Whenever new readers of science fiction ask for book recommendations they often include one proviso that the books recommended should not be older than 20 years. This constraint is a crying shame, while there are many great scifi books that written since the 80s, in my estimation the very best scifi...
I was pleasantly surprised to enjoy this book so very much. I definitely liked it more than Brave New World, but 1984 is still my favorite of this type of fiction.
I was surprised by this book. I knew of it but did not know what it was a about. Firefighters now take away books from the people who love them and the knowledge they bring but in this world knowledge is considered something bad they want people not think for themselves.I also feel like there is mo...
“It was a pleasure to burn”.What would you do if reading and keeping books were suddenly considered terrible crimes? Would you use what little time you had left before they were destroyed to memorizing your favorite lines? Would you hide them? Would you surrender willingly, and turn to the next form...
Okay, I finally read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I somehow missed it high school (but get tortured with Ethan Frome thrice) and thought that since I subjected so many high schoolers to it while recommending summer reading at Borders, that I should probably get around to reading it. I knew the pr...
Fahrenheit 451 is based on the quasi-original premise of how the world will look like if books were banned and most importantly (well, for Bradbury at least) if books were burned. Unfortunately, this premise is stifled by a lack of imagination mostly because there is no creative or intriguing plot a...
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