Average customer rating:
- Fahrenheit 451
- Never Gets Old!
- Not Free SF Reader
- fantastic but realistic images of censorship and happiness
- John Welte's Review
|
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
Manufacturer: Del Rey
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
 General
| Classics
| United States
| World Literature
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
Classics
| General
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
Fantasy
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Subjects
| Books
| Alternate History
| Anthologies
| Arthurian
| Contemporary
| Epic
| General
| Historical
| History & Criticism
| Magic & Wizards
| Series
General
| Science Fiction
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Bradbury, Ray
| ( B )
| Authors, A-Z
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Subjects
| Books
Paperback
| Bradbury, Ray
| ( B )
| Authors, A-Z
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Subjects
| Books
Look Inside Fiction Books
| Trip
| Specialty Stores
| Books
Look Inside Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
| Trip
| Specialty Stores
| Books
Look Inside Teen Books
| Trip
| Specialty Stores
| Books
Classics
| General
| Literature & Fiction
| 4-for-3 Books Store
| Stores
| Books
General
| Classics
| United States
| World Literature
| Literature & Fiction
| 4-for-3 Books Store
| Stores
| Books
( B )
| Authors, A-Z
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| 4-for-3 Books Store
| Stores
| Books
| Brooks, Terry
General
| Science Fiction
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| 4-for-3 Books Store
| Stores
| Books
All 4-for-3 Deals
| 4-for-3 Books Store
| Stores
| Books
Similar Items:
-
Animal Farm (Signet Classics)
-
1984 (Signet Classics)
-
Lord of the Flies (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)
-
Slaughterhouse-Five
-
The Catcher in the Rye
ASIN: 0345342968
Release Date: 1987-08-12 |
Amazon.com
In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury's classic, frightening vision of the future, firemen don't put out fires--they start them in order to burn books. Bradbury's vividly painted society holds up the appearance of happiness as the highest goal--a place where trivial information is good, and knowledge and ideas are bad. Fire Captain Beatty explains it this way, "Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs.... Don't give them slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy."
Guy Montag is a book-burning fireman undergoing a crisis of faith. His wife spends all day with her television "family," imploring Montag to work harder so that they can afford a fourth TV wall. Their dull, empty life sharply contrasts with that of his next-door neighbor Clarisse, a young girl thrilled by the ideas in books, and more interested in what she can see in the world around her than in the mindless chatter of the tube. When Clarisse disappears mysteriously, Montag is moved to make some changes, and starts hiding books in his home. Eventually, his wife turns him in, and he must answer the call to burn his secret cache of books. After fleeing to avoid arrest, Montag winds up joining an outlaw band of scholars who keep the contents of books in their heads, waiting for the time society will once again need the wisdom of literature.
Bradbury--the author of more than 500 short stories, novels, plays, and poems, including The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man--is the winner of many awards, including the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America. Readers ages 13 to 93 will be swept up in the harrowing suspense of Fahrenheit 451, and no doubt will join the hordes of Bradbury fans worldwide. --Neil Roseman
Book Description
Nowadays firemen start fires. Fireman Guy Montag loves to rush to a fire and watch books burn up. Then he met a seventeen-year old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid, and a professor who told him of a future where people could think. And Guy Montag knew what he had to do....
Download Description
This is Bradbury's best-known novel. The science fiction tale concerns censorship and anti-intellectualism, carried on in an alternate society that conducts huge book burnings as part of the social agenda. It is a spooky and yet uplifting book.
Customer Reviews:
Fahrenheit 451.......2007-10-10
Timeless work on a futuristic society completely and utterly ignorant of any reality except their corporate jingles, giant TV's, and fake families. A look into a shallow desensitized self censored society where intellectuals are targeted as criminals, books are outlawed, and those who refuse to submit are tracked down by the mechanical hound.
Fahrenheit 451 is a frightening look inside of a corporate dystopian hell where there is no `We the People' just `we the market' and the State is omnipotent. Out on the fringes of the state's control remains a remnant of society, mostly hobos, who are dedicated to preserving the words that many will never read. A classic example when people stop thinking for themselves.
Never Gets Old!.......2007-09-20
With what is going on in Venezuela and the Government takeover of education this book rings true today! In fact, the Firemen would be burning this book too! A great read!
Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03
Watch tv, sheeple.
In the future, books are banned, and drugs and the good old electronic screen are used to keep the population docile and uninformed. Firemen don't put out fires here, they burn books when they are found, in a big macho showy way. One such bloke begins to have doubts about his occupation and society, and breaks away.
fantastic but realistic images of censorship and happiness.......2007-08-21
If you are interested at all in literature, I think this is a must-read. To me, it centers around the notion of censorship and how culture can seemingly determine the sense of happiness which can only really be derived from within. The characters and events seem futuristic in a sense but completely current. The writing style is not 'heavy', but the content certainly is. I believe this book is extremely well written and organized, and very applicable in a time when few people examine the substance underlying the superficial perceptions that are shaped by external forces.
John Welte's Review.......2007-08-19
I started reading Fahrenheit 451 for a summer reading assignment. As I kept reading I really got in to the book. Ray Bradbury did a great job describing the characters. The book is about a future world that gives you a glimpse of what our world would be like without books. I highly recommend this book for anyone looking for a book with some action and a great story.
Average customer rating:
- Timeless Classic
- Written in the basement of the UCLA library
|
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
Manufacturer: Blackstone Audiobooks
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio CD
Classics
| General
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Classics
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Science Fiction
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Bradbury, Ray
| ( B )
| Authors, A-Z
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Subjects
| Books
Bradbury, Ray
| ( B )
| Authors, A-Z
| Books on CD
| Audiobooks
| Formats
| Books
Classics
| Literature & Fiction
| Books on CD
| Audiobooks
| Formats
| Books
Unabridged
| Literature & Fiction
| Books on CD
| Audiobooks
| Formats
| Books
General
| Books on CD
| Audiobooks
| Formats
| Books
Similar Items:
-
Fahrenheit 451
-
Fahrenheit 451
-
To Kill a Mockingbird
-
Animal Farm
-
1984
ASIN: 078617627X |
Product Description
The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning, along with the houses in which they were hidden. Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires, and he enjoys his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames. He never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid and a professor who told him of a future in which people could think. Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do.
Customer Reviews:
Timeless Classic.......2007-07-13
451 is a fantastic, entertaining story that also happens to be a dead-on commentary on American politics (especially the "look over there" strategy employed by the current administration). Well read too.
Written in the basement of the UCLA library.......2006-03-30
I do not want to tell much of the story, as the unfolding is part of the intrigue. However now that houses are fire proof the purpose of firemen is performing a service by burning books to maintain the happy social order.
Naturally one fireman goes awry after several emotional incidences from someone burning up with the books to a young neighbor with strange ways, which run counter to his carrier. This leads to all kinds of deviant things like reading. What are you doing now?
One big rift between the book and the movie [Fahrenheit 451 (1966) -- Oscar Werner, Julie Christie] is that in the movie the "written word" was completely removed (even from the credits); where as in the book the state was against was literature and not technical writing.
Books are just symbols of ideas that could have been on the screen also. There is deference between training and education. Among other reasons the book was a symbol of one mans superiority over another in a world of equals.
Average customer rating:
- 451 Review
- farenheit 451- a readers response
- Written in the basement of the UCLA library
|
Fahrenheit 451 (Spanish Language Edition)
Ray Bradbury
Manufacturer: Plaza y Janes
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
Spanish
| World Literature
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
Spanish
| Foreign Language Fiction
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Science Fiction
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Bradbury, Ray
| ( B )
| Authors, A-Z
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Subjects
| Books
Paperback
| Bradbury, Ray
| ( B )
| Authors, A-Z
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Subjects
| Books
Look Inside Fiction Books
| Trip
| Specialty Stores
| Books
Look Inside Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
| Trip
| Specialty Stores
| Books
Look Inside Teen Books
| Trip
| Specialty Stores
| Books
Spanish
| Foreign Language Fiction
| Literature & Fiction
| 4-for-3 Books Store
| Stores
| Books
Spanish
| World Literature
| Literature & Fiction
| 4-for-3 Books Store
| Stores
| Books
( B )
| Authors, A-Z
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| 4-for-3 Books Store
| Stores
| Books
| Brooks, Terry
General
| Science Fiction
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| 4-for-3 Books Store
| Stores
| Books
All 4-for-3 Deals
| 4-for-3 Books Store
| Stores
| Books
( B )
| Autores, A-Z
| Adolescentes
| Infantil y juvenil
| Libros en español
| Formats
| Books
Española
| Literatura Mundial
| Literatura y ficción
| Libros en español
| Formats
| Books
General
| Bradbury, Ray
| ( B )
| Autores, A-Z
| Ciencia ficción y fantasía
| Libros en español
| Formats
| Books
Pasta Blanda
| Bradbury, Ray
| ( B )
| Autores, A-Z
| Ciencia ficción y fantasía
| Libros en español
| Formats
| Books
General
| Ciencia Ficción
| Ciencia ficción y fantasía
| Libros en español
| Formats
| Books
Similar Items:
-
Fahrenheit 451
-
Lord of the Flies (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)
-
Animal Farm (Signet Classics)
-
Fahrenheit 451
-
A Separate Peace
ASIN: 0307347974
Release Date: 2006-01-03 |
Book Description
Fahrenheit 451 ofrece la historia de un sombrío y horroroso futuro. Montag, el protagonista, pertenece a una extraña brigada de bomberos cuya misión, paradójicamente, no es la de sofocar incendios sino la de provocarlos para quemar libros. Porque en el país de Montag está terminantemente prohibido leer. Porque leer obliga a pensar, y en el país de Montag está prohibido pensar. Porque leer impide ser ingenuamente feliz, y en el país de Montag hay que ser feliz a la fuerza...
La novela más célebre de Ray Bradbury, maestro de la ficción científica.
Customer Reviews:
451 Review.......2007-05-12
This book was in Spanish. I think it should have been more clearly marked. It was delivered quickly and was in good shape though.
farenheit 451- a readers response.......2007-04-28
I think that this book was an intriguing account of what a possible future society might be like. this book, though very difficult to follow or understand at times, was one i enjoyed very much.
I do not suggest this book to someone who does not agree with cursing. If you are easily offended by the d-word, G-D, or h-e-l-l then this book probably is not for you, also if you have difficulty reading such as following the flow of words then this book is not going to make it any easier on you. Speaking of being difficult to read, the end of this book is a pain, it leaves you hanging, wanting to read more but you cant because there isnt a sequel and it the book ends on a very tense moment that does not have time to cool off with.
Written in the basement of the UCLA library.......2006-07-21
I do not want to tell much of the story, as the unfolding is part of the intrigue. However now that houses are fire proof the purpose of firemen is performing a service by burning books to maintain the happy social order.
Naturally one fireman goes awry after several emotional incidences from someone burning up with the books to a young neighbor with strange ways, which run counter to his carrier. This leads to all kinds of deviant things like reading. What are you doing now?
One big rift between the book and the movie [Fahrenheit 451 (1966) -- Oscar Werner, Julie Christie] is that in the movie the "written word" was completely removed (even from the credits); where as in the book the state was against was literature and not technical writing.
Books are just symbols of ideas that could have been on the screen also. There is deference between training and education. Among other reasons the book was a symbol of one mans superiority over another in a world of equals.
Customer Reviews:
Written in the basement of the UCLA library.......2005-06-27
I do not want to tell much of the story, as the unfolding is part of the intrigue. However now that houses are fire proof the purpose of firemen is performing a service by burning books to maintain the happy social order.
Naturally one fireman goes awry after several emotional incidences from someone burning up with the books to a young neighbor with strange ways, which run counter to his carrier. This leads to all kinds of deviant things like reading. What are you doing now?
One big rift between the book and the movie [Fahrenheit 451 (1966) -- Oscar Werner, Julie Christie] is that in the movie the "written word" was completely removed (even from the credits); where as in the book the state was against was literature and not technical writing.
Books are just symbols of ideas that could have been on the screen also. There is deference between training and education. Among other reasons the book was a symbol of one mans superiority over another in a world of equals.
Bradbury's classic parable on the evils of censorship.......2005-05-25
I am teaching "Fahrenheit 451" as the example of a dsytopian novel in my Science Fiction class, although it is certainly one of the most atypical of that particular type of narrative discourse. Compared to such heavy weight examples as George Orwell's "1984," Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World," Yevgeny Zamiatin's "We," Ray Bradbury's imaginative meditation on censorship seems like light reading. But the delicious irony of a world in which firemen start fires remains postent and the idea of people memorizing books so they will be preserved for future generations is compelling. Of course, there have been more documented cases of "book burning," albeit in less literal forms, since "Fahrenheit 451" was first published in 1953, so an argument can be made that while all the public debate was over how close we were the Orwellian future envisioned in "1984," it is Bradbury's little parable that may well be more realistic (especially in terms of the effects of television).
The novel is based on a short story, "The Fireman," that Bradbury published in "Galaxy Science Fiction" in 1951 and then expanded into "Fahrenheit 451" two years later. However, those who have studied Bradbury's writings caw trace key elements back to a 1948 story "Pillar of Fire" and the "Usher II" story from his 1950 work "The Martian Chronicles." Beyond that, there is the historical record of the Nazis burning books in 1933. The story is of a future world in which everyone understands that books are for burning, along with the houses in which they were hidden. Guy Montage is a fireman who has been happy in his work for ten years, but suddenly finds himself asking questions when he meets a teenage girl and an old professor.
"Fahrenheit 451" is not only about censorship, but also about the inherent tension in advanced societies between knowledge and ignorance. Reading this novel again I am reminded about Pat Paulsen's editorial on the old "Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" (a series well acquainted with the perils of censorship) about how we might enjoy freedom of speech in this country but we do not enjoy freedom of hearing because "there is always the danger of something being said." Censorship, in practical terms, is the effort of those who do not want others to hear what they find offensive, for whatever reasons, basically because it leads to people thinking thoughts they do not want them to be thinking. Through the rambling diatribes of Captain Beatty, Bradbury makes this point quite clear to his readers.
Even though this is essentially a novella, Bradbury's work retains the charm of a short story. The recurring use of animal imagery throughout the story, the use of the mythic ideas of the salamander and the phoenix, make "Fahrenheit 451" more poetic than any other dystopian work. Even if it is predominantly a one note argument regarding censorship, it is impossible to deny that Bradbury makes a clear and convincing case for his position. Besides, there is something to be said for any work that insures that beyond the point at which water freezes the only other recognizable number on the Fahrenheit scale is the point at which book paper starts to burn.
Average customer rating:
|
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations)
Manufacturer: Chelsea House Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
Literary Theory
| History & Criticism
| United States
| World Literature
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
| Classics
| Comic
| Contemporary
| Literary
Book Notes
| Education
| Reference
| Subjects
| Books
History & Criticism
| Science Fiction
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Subjects
| Books
Science Fiction
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Teens
| Subjects
| Books
Literary Criticism & Collections
| Literature
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Literature
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
Look Inside Children's Books
| Trip
| Specialty Stores
| Books
Look Inside Fiction Books
| Trip
| Specialty Stores
| Books
Look Inside Reference Books
| Trip
| Specialty Stores
| Books
Look Inside Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
| Trip
| Specialty Stores
| Books
Look Inside Teen Books
| Trip
| Specialty Stores
| Books
All Titles
| Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007
| Stores
| Books
Similar Items:
-
Conversations With Ray Bradbury (Literary Conversations Series)
-
Fahrenheit 451
-
Fahrenheit 451
ASIN: 0791059294 |
Book Description
Complete lesson plans for teaching Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Includes introduction to the unit, unit objectives, reading assignments, unit outline, study questions (short answer), study/quiz questions (multiple choice), vocabulary worksheets, daily lessons planned, related nonfiction reading assignment, oral reading evaluation, biographical info about the author, three detailed writing assignments (inform, persuade, personal opinion), vocabulary review games & activities, unit review games & activities, at least one group activity assignment, discussion questions on all levels (factual, critical, interpretive, personal response), 2 short answer unit tests, 2 multiple choice unit tests, 1 advanced short answer unit test, unit and vocabulary crossword puzzles, unit and vocabulary extra worksheets & games, bulletin board ideas, ready-to-copy student materials, answer keys, and more!
Customer Reviews:
Pretty Hokey.......2006-10-03
I was eager to use many items in this unit; but upon close reading find much of it too hokey and juvenile to use in my Sophomore English class. Come on...the first writing assignment is a 'home fire escape plan' and map! And, a bulletin board idea is "fire safety." My 1st grader just completed these tasks in her class! Reading assignments/timelines are WAY too much and not at all realistic for busy high school students, and the 'create a world' project seems like a waste of valuable instruction time. Vocabulary lists, quizzes, and tests might be helpful. I think I had just as good of a unit gathered from other teachers, Cliff Notes, Sparknotes, etc. - I wish I wouldn't have paid money for this unit.
Customer Reviews:
Wonderful Book.......2007-09-27
This was the first serious book I read as a teenager and it changed my life forever. I had no idea up till then how one human being could be so perceptive about what was going on around him and be able to describe it is such beauutiful prose as that used by Ray Bradbury. It made me seek out other books to where now at the age of 54, I have a substantial library. I hope this book never goes out of print, although I'm sure there's no fear of that in the near future.
It was a pleasure to burn...........2007-09-21
I can't believe that some people could read this book and not understand why it is important. This book is a classic for a reason. Underneath the dystopian surface are truths- and frightening resemblances to our own society. When I read this for the first time, I was shocked and pleased to hear that there is someone else who thinks like me. Thank you, Mr. Bradbury, for turning a critical eye on your future, peices of our present (the books is frighteningly prophetic) and writing your anthem for all of us who choose to think and not just follow.
Great book.......2007-07-17
This book is a science fiction classic that really gets you thinking. In America it is difficult to imagine a world where free thought is so blatantly censured, but other governments in our world seek to keep their peoples ignorant of the great ideas of writers. This is one of those "it could happen if we're not careful" books.
The usual dreck.......2007-06-10
I had to read this when I was in high school. So did my children. Now my GRANDCHILDREN have to read it! None of us has been able to discover WHY! Of all of the superb books I have read in my life, not ONE has ever been selected for required summer reading!
Average customer rating:
|
Readings on Fahrenheit 451 (Greenhaven Press Literary Companion to American Literature)
Manufacturer: Greenhaven Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding
General
| Poetry
| Literature
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
Literary Criticism & Collections
| Literature
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Literature
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
General
| History & Criticism
| United States
| World Literature
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
History & Criticism
| Science Fiction
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Subjects
| Books
Classics
| Literature & Fiction
| Teens
| Subjects
| Books
Fantasy
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Teens
| Subjects
| Books
Science Fiction
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Teens
| Subjects
| Books
Look Inside Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
| Trip
| Specialty Stores
| Books
Look Inside Teen Books
| Trip
| Specialty Stores
| Books
ASIN: 1565108574 |
Customer Reviews:
Great book.......2000-07-03
I think that this is one of Ray Bradbury's best. Its a tale of a man who has to fight the society he's been excepted to after he meets a girl. I thought that it was one of the best books I've read. It was so brilliantly written and if you like books with lots of details and about messed up societies, this is your book!
Average customer rating:
- Written in the basement of the UCLA library
|
Fahrenheit 451 (Flamingo Modern Classics)
Ray Bradbury
Manufacturer: Flamingo
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
Science Fiction
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Subjects
| Books
| Adventure
| Alternate History
| Anthologies
| General
| Graphic Novels
| High Tech
| History & Criticism
| Series
| Short Stories
| Space Opera
General
| Bradbury, Ray
| ( B )
| Authors, A-Z
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Subjects
| Books
Paperback
| Bradbury, Ray
| ( B )
| Authors, A-Z
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 0006546064 |
Customer Reviews:
Written in the basement of the UCLA library.......2006-02-25
I do not want to tell much of the story, as the unfolding is part of the intrigue. However now that houses are fire proof the purpose of firemen is performing a service by burning books to maintain the happy social order.
Naturally one fireman goes awry after several emotional incidences from someone burning up with the books to a young neighbor with strange ways, which run counter to his carrier. This leads to all kinds of deviant things like reading. What are you doing now?
One big rift between the book and the movie [Fahrenheit 451 (1966) -- Oscar Werner, Julie Christie] is that in the movie the "written word" was completely removed (even from the credits); where as in the book the state was against was literature and not technical writing.
Books are just symbols of ideas that could have been on the screen also. There is deference between training and education. Among other reasons the book was a symbol of one mans superiority over another in a world of equals.
Books:
- Flow Measurement Engineering Handbook
- General Relativity: An Introduction for Physicists
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- Intermolecular and Surface Forces, Second Edition: With Applications to Colloidal and Biological Systems (Colloid Science)
- Introduction to Engineering Experimentation, Second Edition
- Introduction to Fourier Analysis and Wavelets (Brooks/Cole Series in Advanced Mathematics)
Books Index
Books Home
Recommended Books
- Multiple Streams of Internet Income: How Ordinary People Make Extraordinary Money Online, 2nd Editio
- Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States
- Churchill's Anchor
- Corruptions of Empire: Life Studies and the Reagan Era
- Exile on Main St.: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones
- I Heard That Song Before: A Novel
- Environmental Science: Working with the Earth
- Key Questions in Career Counseling: Techniques To Deliver Effective Career Counseling Services
- Careers Inside the World of Homemaking and Parenting
- Debt Is a Four Letter Word
