Fahrenheit 451
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Overview
Internationally acclaimed with more than 5 million copies in print, Fahrenheit 451 is Ray Bradbury's classic novel of censorship and defiance, as resonant today as it was when it was first published nearly 50 years ago.
Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires...
The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning...along with the houses in which they were hidden.
Guy Montag enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames...never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid.
Then he met a professor who told him of a future in which people could think...and Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do!
Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires...
The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning...along with the houses in which they were hidden.
Guy Montag enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames...never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid.
Then he met a professor who told him of a future in which people could think...and Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do!
Reviews (47)
below zero
Written by GARNETT ABBEY from , on January 31st, 2008
- Book Rating: 1/5
I sent it back after 5 minutes. I couldn't follow a damn thing as the author sounded like he had a mouth full of toffee. Sorry, but it's seems as though his ego got the better of him. A professional should have read the book.
Fahrenheit 451
Written by John Lawrence from , on November 21st, 2007
- Book Rating: 1/5
My wife and I tried listening to this, but found it difficult to follow. It would have been better if read by someone who was a proffessional at that instead of the author.
Fahrenheit 451
Written by Gabrielle Ludwig-Martin on September 21st, 2007
- Book Rating: 5/5
I hadn't read this book for many years. To be able to listen to it again, read by the author himself, was a tremendous experience. No matter what the author's voice may sound like, you get the full meaning and nuance of what was meant. It was particularly wonderful, especially since he recently passed away, to hear the last CD of the interview with him about the book, and his life. What experiences! He was more than an author....he was a philosopher, a visionary, and a truly gifted human being. He will be sorely missed.
Painful
Written by ML from , on September 19th, 2007
- Book Rating: 1/5
I thought I'd re-read a classic. The reading by Bradbury was so painful I had to stop half way through disk one. It really was that awful.
Fahrenheit 451
Written by Marilyn on September 4th, 2007
- Book Rating: 2/5
I was disappointed in this book solely because I forgot to check who was reading it. Authors, on the whole, do not make good readers--and this was no exception. I could not listen to it and had to send it back.
Fahrenheit 451
Written by Thomas Wright on May 12th, 2007
- Book Rating: 5/5
A wonderful reading of this science fiction classic by the author, with a great interview by him on the last disc. Written in the fifties the story is as relevent today as it was then. In fact many of the authors predictions seem to be coming to pass. A great reading of a seminal book. Highly recommended !!
The end is worth waiting for!
Written by Cyndie Browning on March 26th, 2007
- Book Rating: 4/5
Altho' Fahrenheit 451 was written 50 years ago (and I WAS alive back then altho' probably not old enough to read it), I had never read the book. And one reason I chose this edition, where Bradbury reads it to me, was because I figured _he_'s the author, so who knows the book better than he does? Alas, he's 50 years older, too, and no longer has the breath to read his own words. I found it very annoying the way he had to keep taking a breath after reading 4-5 words. In some places, it was hard for me to make any sense of the sentences, waiting for him to take a breath. However, CD#6 is worth the whole rest of the book. It consists of an interview with Bradbury in 2001, who talks about writing the book: what made him think of it, how he got the title, what his life was like back then, the political and social climate, etc. Absolutely delightful!! and worth the whole rest of the bad reading and everything! I give it a 4-star rating, solely because of that interview at the end.
Definitely not a professional reader
Written by Eric Ervin from , on December 27th, 2006
- Book Rating: 4/5
While it was difficult to listen to Mr. Bradbury I appreciated the authenticity. The last disk (an interview with Ray Bradbury) made it all worthwhile. I wish more of the classics had a teacher of sorts to touch on the more important points of the book. Having it be the author made it all the better.
Fahrenheit 451
Written by Anonymous on December 8th, 2006
- Book Rating: 2/5
I only listened to this as my son was assigned this book for high school reading. I found it dull and weird and the author should have let someone else narrate/read the book.
Practice SOUND judgment rent something else.
Written by Christopher on November 27th, 2006
- Book Rating: 1/5
"How bad could it sound?" That is what I told myself after I read the other reviews, but before I rented the audio book. The author should not have read the book. If you are trying to drive and listen to this book, good luck. I couldn’t make it through the first CD. I was so disappointed.