Fahrenheit 451: Easton Press

Dystopia, Novel by Ray Bradbury

Blurb

Fahrenheit 451 je roman znanstvene fantastike kojeg je napisao američki pisac Ray Bradbury. Osnovnu je temu romana Bradbury naznačio još 1947. kratkom novelom Bright Phoenix, koju je obogatio u pripovijetci The fireman. Ova je pripovijetka objavljena 1951. u američkom časopisu znanstvene fantastike Galaxy Science Fiction. Sam roman "Fahrenheit 451" je dodatna elaboracija prethodne pripovjetke, a prvi je put objavljen 1953. od strane izdavača Ballantine Books.
Radnja se zbiva u hipotetskoj nedefiniranoj budućnosti i opisuje asocijalno, distopijsko društvo u kojem vlasti proglašavaju čitanje knjiga teškim zločinom u pokušaju sprječavanja neovisnog mišljenja. Kako bi suzbila čitanje knjiga, država je osnovala posebne postrojbe spaljivača koji izgledom sliče sadašnjim vatrogascima, a imaju ulogu zapljene knjiga po kućama i javno spaljivanje knjiga na lomačama. Sam naslov romana je navodno dobio ime po temperaturi na kojoj papir počinje gorjeti. Druga interpretacija naslova je da se broj "451" nalazi na kacigi glavnog lika romana, spaljvača knjiga Guya Montaga.

First Published

1953

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Lloyd.hopes

I never really found the story to get going it always felt like I was listening to the prolog and I found I was waiting for something to happen till the last page.

0 Responses posted in October

Lloyd.hopes

Never got me excited and I found it seemed to be a flat novel

0 Responses posted in October

War_mode_gandhi

Heads up, unfortunately my review is curved very heavily by nostalgia as this was one of the few good books I was forced to read in grade school. Bradbury is one of my favorite writers of all time, and as usual he brings a fantastic story. WIth themes about cultural conformity and education, Bradbury brings an easy to read story about a possible dystopian future that I heartily recommend.

0 Responses posted in December

Mandavi

Trotz des dargestellten Kontrollwahns bleibt das Buch meist spannende Fiktion. Der Drang der Menschheit, sich den im Fernsehen ablaufenden Scheinrealitäten hinzugeben, ist dann aber wohl doch eingetreten. Oder eingetreten worden... Eine fesselnde Dystopie um Freiheit und künstliche Wissensbeschränkungen die den rebellischen Geist zu reizen vermag.

0 Responses posted in July

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