Fahrenheit 451 /
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012, author.
Fahrenheit 451 / Ray Bradbury ; introduction by Neil Gaiman. - Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018, c1951. - xvi, 249 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 22 cm
"Fahrenheit 451 -- the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns..." Includes section titled 'History, context, and criticism' (pages 159-249), edited by Jonathan R. Eller.
Includes bibliographical references.
The story of Fahrenheit 451 / From the day after tomorrow: why science fiction? / Listening library audio introduction / Investing dimes: Fahrenheit 451 / From a letter to Stanley Kauffmann / Books of the times / From new wine, old bottles / New novels / New fiction / 1984 and all that / From new maps of hell / Introduction to Ray Bradbury's fahrenheit 451 / Fahrenheit 451 / Shades of Orwell / From the journal of Fahrenheit 451 / Jonathan R. Eller -- Ray Bradbury -- Ray Bradbury -- Ray Bradbury -- Nelson Algren -- Orville Prescott -- Gilbert Highet -- Idris Parry -- Sir John Betjeman -- Adrian Mitchell -- Sir Kingsley Amis -- Harold Bloom -- Margaret Atwood -- Arthur Knight -- François Truffaut. Part one: the story of Fahrenheit 451 Part two: other vocies.
A book burner in a future fascist state finds out books are a vital part of a culture he never knew. He clandestinely pursues reading, until he is betrayed.
9781982102609 1982102608
20030660160
State-sponsored terrorism--Fiction.
Totalitarianism--Fiction.
Book burning--Fiction.
Censorship--Fiction.
Dystopias--Fiction.
Science fiction.
Political fiction.
F BRA
Fahrenheit 451 / Ray Bradbury ; introduction by Neil Gaiman. - Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018, c1951. - xvi, 249 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 22 cm
"Fahrenheit 451 -- the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns..." Includes section titled 'History, context, and criticism' (pages 159-249), edited by Jonathan R. Eller.
Includes bibliographical references.
The story of Fahrenheit 451 / From the day after tomorrow: why science fiction? / Listening library audio introduction / Investing dimes: Fahrenheit 451 / From a letter to Stanley Kauffmann / Books of the times / From new wine, old bottles / New novels / New fiction / 1984 and all that / From new maps of hell / Introduction to Ray Bradbury's fahrenheit 451 / Fahrenheit 451 / Shades of Orwell / From the journal of Fahrenheit 451 / Jonathan R. Eller -- Ray Bradbury -- Ray Bradbury -- Ray Bradbury -- Nelson Algren -- Orville Prescott -- Gilbert Highet -- Idris Parry -- Sir John Betjeman -- Adrian Mitchell -- Sir Kingsley Amis -- Harold Bloom -- Margaret Atwood -- Arthur Knight -- François Truffaut. Part one: the story of Fahrenheit 451 Part two: other vocies.
A book burner in a future fascist state finds out books are a vital part of a culture he never knew. He clandestinely pursues reading, until he is betrayed.
9781982102609 1982102608
20030660160
State-sponsored terrorism--Fiction.
Totalitarianism--Fiction.
Book burning--Fiction.
Censorship--Fiction.
Dystopias--Fiction.
Science fiction.
Political fiction.
F BRA