THIS BOOKRING IS NOW CLOSED! :)

1. ResQgeek in VA
2. caligula03 in CA
3. kirlepigen in Denmark
4. ALIVE in FL
5. Back to Anatra in VA

The back reads:
"Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires...The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning...along with the houses in which they were hidden. Guy Montag enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames...never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid. Then he met a professor who told him of a future in which people could think...and Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do!"

This is required reading for High School Sophmores in some counties.

Released on Monday, July 28, 2003 at Private Residence in Bookring, postal release USA.

Arrived in the mail today!

This is a book that I've been meaning to read for a very long time. Finally, I get my chance. This is next on my TBR pile.

Wow! This book is a powerful statement, indeed. If BookCrossing ever needed a manifesto, this could serve quite nicely.

I must confess that I had a number of preconceptions about this book, most of which proved to be erroneous. I always thought of this book as being about a totalitarian government, banning and burning books that threatened that government's hold on power. Instead, this is about political correctness taken to the extreme, about the descent of pop culture to the lowest possible common denominator. This is censorship by special interests and the errosion of entertainment to the inane. However, in the end, there is hope. The books will live on, and we will learn from our errors. As grim as the ending is, it is still cautiously optimistic.

A terrific book! Thank you Anatra for providing me with the opportunity to finally read this. Now its on its way to caligula03 in California.

I read this back in 8th grade and am looking forward to rereading this. You can keep track of my progress via my profile.

I took more away from reading this book than I did in 8th grade. In 8th grade the book was required reading and the teacher had his mind set on what the meaning of the book was. I really hate being told what to think without any room for interpretation. This time it was just me and the book. I've also since 8th grade grown to love Ray Bradbury's works.

I'll just sign off saying that I found a certain bittersweet irony in reading this book on the anniversary of the WTC/Pentagon attacks.

Released on Saturday, September 13, 2003 at Postal release in Valby, Copenhagen Denmark.

Mailing the book to Denmark to get the ring moving again. :)

Got it in the mail today! woo hoo! =0D

I've just finished it and it was every bit as great as I remember it (read it in my teans)!! And I loove it! I caught myself asking the same Q's as then...;0) What happend to Clarissa and Faber? Which technic use they to remember all those books(I'm still in school and would love to be able to do that!)? I just hope that the next one - ALIVE - will enjoy this as much as I .
Thanks for sharing and to you all - best wishes!
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Released on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 at postal release in Saint Petersburg, Florida USA.

It's in the mail and on the way to ALIVE. :0)

I received Farenheit 451 today from Kirlepigen.Thanks Kirlepigen for the nice postcard you sent along with the book.I know already I love the book.The first few pages have such vivid descriptions and images that make you feel your apart
of the story.I should be finished with the book by this evening at the latest tomorrow.Will journal again when finished.
Vickie

I found this book to be riviting in every sense of the word.I could not put it down.I found Ray Bradbury's words to be so visually compelling as well as emotionally.It is also chilling to think that a world like this could evolve.
With events of the past 2 years we need to make sure it never will.

sorry if you've been trying to reach me...I haven't been online in months. You may keep the book or pass it on as you wish. I'm glad you all enjoyed!

Release planned for Monday, January 12, 2004 at Teachers lounge,Clearview Elementary in Saint Petersburg, Florida USA.

Thanks ,anatra for letting me keep this book.But I must set it free to those who might have never read Bradbury at his greatest.