Farenheit 451

by Ray Bradbury

Farenheit 451

Hardcover

About the author

Ray Douglas Bradbury was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction.

Bradbury is best known for his novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and his short-story collections The Martian Chronicles (1950), The Illustrated Man (1951), and The October Country (1955). Other notable works include the coming of age novel Dandelion Wine (1957), the dark fantasy Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962) and the fictionalized memoir Green Shadows, White Whale (1992). He also wrote and consulted on screenplays and television scripts, including Moby Dick and It Came from Outer Space. Many of his works were adapted into television and film productions as well as comic books. Bradbury also wrote poetry which has been published in several collections, such as They Have Not Seen the Stars (2001).

The New York Times called Bradbury "An author whose fanciful imagination, poetic prose, and mature understanding of human character have won him an international reputation" and "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream".

Reviews

[Verónica Manteca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me ha gustado mucho la idea de fondo. La manipulación de la sociedad y las consecuencias... La página 74 es mi favorita de todas, hasta le hice una foto para tenerla siempre presente. Refleja claramente la sociedad de hoy (Ray fue un verdadero visionario). Lo fácil que es controlarlos y encima hacernos crees que somos libres.

[Snaggib Oblib · Rating 5 out of 5]

Saw the movie when I was a kid, didn't quite get it. They read this in Highschool, my class never did, for some reason. Then a year ago I picked this up and couldn't stop reading until the last word.

This wasn't meant to be the magnum opus of literature - I get that, but it does do a good job in painting a picture a dystopian society where gone are the days of danger and discomfort. The result of this is a culture where people create their own dangers. They avoid feeling negative emotions and do things like avoid social interactions with strangers just to avoid discomfort, and get killed driving too fast just too feel something because they couldn't handle sitting alone with their thoughts for one second. Sound familiar? There are many elements of suspense that keep you reading, and the tense moments are beautifully drawn out.

It's not a question, this is a book everybody must read.

[Ruth Mickelopoulos · Rating 4 out of 5]

My kid had to read this for 9th grade English so I read it last week.... great book...crazy that I have never even heard of it. I'm sick of the word dystopia in this political climate but obviously it's the word to describe this theme..... my daughter goes to a religious school so it was very easy to compare and contrast the protagonists transformation to that of the Biblical character of apostle Paul. Love the term "wall screens." ha ha

[Nick Billings · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liked this, didn’t love it. I like the conflict here more than Brave New World by Huxley. Montag is a great protagonist and by far the best part of the book. I wanted some more out of the world, I feel like we didn’t get a lot out of the more sci fi elements that exist here. 4 Seashell AirPods / 5 Seashell AirPods

[Ruby · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was fascinating. Ray Bradbury really thought this one through. It was captivating and very interesting. I rated this 4 stars because it was a bit confusing in the beginning but that might have been because I was reading too fast. This was an amazing book and I liked it very much. There were just so many enthralling details. I would recommend.

[Sara Joiner · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was completely blown away by how prophetic this book was, especially considering it was written in the 50s. The most eerie were The Seashells (AirPods), the “families” in the parlor (reality TV), and shortening of literature to two sentence lines because nobody has the attention span for anything longer, not to mention the stamina for something uncomfortable.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

First read many years ago and didn’t enjoy. This time round I did, particularly the author’s notes at the end. Reflects our ongoing fear of new technologies, the harm they could cause and the importance of rational hope, curiosity and education in managing those risks and fears.

[Hwptts.Rosses · Rating 4 out of 5]

interesante

[Diane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Surprised I hadn't read this before. Dystopia in the non too distant future. It no longer seems so far fetched in these strangest of times

[Lydia Rowntree · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was a good book, but I didn’t get into it as much as I thought I would. I was hoping that everything would be solved by the end, but it wasn’t and I was kinda confused throughout.

[Eric Humes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Classic. Thought provoking. Take what you want from it.

[Constanza Lamadrid · Rating 5 out of 5]

realidad distópica si la hay descriptas con una magestuosidad

[Harris Ferguson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reading this not as a dystopia but a lament for the loss of infinite detail we had “in old…records, in old motion pictures, and in old friends”.