Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation (2009)

I barely remember Fahrenheit 451 & reading this doesn't really make the story come back. The artwork is kinda disturbing; but I think that is purposeful. Of all the graphic novels I have read, I'm not sure this translates very well. ( )

Fahrenheit 451 is one of my favorite books, so needless to say, I was kind of elated when I found out there was a graphic novel adaptation that had actually been approved by Ray Bradbury himself.

My good friend got me a copy for my birthday and I dove into it immediately! It is beautifully illustrated, and just as powerful and moving as the original work despite a few minor changes.

It is a definite must if you're a Bradbury fan and if you aren't yet, you will be after this read. ( )

I didn't hate this graphic version of Ray Bradbury's famous work of fiction. It is grossly simplified as you might imagine, so even though many of the major events are here it is mostly a shoddy parroting of what the original work had to say. The art is also quite crude, although it is salvaged by being colored in a way that heightens the atmosphere of what is happening in the story.

Nevertheless, it was interesting to see graphic depictions of some of the scenes from the book. This is in no way the proper method of experiencing Fahrenheit 451, but if you really liked the book, really like graphic novels, and aren't too offended when good books suffer adaptation decay in the hands of non-authors, then perhaps you won't hate this either. ( )

I happened across this comic book (or, graphic novel) version of Fahrenheit 451 and picked it up having had Bradbury's novel on my 'to read' list for a while. I realise that it's not quite the same as having read the original book, but it seemed a quick fix at the time. The story was in three parts but I found it hard to get into the story until part three, although towards the end I found myself really liking the story very much indeed. I found it tragic that the story seemed to be warning us of the dangers to our cultural heritage that cheap thrills like reality TV shows would one day pose; and yet here we are today some sixty years later almost exactly as Bradbury had predicted - moronically addicted to synthetic brain candy on giant flat screens that practically fill an entire wall with twenty four hour-a-day mind numbing garbage. I hate it when people point out how dystopian writers 'got things so right' because it just shows how little we must have cared enough at the time to have ignored all the warnings and allowed ourselves to be carried off into a future which so closely resembles our ancestors worst nightmares. Perhaps if Mr. Bradbury had produced this, comic book version of 451 a good few years earlier the message may have reached the right people in time to change the prophesy. We may not yet be living in a fascist state but that's only because we all do more or less as we are told - Message in a bottle received and understood. ( )

A graphic edition of Bradbury's classic Fahrenheit 451. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, but he changes to want to preserve them. ( )