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Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation by Tim Hamilton

February 10, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have never read Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 (long story short, I have issues with classics, which is a little ironic for a former English major). I had no interest in it, other than knowing people considered it a classic and something pretty damn special. I knew people banned it. Which, when you think about it, is terribly amusing (or at least for me). To have a book about the ultimate banning of books being challenged and banned itself? Maybe the irony drives the point […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: book burning, Ray Bradbury, Tim Hamilton, Totalitarianism

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:74 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: book burning, Ray Bradbury, Tim Hamilton, Totalitarianism ·
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We are all just dust jackets for books.

September 25, 2016 by ingres77 8 Comments

This year, I promised myself that I would devote more of my time to reading classics, and reflecting on the books I’ve chosen to read, I’m a little shocked at how many classics I’ve somehow skipped over the years. Fahrenheit 451 is a great example. When do people normally read this, and what was I doing instead? Maybe it’s weird that I never read this book, but, being on a science fiction kick, now seemed as good a time as any. Being perfectly honest, I didn’t […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: book burning, censorship, dystopia, Fahrenheit 451, Philosophy, Ray Bradbury

ingres77's CBR8 Review No:85 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: book burning, censorship, dystopia, Fahrenheit 451, Philosophy, Ray Bradbury ·
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