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Old 10-31-2006, 11:43 PM   #1
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I recently had to read the story Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, and it really wasn't that bad. Actually, once I understood everything that was going on and analyzed it a bit more in class, I wanted to go back and read it again. It's a book written in the 30s (I think... not positive at all) about a utopia in the future, and it was surprisingly very accurate with all the minor details (i.e., big screen T.V.s, music head phones, etc.). But it didn't end up being such a utopia after, despite what most of the characters thought. Has anyone else read it? It's a great book to discuss, and I highly suggest it.
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Old 11-07-2006, 09:03 PM   #2
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yes. It's a wonderful book, written in ray bradbury's great style. I actually ended up writing an extra chapter to it. Anyway, you're right about the drifting toward that kind of world. it's scary to think what might happen
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Same here--I read it for school, and I really actually enjoyed it. I'm not much of a sci-fi junky, but Bradbury's writing style is so precise and well-planned. I haven't read his Martian Chronicles, which are even more sci-fi, but I Dandelion Wine was another of my favorites by Bradbury--it's about him reminiscing on his childhood memories, but he rolls them all up in one summer and adds a bit of a sci-fi twist to some of them.
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Old 05-25-2007, 04:52 PM   #4
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I didn't read it for school, and it really was a great book...although Brave New World is better

I didn't like the ending, but besides that the plot was really good.
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Yeah, I agree about the ending; it was a little anticlimatic in that it sort of happened in an insignifigant rush.

I'm holding off on "Brave New World" because it's in the senior curriculum for me next year. Looking foreward to it, though!
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Old 06-26-2007, 02:08 AM   #6
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The books mentioned in this thread are some of my favorites. This year I taught Fahrenheit 451 to my 8th grade class and had mixed reviews. I really think it's one of those books that takes a second or third reading to really understand.

I'm a fan of Bradbury in general!
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Personally, I'm not so much into all of his stuff. "Dandelion Wine" is my favorite of his works, though.
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Old 09-25-2007, 04:27 PM   #8
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I loved it. It is now one of my all time favorites.




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yes. It's a wonderful book, written in ray bradbury's great style. I actually ended up writing an extra chapter to it. Anyway, you're right about the drifting toward that kind of world. it's scary to think what might happen
^^^ is there anyway i could read the extra chapter you wrote??
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