Fahrenheit 451
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The story of a 30–year–old fireman who’s spent the last decade destroying books for a living, in a twenty–fourth century world in which books are considered evil because they inspire people to think and to question.
Released 14 yrs ago (7/2/2009 UTC) at
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Wishlist RABCK.
An interesting read, which is scarily less futuristic now than when written in the 50's. America is indeed at war and as in the book the American citizens are still living their life without bombings/food shortages/being in a war zone. Television does create a stream of forgettable images. Adults are often afraid of groups of children.
Thank you again AliceF for this great RABCK.
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Posted out to the first recipient of this book ring, airmail to South Africa.
Released 14 yrs ago (9/1/2009 UTC) at Bookring, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Singapore
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Sent off to bearyfriend.
Update Oct-06:- Sending off to the next reader.
Sadly, this copy is very battered. I had repair it twice while it was with me, the next reader should be careful with the first 20 pages. In the next week I will PM the next reader for their address, as I money is a little tight this week.
Thank you for sending this my way! :)
Onward it goes. Happy travels! :)
I will send this on to the next reader!
Thanks for sharing this book!
Released 14 yrs ago (12/9/2009 UTC) at Sunderland, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom
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Happy Travels!
Thanks for sharinf kiwiinengland and I'll get it posted to the next in line as soon as possible xx
Released 14 yrs ago (1/25/2010 UTC) at Sunderland, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom
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Sent along to deludeddaydream, the next in line xx
Posted to elidanora in Argentina. Enjoy! Unfortunately, this book appears to be on its last legs. Many pages are coming loose, so handle with care. :-)
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and was taken aback by some of the concepts addressed in it. This book was first published in 1953 and is still relevant today. It could well prove to be a scarily accurate prediction of the future.
Thanks for organising this bookring. :-)
I´ll read it soon.
Thanks for Sharing!!
By the way, I took the liberty of repairing the book. Certainly nobody will mistake it for a new one, but it is in a readable condition and its pages are not falling apart any longer.
Released 14 yrs ago (3/30/2010 UTC) at Correo Argentino, Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Capital Federal) Argentina
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This book is traveling to Portugal.
¡Buen Viaje Libro!
Happy reading!!
As I sent 2 package one to Australia and another to Portugal, I´m not sure which Number is the correct one for this book:
- Correo Argentino RR 617717026 AR - Australia
- Correo Argentino RR 617717012 AR -Portugal
The world of which the book talks about is pretty frighting, most people don't think for themselves and books are forbidden. My favorite character was Clarisse because even though most people went with the flow and mindlessly went on with their days she was different. And when she stopped appearing in the book I kind of lost my interest.
Released 13 yrs ago (7/14/2010 UTC) at CTT, -- Por correio / mão própria -- Portugal
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I have a couple of books to read before I can get to this one, but I'll try to be quick, and I'll keep you posted.
I'm not quite sure of what to think about this book. It was an engaging story, and terrifying at times, but I feel like maybe I haven't read it at the right time, because it didn't leave much of an impression on me. The subject is interesting and thought-provoking, but I couldn't relate to Bradbury's style. I felt like the plot didn't flow well and the story seemed to lose some sense at times. All in all, this is a rather abstract book, and I prefer more down to earth plots.
I already have herchelle's address and will mail this out during this week. Thanks for sharing!
I had to read the first couple pages..and it felt good. I'm so looking forward to sitting down and spending an evening reading this one again.
I'm not sure. I think traditionally a book is retired and another BCID created for a different copy, but if the original book is so falling to bits it could be pulped maybe the BCID could be reused on another copy of the book.
It does seem silly to spend money on posting a book about that is getting really tatty, and I do know it was second hand and rather old (but not falling apart) when I started the ring.
It has been many years since the last time I read this classic book, and it was fresh and like new in my mind. Montag is a wonderful character who undergoes an incredible change in his life and I was surprised to see how close Ray Bradbury was to our present day lives. Look at how cellphones and iphones have isolated us from other people walking on the same street or sitting beside us on the bus! Great read, thanks again for including me. (This book smells great, too!)
At the moment I am reading Neil Gaiman`s "Odd and the Frost Giants", a bookring started by "hakkalina". Then it will be followed by "The Life and Times of Hercule Poirot", a bookring started by "chich".
So I hope to start with this new book soon.
Thank you "KiwiinEngland" for sharing. Thank you "herchelle" for posting.
Some impressions:
amazing, Clarisse Mclellan, sometimes a little bit boring, a sniffing and malicious hound, moving and especially in the end prophetic / exciting.
a world without books? > a world without bookcrossing, meeting people and fun?
"Do not judge a book by its cover." (page 149)
"Everyone must leave something behind when he or she dies. .... Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you`re there. It doesn`t matter what you do so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that`s like you after you take your hands away." (page 150)
"We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over, so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over." (page 72)
Posting to "KiwiinEngland" or maybe another participant as soon as I get an information and an address.
Asking for "KiwiinEngland"`s permission I took the liberty of repairing the book a little bit. Maybe not as good or in such a professional way as a publisher would have done it. So the next reader should be careful with the first 22 pages.
I going to post the book on Monday after work to "vedranaster" who is the next reader.
Well this is the speediest book ever! Arrived in only 3 days. :)
Looking forward to reading this book as I'm currently in a somewhat of a dystopian phase (bookwise and outlook-on-worldwise) and would love to read a few more of the classics of that genre. Fahrenheit 451 fits in perfectly.
Although I would say this is a must-read for anybody interested in the dystopian genre, and although I did enjoy reading it, Fahrenheit 451 did not fully satisfy me. But I do think I will be rereading it one day again to see if a second reading offers anything more than the first.
It is a short book, and a relative page turner, but the said shortness left me feeling like there was something missing. I was thrown into this strange new world with little description or explanation of how it functioned, the main focus being on Montag, his work and his wife, and the very few people they interacted with. And while this may have been done deliberately to show the alienation present in this new world, for me it just made it difficult to find it convincing.
I also found Montag's ambivalent attitude to book burning and social obedience slightly unconvincing since we first see him in almost an ecstasy while burning books, and then in a matter of several pages, and two or three days in his time, he is a completely changed man, raging against the book burning and the ways of his society.
However, after finishing the book, I took a step back and thought about some of my attitudes on things which are controversial in our time, and I found myself equally ambivalent. So, in retrospect, I do not find the ambivalence unconvincing, just the way it was written so that the change happens suddenly, and only toward the end of the book do we see that it was more gradual than at first shown.
All in all, a good read, and still relevant today. Maybe even more relevant than before. Even though I don't see us, as a society, easily slipping into a world where books are forbidden, the point about masses not wanting to think about anything substantial and only wanting to have fun, that sure does sound familiar, as well as the point about having to speak out against things we think are important and unjust. One voice at a time, we are all responsible for the shape of our collective future.
Released 13 yrs ago (1/28/2011 UTC) at Zagreb, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Croatia
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On it's way back to KiwiinEngland, together with my bookring book "InterWorld".
Wishing them a safe and speedy journey! :)
I will post this to Vekiki while having a weekend break in Glasgow. The museums in Glasgow are numerous and many of them are free!
Released 12 yrs ago (12/2/2011 UTC) at Burnt Ash Hill Vets Surgery in Lewisham, Greater London United Kingdom
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When I'm done, I'll leave it either somewhere on Candolim Beach, or I'll wander into town and give it to one of the shops selling second hand books