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Farenheit 451
Farenheit 451
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Ray Bradbury
2,561 books25.2k followersRay 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".
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".
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October 24, 2025
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.
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.
January 3, 2026
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
October 23, 2025
interesante
December 23, 2025
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
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