Fahrenheit 451 - Numbered Edition

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Ray Bradbury, Neil Gaiman, Julia Griffin: Fahrenheit 451 - Numbered Edition (2020, Suntup Editions)

English language

Published Nov. 12, 2020 by Suntup Editions.

ISBN:
978-1-954848-93-1
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Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. Often regarded as one of his best works, the novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. The book's tagline explains the title as "'the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns": the autoignition temperature of paper. The lead character, Guy Montag, is a fireman who becomes disillusioned with his role of censoring literature and destroying knowledge, eventually quitting his job and committing himself to the preservation of literary and cultural writings.

The novel has been the subject of interpretations focusing on the historical role of book burning in suppressing dissenting ideas for change. In a 1956 radio interview, Bradbury said that he wrote Fahrenheit 451 because of his concerns at the time (during the McCarthy era) about the threat of book burning in the United …

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Los libros son libres y nosotros también

Imagino que este libro es amado o detestado. Es una obra que genera sentimientos extremos, al menos esa es la sensación que tengo. Hubo varios momentos (sobre todo en el 1/3) en que las frases parecían tener consistencia, como si fueran objetos contundentes que te golpean la cabeza para hacerte despertar. Eso es lo que le ocurre a su protagonista: despierta cuando se cruza con una chica de mente curiosa y espíritu creativo, alguien que piensa por sí mismo y no es una oveja dentro de un gran rebaño.

Las ideas en conjunto de este libro me resultan escalofriantes por dos motivos:

1) parece reflejar la situación actual en EEUU.

2) me representa a mí misma.

En el siglo veintiuno se sigue eliminando libros por medio de la censura. Como amante de la lectura eso me duele, porque yo decido si quiero leer o no un …

Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore.

There are so many quotes that I have taken away from this book and that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. I think one of the main (or, most impactful) ones is 'if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore' - such a beautiful way of saying die doing what's right. It reminds me of the quote from Stéphane Charbonnier who stated, 'I'd rather die standing than live on my knees' (he was later killed by Islamic terrorists who did not agree with the viewpoints he published). I know that many people reading this review might argue that I should have read this book earlier in my life (and they're likely right) but I want to attempt to rebut this by saying that I think, if I were to read Fahrenheit 451 at any younger age, I might not have been …

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  • Fiction, science fiction, general