008, 5:38am)

... high school. Lately that's been: 1984 Animal Farm Slaughterhouse Five Heart of Darkness Of Mice and Men Fahrenheit 451 Currently, I'm reading A Tale of Two Cities

It is so bloody frustrating to ponder over the potential reasons Fahrenheit 451 is not included in the list. Why? Why? Why?

16. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury : I'm I huge Bradbury fan, so it's odd that I had never read this before. It was superb. Still, I didn't find it as genius as The Martian Chronicles. also... 5. Ecclesiastes : My favorite book in the entire Bible, I just finished re-studying it this ...

... Opera by Gaston Leroux May: Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe June: About a Boy by Nick Hornby July: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury August: The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie September: Undecided October: Undecided November: Undecided December: A ...

... 10. The Tale of Despereaux (children's, 269 pp) 11. Onion John (children's, 248 pp) 12. Stargirl (YA, 186 pp) 13. Fahrenheit 451 (novel, 190 pp) 14. Soon I Will Be Invincible (fantasy, 280 pp) 15. The Freedom Writers Diary (non-fic/autobio, 280 pp) 16. The Facts Behind the Helsi ...

... less profanity, anyone else find that so? Ray Bradbury is great, too. I love Something Wicked This Way Comes and Farenheit 451, along with Martian Chronicles is in my TBR pile.

... Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark 49. Jane and Prudence by Barbara Pym 50. The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman 51. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 52. The Girl With No Shadow by Joanne Harris 53. Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult 54. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohs ...

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

... his descriptions of the people wandering around with the little seashells in there ears ignoring the world around them in Fahrenheit 451. But that's more in the sad but all too true dystopian side of things where as the roomba relation just sort of cracked me up! (ETA: My review of the ...

As far as literary style goes, I'll throw Fahrenheit 451 in to represent the classics. I've always thought the opening paragraphs of that were some of the most impressive in any genre.

best was hard to pick but I'm going to have to go with Fahrenheit 451 first time I read it and I really enjoyed it. worst - hands down Golf Unplugged my one ER book.

... depressed about the human race. Of the ones you reviewed, I have read Lord of the Flies, Animal Farm, 1984 andFahrenheit 451, but that was spread out over a couple years. I've also read We and since you haven't tackled that one yet, I'll give it a shot. Bear in mind I read it ...

... the City by Lauren Blitzer and Lauren Levin 04. The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis 05. Momo by Michael Ende 06. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 07. Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon by Malcolm Hulke 08. Chiaroscuro: Book 1 by Troy Little 09. Flying to Nowhere by John Fuller ...

Ha! Thanks for the quote. Your honeymoon sounds like fun to me! And I had a similar experience the second time I read Fahrenheit 451--it was a little disappointing, really, but I think the nostalgia is enough that I still count it as one of my favorites.

... sale. I thought the sheep shouting "FEATHER" was just another bizarre touch too! And the reading goes on... 30. Fahrenheit 451 I hadn't read this in years and years. I seem to remember there being more to it; it's awfully short and the ending seems a bit too.... How can you trust ...

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... books instead of trying out used ones! (No offense, just surprised). Good luck with the books, and if you like Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, I'd suggest The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander. It's a very odd book that goes by much faster than you'd expect, but the story is ...

TeacherDad - My copy of Fahrenheit 451 is marked in highlighter. Some LT members will cringe when they read this! :) Wildbill - I teach in a high school and deal with students each day who refuse to read. Some struggle with reading, but the vast majority simply don't read. That's a very ...

I'm so glad you enjoyed Farenheit 451; it's one of my favorite books. Bradbury's Dandelion Wine, which is more of a memoir, is summer-sweet and just as well-crafted, if you are adding more of his works to your list. And, if you'll forgive me for contributing to the earlier bookstore-politics ...

... 10. The Tale of Despereaux (children's, 269 pp) 11. Onion John (children's, 248 pp) 12. Stargirl (YA, 186 pp) 13. Fahrenheit 451 (novel, 190 pp) 14. Soon I Will Be Invincible (fantasy, 280 pp) 15. The Freedom Writers Diary (non-fic/autobio, 280 pp) 16. The Facts Behind the Helsi ...

... you smell books, right? I love the smell of old books. I'll give a cookie to the first person who can find the quote in Farenheit 451 about the smell of books. Or a quote from another source I don't know about. "Friends, Romans, lend me your..."....noses!

... while following The Wife through the mall... it seems ok so far, almost Nick Hornby-ish? And still in the middle of Fahrenheit 451...

Fahrenheit 451 is one of my favorites. I used to read it once a year.

... other's eyes have previously perused, but I'll enter with an open mind... just finished Despereaux and started Fahrenheit 451, with a bookmark ready for The Thin Place...

Personally, I think it's got to be Fahrenheit 451. Without books, what WOULD we talk about?

I've recently knocked 2 off the list that have been there for a long time 1984 and Fahrenheit 451. A Brave New World, is another that fits in there I need to read, and I really need to try something by Heinlein

iphigenie in 888 Challenge : Iphigenie's 888 (Jan 13, 2008, 8:50am)

... haven't read (or soo long ago) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Slaughterhouse 5 * American Gods Fahrenheit 451 * Ender's Game * The Lovely Bones Dune (no touchstone??) * Beowulf: A New Verse Translation The Giver Alternative Cat Idea 1: Mystery ...

iphigenie in 888 Challenge : Iphigenie's 888 (Jan 13, 2008, 8:50am)

... Badass and the Rose of Turkestan Soul of the Algorithm The Steel the Mist and the Blazing Sun Newton's Cannon Fahrenheit 451 Ender's Game Titan Ilium Dune (no touchstone??) 8. Chadbourn's Arthurian Modern Fiction (from thread ) Category Complete World's End READ ...

scaifea in 50 Book Challenge : TeacherDad 2008 (Jan 10, 2008, 10:17am)

#8: So, you're saying that The Pickup Artist is *more* off-beat and strange than Farenheit 451? Cool - I'll definitely have to check it out!

Fahrenheit 451 is one of my favorite books! Do I need to add The Pickup Artist to my never ending and ever growing TBR list?

The Pickup Artist... had to convince The Wife it had nothing to do with girls.. very Farenheit 451-ish, but in an absurdly, off-beat, strange kind of way...

... bad year for reading.... Of course the next year in English we read 9 weeks worth of Ray Bradbury, whom I also don't like- Fahrenheit 451 being the exception.

... Fiction Ventus - Karl Schroeder The First Men in the Moon - H.G. Wells Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury The Land that Time Forgot - Edgar Rice Burroughs Someplace to be Flying - Charles de Lint

I am still reading The Trouble with Poetry. I've also been reading Fahrenheit 451 because I'm going to read it with my juniors this quarter. I'm not sure what I'll read next as I have so many to choose from. Probably a YA book like Everlost or The Book Thief.

... My favorite books of all time are To Kill a Mockingbird, Little Women, Gone With the Wind, Ender's Game, and Fahrenheit 451. My oldest son shares my love for books. We're making a concentrated effort to read more books by Georgia authors. It's a very interesting journey. My ...

... om!!!) -Harry Potter, all the books, but the 6th, not as much. -Ender's series (also listed, but I love them! -Fahrenheit 451 so good! -Anthem by Ayn Rand (surprisingly short, but one of her best, if not the best. -Bridge to Teribithea that is the only book that ...

... ever happen, but I can dream. Ray Bradbury completely spoiled me by including the material he added in his script of Fahrenheit 451 in the afterword of some editions. Equus isn't in my library, but I've read that as well. I didn't feel the need to keep it, though. Plays are really ...

Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury If you haven't yet read Fahrenheit 451, I highly recommend it. It was written 56 years ago, but really stands the test of time. Sometime after the year 2022, the government is planning a war, but keeps the population occupied and unaware of it by bombarding ...

... two novels. Because it’s a memoir, I’m not going to include it in this review. In addition, on the side I also read Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, and The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood. I had also planned to read We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin, A Brave New World, ...

According to Bradbury himself, Fahrenheit 451 isn't about censorship... Cydonia by Ken MacLeod is a good, modern sf YA novel. It's part of a series by different authors, The Web.

>11 In the case of Fahrenheit 451: yes.

I don't remember any science fiction in school from sixth grade, but Fahrenheit 451 and Flowers for Algernon were two that we read at the beginning of seventh grade. That shouldn't be too far off from the end of sixth, right? Fahrenheit 451 definitely has real world application, though if you' ...

... 1 - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer 2 - The History of Love by Nicole Krauss 3 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 4 - Perfume: The story of a murderer by Patrick Suskind 5 - Choke by Chuck Palahnuik

Farenheit 451 (the temperature at which books burn) by Ray Bradbury is one of those disturbing science-fiction-becoming-fact tales that is very worrying.

Nope. I've been up for almost 5 hours now, after 3 hours of sleep. TPBM has read Farenheit 451.

... them. Not do the stupid, "It'll brainwash all of society." Did you know they (being the local governments) banned Fahrenheit 451 in some places? Burnings of the book have also been reported because people disagree with it. Funny. In a sick way.

d2vge in Book talk : Bradbury's Works (Nov 23, 2007, 8:19am)

Well, there's Fahrenheit 451, which is nothing like Something Wicked.... I like his stories a lot better than his novels, personally. Try The October Country. What's the collection you're thinking about?

... with Vladimir Nabokov in Bend Sinister. Somewhere in there I took an unscheduled side trip with Ray Bradbury to Fahrenheit 451. Then my plane crashed into a idyllic tropical island . . . too bad I happened to be there at the same time as the rotten school boys from William Golding ...

October '07 63. Bend Sinister, by Vladimir Nabokov 64. Lord of the Flies, by William Golding 65. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury 66. Mosquito, by Roma Tearne

... Rowling's Harry Potter of course, (oh man, I knew I wouldn't be able to stop once I started with the mentions) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Beautiful Joe by Marshall Saunders, Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley, and everything else Alco ...

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Armor by John Steakley On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Waterson The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan Von Bek ...

... book that made me look around at the world I lived in 10. The Kama Sutra by some unknown monk LOL just joking 10. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury the only Bradbury book I like Well there you have it.... my favorite books as of this moment. NO classics NO amazingly story that touched ...

You're peculiar yourself Mr. Montag. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

... . Here I'll stop to count the number of times to I used the word "list" in this post and then take a moment for "What, no Fahrenheit 451??" Have a nice day, -llamagirl

The books 1984, the tripod trilogy starting with The White Mountains, Cosmic Contemplations, Planet of the Apes and Fahrenheit 451 are all great sci fi reads you can't go wrong with.

tbr,sf Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Brave new world by Aldous Huxley The ultimate hitchhiker's guide by Douglas Adams A canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. Stranger in a strange land by Robert A. Heinlein Neuromancer by William Gibson Childr ...

margad in Books Compared : Ideas (Oct 21, 2007, 5:32pm)

... ideas. I haven't read all of the books you suggest, but Reading Lolita in Tehran would make a great comparison with Fahrenheit 451, especially since one is nonfiction and the other is fiction - adds that off-the-wall touch that I love. Dostoyevsky and Poe are two old favorites of mine, ...

heina in Books Compared : Ideas (Oct 20, 2007, 11:13pm)

I think Reading Lolita in Tehran would be interesting to compare to Fahrenheit 451 in terms of books-in-books. Crime and Punishment to Edgar Allan Poe's Tell-Tale Heart in terms of examining the psyche of a criminal. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn to Crime and Punishment might also be ...

Nickelini in Books Compared : Ideas (Oct 20, 2007, 5:33pm)

... in the next month I will compare some of 1984, Darkness at Noon, Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, Bend Sinister, Fahrenheit 451, The Trial, We, The Handmaid's Tale and/or Brave New World.

... Plum Lucky 26. Outside the Dog Museum 27. Tea with the Black Dragon 28. Spinners 29. The Annotated Alice 30. Fahrenheit 451 31. The Book of Lost Things 32. Confessions of Max Tivoli 33. Tracy and Hepburn: An Intimate Memoir 34. Stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers ...

... that was pretty good. The thing that makes me incredibly sad - you can't help but marvel at the irony of it - is that Farenheit 451 is still a banned book in some schools.

... about Single Malt-- then all hail Talisker). 42: the amount of beers that will leave you clinically dead. A bit like Fahrenheit 451 . . . What is the temperature required to take away a human's common sense?

mcna217 in Banned Books : Banned Books Week (Sep 24, 2007, 8:00pm)

Our local library does a yearly community read with readings and other events. This year's choice is Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury.

... Martian Chronicles is excellent Bradbury, but could easily be taught as short stories by only using a couple chapters. Farenheit 451 may be the better of his novels to teach. Selections from I, Robot wouls be good as well. Oh, and I know the other sci fi class used "The Sand Kings" by Ge ...

... up some of those "I should have read these" books for my "next" pile: Catch 22, The Great Gatsby, Horse Whisperer, Farenheit 451 and others; and adding to my collection of Kurt Vonnegut (RIP). Oh - and let's not forget the last Harry Potter. ;) Finished it - ready to start ...

catshadow in Book talk : Another book game (Sep 19, 2007, 4:07am)

farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

... but still...), and I almost didn't talk to them for a long time, just because of the symbolism. How could anyone who's read Fahrenheit 451 burn a book? I will only throw a book away under great duress. It has to be a health hazard before I'll get rid of it.

Fahrenheit 451 comes up as a Brave new world

Just because it's on my TBR pile Fahrenheit 451

... Neuromancer by William Gibson Dune by Frank Herbert The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham **Edited for BLEEPING touchstones! Who's been diddling them anyway! There's NO excuse for the ...

... young adult read about beauty and perfection, but I enjoyed it. I also heartily recommend The Giver. I've got The Road, Fahrenheit 451, and The Handmaid's Tale all on my to be read list, so it sounds like I've got a few good reads in front of me!

I'd say definitely include Fahrenheit 451, its an excellent novel about the dangers of book banning and censorship.

... - BIG READ The Concord library will be sponsoring BIG READ, a series of events highlighting Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451. Bradbury's classic story about a frightening vision of the future in which firemen don't put out fires, they start them in order to burn books. Free ...

>61: I don't think Fahrenheit 451 is boring at all! I read it in one sitting, but then, it's short. I think you should really give it a shot.

I recently bought Fahrenheit 451 because of all the talk about it, now you guys say it's boring. Great. Anyway, I have that one, I probably won't join on any sci-fi I have to buy unless my husband wants it, he's the sci-fi fan in this house. I just finished When Worlds Collide, which is ...

... although somehow teenagers are still usually bored. Also, it seems like in a lot of dystopic works (I'm thinking of Fahrenheit 451 and Oryx and Crake, among others), there's a pattern where the male protagonist meets a girl who seems to be free from the society that limits him. He's ...

DeusExLibris in The Green Dragon : Island (Aug 31, 2007, 1:21am)

Siddartha Fahrenheit 451 This Side of the Gate In the Buddha's Words Lord of the Ring Chronicles of Narnia Jonathon Strange & Mr. Norrel the Glass Bead Game Life & Teaching of the Masters of the Far East the Harry Potter series the Dresden Files the works of Alice Bailey (Th ...

GeorgiaDawn in The Green Dragon : Island (Aug 30, 2007, 8:06pm)

... Bible Various Family and County Histories To Kill a Mockingbird Little Women Gone With the Wind Ender's Game Fahrenheit 451 The Chronicles of Narnia Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel Rendezvous with Rama and all of the sequels

... some of the big classics of SciFi. Any recommendations? I've already read the left hand of darkness, enders game and fahrenheit 451 and I've got dune and the time machine on my to read pile. They don't neccesarily have to be old classics - just the "important" works. Thanks!

... (probably because I liked the movie with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow); the book was better! I also remember reading Fahrenheit 451, and being spooked by it (a good thing). This last week, I finally read Girl With a Pearl Earring. While in Europe, we were fortunate to see seven of Ver ...

I just picked up Catch 22 and The Great Gatsby - a couple I've never read. I've been on the lookout for Farenheit 451, but I think I'm going to go ahead and order it.

... For myself my favorites would be: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Childhood's end by Arthur C. Clarke There are many others, but these probably had the most ...

... universe tech advancements are bad because the general populous isn't smart enough to use it wisely. I've always loved Fahrenheit 451. It's a wonderful book about the dangers of censorship and propaganda. It's about how we need to think for ourselves and not let anyone take away the ...

"It was a pleasure to burn." Fahrenheit 451 by the great Ray Bradbury edited to add touchstone

... (Stephen King) before my 10th birthday. But I think my first SF was a couple years later in my very early teens: Fahrenheit 451. Mom taught that one in her high school English class (along with the Hobbit, and Alas Babylon -- Mom was a very cool teacher!). I proceeded to read a L ...

... Hobbit, 1984) but also Pride and Prejudice, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Kite Runner, and Farenheit 451. Tane - I've got Mark Haddon's Curious Incident too, good book but I was pretty surprised how common it was.

53. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Zokutou word meter< ...

It wasn't published anytime recently, but that sounds kinda like Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (and even if it's not, I highly recommend you check it out).

1. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer 2. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3. Choke by Chuck Palahniuk 4. Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre 5. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

... all pretty much different flavors of the same genre. If you want to be strict about the SF label, I think my first was Fahrenheit 451 and somewhere around the same time I found Stranger in a Strange Land. I didn't really branch out from Heinlein and Bradbury until years later ...

DeusExLibris in Banned Books : Holy Scripture (Jul 16, 2007, 10:07pm)

... of all time," is banned somewhere in the world. I wonder what the Christian fundies trying to ban classic literature like Fahrenheit 451 think of that? Next time I run into one of these people, I think I'll tell them that they read a banned book every day, I can't even imagine the classic look ...

I reread three books each year: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I read The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury every couple of years.

... ed. The Demolished Man.* Alfred Bester Dhalgren.* Samuel R. Delany Engine Summer.* John Crowley Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury Fever Dream. George R. R. Martin Fiskadoro. Denis Johnson Frankenstein. Mary Shelley Friday. Robert A. Heinlein ...

1.) The Book Thief 2.) The Thirteenth Tale 3.) All Over but the Shoutin 4.) Rebecca 5.) Fahrenheit 451 Something old (4) ...something new (2), something borrowed (from the library-3) and something that made me blue (1). A good mix.

1.) The Book Thief 2.) The Thirteenth Tale 3.) All Over but the Shoutin 4.) Rebecca 5.) Fahrenheit 451

... work with the same name? or do you mean Bradbury's short story of the same name which is thought to be the basis for Fahrenheit 451? and later the longer version The Fireman. ooops i just clicked on your tag and see you reference the novel by Harold Mead (I haven't read that one, do ...

Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood is definitely the fave but others lesser favorites are: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and I second Canticle for Leibowitz. The ...

Book #18 Title: Gathering Blue Author: Lois Lowry Book #19 Title: Fahrenheit 451 Author: Ray Bradbury Book #20 Title: So Many Books, So Little Time Author: Sara Nelson Book #21 Title: Nineteen Minutes Author: Jodi Picoult

Moi j'en ai lu 3 parmi sa liste neuromancien j'ai pas aimé fahrenheit 451 un bon bouquin solaris je suis pas rentrée dedans Et vous?

... preted Now, Bradbury has decided to make news about the writing of his iconographic work and what he really meant. Fahrenheit 451 is not, he says firmly, a story about government censorship. Nor was it a response to Senator Joseph McCarthy, whose investigations had already instilled ...

I am currently between books, but I finished writing an essay about Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. Two really excellent books, I'd have to say, and they have more in common than you would think. I think everybody knows about Fahrenheit 451, so I' ...

... just one, as most here probably are, but here's my top three in no particular order: Siddartha by Hermann Hesse Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

... 11) by Robert Jordan 13. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield 22. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 451. Farenheit 451 by Ray bradbury 1984. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

I'm not sure but probably Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury or Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre

Fahrenheit 451 in speculative fiction. Guns of the South in history. The Bible, and the Qur'an in history. the Philosophy of the Matrix in whatever the movie section is called.

In terms of oldies but goodies, I'd recommend Fahrenheit 451 and Siddhartha. They are both short reads, but they could easily spark some great discussions. the first is about book burning among other things, and the second is about the spiritual quest. The title is a bit misleading, as the main ...

... and caught this on the news the other day: certain religious groups and pta organizations here are trying to ban the book farenheit 451 in public schools. not only a horrific idea - book banning!?!? ... but there's also the irony of them wanting to ban a book in which the banning of ...

... be ashamed to read "genre" books, that they can have as much literary value as the classics. So I say throw in some Fahrenheit 451 and The Hobbit. Mix it up and see what they go for.

... Clarke, Ray Bradbury, Brandon Sanderson (new favorite), and several others FAVORITE BOOK(s): To Kill a Mockingbird, Fahrenheit 451 FAVORITE DRINK: Coca Cola :) FAVORITE CHEESE: Pepper Jack FAVOURITE SPELLING OF FAVORITE: "Favorite" FAVORITE GOURD-NOSED BARBARIAN: Groo! FAVORITE ROB ...

Probably Fahrenheit 451, or the Bible. I'm not Christian, but I am a religious studies major in college, so I think it'd be appropriate, and it would be fun to see the looks on people's faces when they saw it.

... Catcher in the Rye, (because I'm the guy alway watching out for people who are close to 'falling over the cliff'), and Farenheit 451, because it's a cliff of a different sort.

Lunar in Book talk : Memorable First Sentences (Apr 29, 2007, 12:43am)

"It was a pleasure to burn." - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury "Maman died today." -The Stranger by Albert Camus Remembering all the first sentences from novels I read in high school tends to come in little trickles. :P

I just read the article this thread refers to today. (I know, I'm sort of late.) I love Fahrenheit 451; it's one of those books I read every year and I have suggested it to students as reading material. The one thing that is absurd to me is the fact that he wants the book banned based on his "r ...

... instead).I'd definitely count The Bell Jar as a Modern Classic and I thin kI'd like ot try that one actually. Same with Fahreheit 451. i've laid down the first half of the 20th Century only as a very rough guideline for myself, as it's an area I've largely neglected...

... to 75 for now, but I really have no idea how much I actually read in a year. What I have read so far in April: 1. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 2. Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower by Zbigniew Brzezinski 3. The God Delusion by Richard ...

... in the Rye Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird Where do Sylvia Plath's "The Bell Jar" and Ray Bradbury's Fahreheit 451 stand?

... that I keep rereading every year? Or the one that I sink into the most? Or would it be the book I would memorize like in Fahrenheit 451? For question #1...there's at least 1 book I reread every year Maia by Richard Adams for the longest time. So much that it's going to lose its cover ...

... Atwood's Handmaid's Tale or Oryx and Crake, Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower, and Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451. There are many thoughtful novels which focus a bit more specifically on various social issues. There another thread in this group that's full of ...

... Brashares To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee Les Miserables - Victor Hugo A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury Lord of the Flies - William Golding Again, I totally understand if you don't want to go the route of the thriller novel, but if you're ...

... make my reading experience etc better for some books yet worse for others. For instance, I loved the ideas expressed in Fahrenheit 451. However, reading it for a class provided to be a better experience for me that reading it for pleasure. At the same time, there have been times when I've ...

... - I agree that the majority of Bradbury's work, including The Martian Chronicles, is fantasy. However, in addition to Fahrenheit 451 he has written many short stories that are solidly SF. Though his poetic style and fantasy writings turned off a lot of hard core SF fans early in his ...

... already read a few of these books for my English classes (Metamorphosis, Crime and Punishment, Wuthering Heights, Fahrenheit 451, and A Prayer for Owen Meany), but unfortunately, school has ruined many a classic for me, especially Crime and Punishment. (I had to help write an 80+ ...

... Then move to A Tale of Two Cities before tackling his longer works. One of King's influences is Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, Something Wicked This Way Comes). Then, to get into other classics, I would suggest working backwards in time, starting with ...

... Mark Twain. On a controversial note, I would suggest that Bradbury has been over-praised. He is a poor novelist, Fahrenheit 451 apart, and his work is often swamped by sentimentality, although it could be this sentimentality that has increased his success. (If Bradbury is an sf writer ...

No surprise here - The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451.

... home and her husband is in the livingroom rather jellyfishish on the floor... And, of course, All Summer in a Day and Fahrenheit 451...so many...

The Martian Chronicles and Farenheit 451 - no doubt!

Farenheit 451 for sure. Of course I personally abhor book banning and burning, so of course I'm gonna love it.

The Martian Chronicles and Farenheit 451! ^__^V

... being offended somehow or another by something written in the books. One example is a School Board in Mississippi banning Fahrenheit 451 because of the words "God damn". This book was used in a High School English class, and it was 1999. A group of parents complained to the Superintendent. T ...

... I've been interested in from my English class are A Prayer for Owen Meany, Lord of the Flies, To Kill a Mockingbird, Fahrenheit 451, and Les Miserables. There have been others that I could tolerate, but those have been the only books that I truly enjoyed.

... It is a tough decision. I think I would have to choose To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. A close second would be Fahrenheit 451.

Hmm...tough decision. I'll narrow it down to Fahrenheit 451 (for obvious reasons), Carrie because it seems to be one of Stephen King's most banned books, and Are You There God, It's Me Margaret simply because I loved that book when I was in junior high.

... approve of. I remember hearing about this one family (I think it was in Texas, I forget now) that had a problem with Farenheit 451 of all books! The father complained to the school. I guess the class was reading the book together and he threw a fit about that book and wanted it off the ...

... is more than I had previously thought.) However, I am thoroughly disgusted by book burning of any sort! I feel Bradbury's Fahreheit 451 carries very good messages. (I have two copies! :)

... of these at least three times: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Little Women by Louise May Alcott I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier The Call of ...

... a society in which all books have gone missing and are stored inside the protagonist's mind, reminding me of Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. The Townley book is a fantasy addressing how characters can come to life in our minds and how books can influence the course of our lives. All three are ...

... Damned" de William C. DIETZ "Marionnettes humaines" "The Puppet Masters" de Robert A. HEINLEIN "Fahrenheit 451" "Fahrenheit 451" de Ray BRADBURY "Norstrilia" de Cordwainer SMITH "Solaris" "Solaris" de Stanislaw LEM "Le Berceau du chat" "Cat's Cradle" de Kurt VONNEGUT Jr ...

... books? Wicked by Gregory Maguire Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Mt. Olympus Basketball by Kevin O'Malley, one of the guest authors, hopefully he will sign this one tomorrow, my friend will meet him ...

... books? Wicked by Gregory Maguire Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Mt. Olympus Basketball by Kevin O'Malley, one of the guest authors, hopefully he will sign this one tomorrow, my friend will meet him ...

Busifer, you should definitely see it, especially if you're a Christian Bale fan. The movie is kind of a cross between Fahrenheit 451 and the Giver, with some of V for Vendetta mixed in. On the other hand, I personally would not recommend the movie version of 451. It was done back in the '60's ...

... my God, who would throw a book in the trash?! That's disgusting! Wouldn't it be better to recycle or sell it? I know in Fahrenheit 451 it was *burning*, not trashing, but oh my! I can't help but think of that book when I hear of people throwing books in the trash.

How about Fahrenheit 451? How can a bunch of book geeks not like that book?

themillers in FantasyFans : Defining Fantasy (Feb 22, 2007, 12:19am)

... (how's that for a good source citation?) that Ray Bradbury said that he'd only ever written one science fiction book: Fahrenheit 451, because it could technically potentially happen. His other works, like The Martian Chronicles, were proved fantasy from the moment we first saw pictures ...

... books. I do have some weird paranoia about no longer being able to get books, or not being 'allowed' to have them (Fahrenheit 451 had an effect on me). I have no problem admitting I'm a book hoarder. For the most part, I buy my bookscrossing books with the express goal of releasing ...

blbooks in Children's Fiction : Classics (Feb 17, 2007, 5:48pm)

... might be Catcher in the Rye, The Chocolate War, Flowers for Algernon, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Catch 22, Fahrenheit 451, The Pigman, A Separate Peace, etc. You might be interested (in part) to look at the Teenreads.com's Rule42 in Book talk : World's best Reading- Reader's Digest (Feb 8, 2007, 1:06am)

... and the UK? I'm having great trouble determining the ISBN of this particular title. Finally, I believe mention of Fahrenheit 451 on this thread was only WRT the origins of montag's LT handle. I don't believe anyone is claiming this title to be part of the RD WBR series. Ed ...

... read but have absolutely no recollection of like 1984, To Kill a Mocking Bird, The Lost World, Bridge to Terebithia, Fahrenheit 451...pretty much all the classics I've forgotten. edited to try and get the touchstone to work :-)

... By James Patterson 1st to Die 2nd Chance 3rd Degree 4th of July 5th Horseman 6th Target By Others: Fahrenheit 451 Catch 22

Fahrenheit 451 is an obvious choice where books are a significant part of the story. The Angel in Gaiman & Pratchett's Good Omens ran a bookstore and collected exotic bibles. If I remember correctly he kept erratic hours and grumbled alot so as to discourage anyone from actually buying ...

Most Popular: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 100th most popular: Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner 10%: Loves Music, Loves to Dance by Mary Higgins Clark

... that I was more than a little naive (and very young) at the time. This experience is why books like The Handmaid's Tale, Fahrenheit 451, and Doctor Zhivago mean so much to me, why reading has become even more important to me and why "liberal" means more to me than just how I make my moral ...

... e: The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis Dead Aim by Iris Johansen Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

... Tale. It's a terrifying story, and I do think everyone should read it, if only for the warning (kind of like 1984 or Fahrenheit 451).

... in the early 90's (I think), they renamed themselves to Book People (a reference to the true heroes in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451). In the adjoining building, REI has recently moved into the space vacated by Whole Foods, which is now just across 6th St, to the south. Also, across the ...

Well, taking their inspiration from the warning in Fahrenheit 451 and so many real life stories (i.e.Osip Mandelstam's wife memorizing his poetry to insure it would not be lost) , the underground homeland literary militia would have already enlisted troops to memorize one book each... I've ...

>8: I actually thought you were German. It never occured to me that your username is a reference to Fahrenheit 451. And I only read it a short while ago...

The author of Fahrenheit 451 gives his thoughts on Douglas Taylor of the Jesus Party in Lewiston, Maine, who burned copies of the Harry Potter books. The minister feels that HP promotes witchcraft (arrrgh!!!!!!!!) Anyway, here's what Ray Bradbury has to say about the situation: "Ray Brad ...

... everyone has loads of books they think should be in the list, but if you had to choose only one, what would it be? Fahrenheit 451 for me.

I recently started Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I never read it in high school, so I felt that I owe it to myself, to society, and to the author to read it. So far, it's incredible. Lots of underlining has been going on.

... Asimov's "Night Fall"--no touchstone response, but it's around in all kinds of anthologies. I moved quickly to Fahrenheit 451 and Foundation and its sequels. I know I kept reading sf, but I remember no particular titles until I read Lloyd Alexander and The Earthsea books ...

Orwell's 1984 is definitely horror. No doubt about it. In the same vein, Fahrenheit 451 and Lord of the Flies and Brave New World are nothing if not horror novels - they're just dressed up pretty, as 'literature'.

BMVCOE in Book talk : Junior High Classics? (Oct 27, 2006, 10:32pm)

... Lots of big interesting issues in these books that could relate to discussions of current events. I remember reading Fahrenheit 451 in middle school...I think I went through an Avi phase then too. Also the Sherlock Holmes stories. Good luck finding things to read with your son!

... Moreau The Chrysalids The Gate to Women's Country Brave New World The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Fahrenheit 451 The White Plague

Ilmarinen in Banned Books : Oh, the irony... (Oct 3, 2006, 11:02am)

http://www.hcnonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17270600&BRD=1574&PAG=461&dept_id=532215&rfi=6 This guy wants to ban Fahrenheit 451 - ironic, yeah, but it's not as though he's read it or anything. Even more ironic: "Alton Verm's request to ban "Fahrenheit 451" came during the 25th annual Banne ...

... have re-read some of those books as an adult -- The Mayor of Casterbridge, The Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man, Fahrenheit 451, Lord of the Flies -- and found much to appreciate. So maybe the high school experience has a lot to do with our inability to appreciate what our teachers ...

I know this sounds ridiculous in someone of my age, but I read The Catcher in the Rye and Fahrenheit 451 this weekend. I was not raised in the US, and my language of instruction at high school was not English, and so I never read it at the time when most Americans appear to have read it. B ...

... with lies, sloganism, drugs, sex or consumer goods. 5. Most dystopians go from dark to darker in tone, though a few like Fahrenheit 451 end with a flickers of hope.

... "must-haves" for the distopian novel collector? Brave New World, Animal Farm and 1984 are the no-brainers. Ditto Fahrenheit 451 and Lord of the Flies. I've also got Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro, and need to add A Canticle for Liebowitz (out of print but available ...

... "must-haves" for the distopian novel collector? Brave New World, Animal Farm and 1984 are the no-brainers. Ditto Fahrenheit 451 and Lord of the Flies. I've also got Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro, and need to add A Canticle for Liebowitz (out of print but available ...

Someone else who dares to condemn Fahrenheit 451! How often have I been sniffed at for that! Thank-you!!!

I would also put Fahrenheit 451 pretty high on the bad lit scale. It has an interesting concept, and even some moments of really shining prose (mostly at the beginning). But there's an awful lot of stilted (corny) dialogue, clunky prose, and bad plotting. I'm pretty high on the libertarian ...

sdawson in Coffee! : Coffee! Message Board (Jul 26, 2006, 11:16pm)

Hi folks, The group description has changed. I agree, Fahrenheit 451 was my first Ray Bradbury book a long time ago. So, I'm ready to start my next book. Actually, I started Sinclair Lewis's Babbitt, but I'm only a chapter or so into it. It hasn't grabbed me, and I don't ...

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