So has anyone read this book? I'm reading it for school. My teacher said the book is called that because it's the degree at which paper burns.
Maybe you should find out if that temperature is correct. My teacher sucked when I read it so I hated the book.
"Fahrenheit 451: The Temperature at Which Book Paper Catches Fire, and Burns"
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2003/LewisChung.shtml
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2003/LewisChung.shtml
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Gah, it's not like I chose to read this book lol. I like war books with planes and stuff.bobby177 wrote:
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That's supposedly what Ray Bradbury got as an answer when he asked a Fire station guy I think.thareaper254 wrote:
So has anyone read this book? I'm reading it for school. My teacher said the book is called that because it's the degree at which paper burns.
It's a pretty good book.
yeah read it long time ago, if u dont feel like reading it watch the movie, but you can read it since usually movies and books are not 100% same. Montag why are they burning those books lol rolf
Not bad, but Bradbury tends to be a bit teen-y.
For real social comment read 1984 and Brave New World, the 2 most important novels of the 20th Century.
For real social comment read 1984 and Brave New World, the 2 most important novels of the 20th Century.
Ha, that doesn't always work though. Try Catch-22. Its got planes. Its got armies. And its got a plot that drags more than a tractor.thareaper254 wrote:
Gah, it's not like I chose to read this book lol. I like war books with planes and stuff.bobby177 wrote:
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It's a GREAT work of science fiction....
Its one of those... "See How Dumb Mankind Becomes" books.....
I wouldnt be surprised at all..
Plz Read..
Its one of those... "See How Dumb Mankind Becomes" books.....
I wouldnt be surprised at all..
Plz Read..
REALLLLLLY good book. (im 17 and i loved it)
Classical SF book.
But I agree w/ Ratzinger : 1984 is better ("Animal Farm", also).
But I agree w/ Ratzinger : 1984 is better ("Animal Farm", also).
Not surprised you don't want to read it. Any book you're forced to read seems dull. In this case however, your teacher did well. It is an excellent book (as stated by others above).
Read it and while doing so, try not to remember your teacher made you do it. You'll most likely enjoy it.
After that you can move onto The Running Man, the short story by Stephen King (under the name Richard Bachman), not the movie.
Read it and while doing so, try not to remember your teacher made you do it. You'll most likely enjoy it.
After that you can move onto The Running Man, the short story by Stephen King (under the name Richard Bachman), not the movie.
I read it just a few months ago for class.
Great book.
Great book.
Greatest novella of all time:
Heart of Darkness
Brave New World is a bit of a snooze, and considering your love of war, you'll be happy to get just enough "Apocalypse Now" out of the book to keep you satiated. And remember kids, it isn't reading if you aren't annotating, it's just entertainment.
Heart of Darkness
Brave New World is a bit of a snooze, and considering your love of war, you'll be happy to get just enough "Apocalypse Now" out of the book to keep you satiated. And remember kids, it isn't reading if you aren't annotating, it's just entertainment.
Both those books u listed suck balls....:]Ratzinger wrote:
Not bad, but Bradbury tends to be a bit teen-y.
For real social comment read 1984 and Brave New World, the 2 most important novels of the 20th Century.
If you want a definitive guide into our (not to distant)future.....
Futureshock....Alvin Toffler....
... just make sure u have people close by when u read it (you may need calming or at minimum, a hug from another human) it leaves you with a "i just got unhooked from the matrix" kinda feeling.
he wrote this in the late 60's(there's sequels, The Third Wave, War and Anti-War..etc) and its a bit scary how spot on he is...
oh...Fahrenheit 451...read it in 7th grade,good book for 10year olds, fictional, basic concepts...Duh..if they banned books... then access to info would be lost, powers would control our thoughts/perceptions(slavery)..duh.. Anyway, people have already have lost the power over info and are already controlled,
burn it and read Futureshock,
...At least learn how to survive in a world gone mad...if not change it..
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I did both books in school. Well actually, 1984 in year 10 and I'm in the middle of doing BNW.Ratzinger wrote:
For real social comment read 1984 and Brave New World, the 2 most important novels of the 20th Century.
I agree with your comments, especially on 1984. That book is an exceptional example of a dystopia. I love the idea of a manufactured war to drive demand for production... sort of like the way America's economy goes well during a war.
BNW is pretty good, although the ending was lame IMO (I do know what Huxley was trying to show, but it was just like "after all that reading, what a crap ending".)
EDIT: The unit of work we are doing is called "In the Wild". We are also doing the film 'Blade Runner'. It's a pretty good dystopic film, and it's essentially a film noir at heart. Again, excellent film, but an ending that lets one down (as for as action goes).
Mcminty.
451 is pretty shitty. It's a very good concept with some good twists, but Ray Bradbury doesn't know when to shut the fuck up, ESPECIALLY when describing inanimate objects. Snore.
Hey Mac, read the story BR came from by PK Dick, "Do Androids dream of electric sheep?" - bit more background and history.mcminty wrote:
I did both books in school. Well actually, 1984 in year 10 and I'm in the middle of doing BNW.Ratzinger wrote:
For real social comment read 1984 and Brave New World, the 2 most important novels of the 20th Century.
I agree with your comments, especially on 1984. That book is an exceptional example of a dystopia. I love the idea of a manufactured war to drive demand for production... sort of like the way America's economy goes well during a war.
BNW is pretty good, although the ending was lame IMO (I do know what Huxley was trying to show, but it was just like "after all that reading, what a crap ending".)
EDIT: The unit of work we are doing is called "In the Wild". We are also doing the film 'Blade Runner'. It's a pretty good dystopic film, and it's essentially a film noir at heart. Again, excellent film, but an ending that lets one down (as for as action goes).
Mcminty.
See 1984 as the extreme of socialism, and BNW as the extreme of capitalism, and read back to back.
Whaddya mean, "all that reading"? It's not Anna Karenina or War & Peace.....
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Orwell and Huxley. Very Good books.Ratzinger wrote:
Not bad, but Bradbury tends to be a bit teen-y.
For real social comment read 1984 and Brave New World, the 2 most important novels of the 20th Century.
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My teacher said that it doesn't really make sense at the beginning, but it starts to make more since and it's in The future? All libraries are burned because your not allowed to read. She also said he came up with the story because of a police officer that came up to him while he was walking on a sidewalk and was interrogating him.
Brave New World was amazing. I opened that book one Sunday morning and finished it that night. I sat there and just read all day. I have never been so drawn by a book, maybe besides Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.Ratzinger wrote:
Not bad, but Bradbury tends to be a bit teen-y.
For real social comment read 1984 and Brave New World, the 2 most important novels of the 20th Century.
"The book within the book" in 1984 is worth a few goes to fully understand where he's coming from.
Do it to Julia, not me!
Do it to Julia, not me!