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I had this book like forever on my to-be-read list and finally I got the chance to read it.
It’s sci-fi and poetic at the same time. A true work of literature I can say. It says story of a future in which people don’t think, don’t talk ah they talk but nonsense, they don’t sit and think about something specific that matters. In this world of apparent fun Firemen don’t stop fire, they start it. They put books on fire and sometime the owner of the books too.
It’s about self-realization, waking of fr ...more
It’s sci-fi and poetic at the same time. A true work of literature I can say. It says story of a future in which people don’t think, don’t talk ah they talk but nonsense, they don’t sit and think about something specific that matters. In this world of apparent fun Firemen don’t stop fire, they start it. They put books on fire and sometime the owner of the books too.
It’s about self-realization, waking of fr ...more
Jul 13, 2007
stephanie
rated it
really liked it
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classics,
war-literature
i knew i would be into this book simply from the back cover blurb - the concept of book burning has always fascinated me. (anyone else remember that scene in indiana jones and the raiders of the lost ark??)
and that's just the beginning. the whole idea of writing a book that could eventually go up into flames - and thus disappear, and possibly never have existed, just astounded me. i was impressionable then, but i still think it packs a whollop of a story. ...more
and that's just the beginning. the whole idea of writing a book that could eventually go up into flames - and thus disappear, and possibly never have existed, just astounded me. i was impressionable then, but i still think it packs a whollop of a story. ...more
The classic about censorship and book burning. Everyone should read this.
Good book about books :) Easy read abour a possible future full of mindless robot-type people and how society could end up. Glad I don't live this life.
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Jun 03, 2007
Lisa
rated it
really liked it
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Shelves:
dystopia,
speculative-fiction
Jun 14, 2009
Isabel
rated it
it was amazing
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Shelves:
favourites,
science-fiction
Nov 20, 2012
Kelsey
marked it as to-read
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rory-gilmore-reading-list
Feb 24, 2014
Tara
marked it as obligatory
May 13, 2014
Hannah
marked it as to-read
Oct 17, 2015
Cindy
marked it as to-read
