Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780007181704
Edition: 50th Anniversary edition
Format: Special Edition
ISBN: 0007181701
Label: HarperVoyager
Manufacturer: HarperVoyager
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: August 02, 2004
Publisher: HarperVoyager
Studio: HarperVoyager

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Rating: - Master Of Science Fiction
This is a classic tale, which sent shivers down my spine. As someone who loves books it really made me think of a future where I couldn't read the books I loved. Ray Bradbury is my most favourite author and he has an amazing imagination and his books really make you think. A classic book which is a must read.

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Rating: - So Relevant Today
Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires...

The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning ... along with the houses in which they were hidden.

Guy Montag enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames... never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid. ... Read More

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Rating: - Single-sitting novel
I keep coming back to science fiction written in the 50's and 60's. This novel is a perfect example of why I do this.
I've read this a few times now, and it's always a pleasure to do so. It may not be the best written, but since it was one of Bradbury's first novels, I'm prepared to be tolerant of the writing style.
The ideas presented here are still fresh and relevant today, and most certainly set the ground work for many of those which followed. It's influence can be seen in King's 'Running ... Read More

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Rating: - Darkly disturbing, engrossing, kept me up past my bedtime
My daughter has received this for the second time now as required reading for school (summer reading requirement). "Oh Mom this book is awful" she said, now for the second time. She read me a paragraph of the book and sure enough, it does sound awful when you read small snippets of the book. This book is not an easy read at all, not because it is overly intellectual -- it's not written very well, sorry Mr. Bradbury -- the author wrote in the afterward, that he wrote it in his early days of writing in various ... Read More

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Rating: - In Fahrenheit 451 (the temperature at which books burn
In Fahrenheit 451 (the temperature at which books burn, for the curious), the Ray Bradbury evokes a terrifying America similar to our own in all respects but one- the fireman there burn books. With the aid of a mysterious girl, Clarice, who says she is "seventeen and crazy," fireman Guy Montag chooses to defy society and is forced to run for sanctuary, even as a nuclear Armageddon approaches. Bradbury's love of books is evident in his theme, and his love of language is evident in his linguistic acrobatics. Anyone ... Read More

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