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Moleman1138 Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 1/26/06 12:39pm Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451: A Thread about the book!
	There is a lot of uniqueness to F451. A book that tells about book banning/burning The strength of Montag as the protagonist works well here throughout. -----signature----- Host of CBC (Chapter by Chapter) for PT, CT and SFF forums and Box Office Game ROTS-DS Chapter 3: Seeds of Rebellion FOTR Chapter 29: Bilbo's Gifts TSS Chapter 17: Facts and Feathers (8/24/07)
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JediNemesis Registered: Mar '03	Date Posted: 1/26/06 12:50pm Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451: A Thread about the book!
	Moleman1138 posted: A book that tells about book banning/burning And IMO part of what makes it such a chilling vision of the future is that this has already been done, several times, by various regimes. Heck, banning books is still a common enough occurrence if you pick the right part of the world and the right (wrong?) book. People have always suppressed books that defy the regime in power - and in F451 all books defy the regime in power just by existing. Moleman1138 posted: The strength of Montag as the protagonist works well here throughout. I like Guy Montag. Bradbury really makes you feel for the man, whose only real crime is to have retained a semblance of intelligence and curiosity. Plus he's married to Mildred, and the way she's described in the book - that mixture of pity and loathing - automatically earns my sympathy for her husband. -----signature----- BeTS Best Author '08 NEW Eleven Summers - http://boards.theforce.net/a/b1/29657584 Lightning and Diamonds - http://boards.theforce.net/a/b1/29251762 Into The Shining Day - http://boards.theforce.net/a/b1/29224914
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Master_Jedi80 Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 1/27/06 6:48am Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451: A Thread about the book!
	i am starting this book today!!
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Jabba-wocky Registered: May '03	Date Posted: 1/27/06 4:01pm Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451: A Thread about the book!
	sidious618 posted: A good book but the lack of characterization makes me think that it's not as great as some claim it to be. The ideas outshine the characters in all the modern dystopian novels. So I'd certainly say your charge of weak characterization is true, but I don't think that it's unique, given the genre. -----signature----- ays Darius the king: 8 of my family (there were) who were formerly kings; I am the ninth (9); long aforetime we are kings. All Hail His Excellency, Barack Obama Roma vincit Tearing Up a Lane (TERRIN UP A LAAAANE!!!)
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sidious618 Registered: Apr '03	Date Posted: 1/28/06 7:50pm Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451: A Thread about the book!
	Jabba-wocky posted: sidious618 posted: A good book but the lack of characterization makes me think that it's not as great as some claim it to be. The ideas outshine the characters in all the modern dystopian novels. So I'd certainly say your charge of weak characterization is true, but I don't think that it's unique, given the genre. I dunno. If you have both you have a classic, classic novel. Asimov could do it sometimes but at othertimes his characters were just blah. -----signature----- But in purple, I'm stunning!- Londo Mollari, Babylon 5
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Alcareru Registered: Nov '02	Date Posted: 4/3/06 3:34am Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451: A Thread about the book!
	I stand by this book as one of the Sci Fi greats of all time. It should be taught in every single English class in all English speaking countries. It is probably in my top 5 Sci Fi books of all time. It might very well be the best book I was forced to read in High School. I dunno... Catcher in the Rye was really great too.
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JediTrilobite Registered: Nov '99	Date Posted: 4/3/06 11:36am Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451: A Thread about the book!
	It was one of the few books that I actually never returned to my high school... -----signature----- Ever wonder what happened during the clone wars? Visit: http://www.theclonewarz.net My Blogs: http://carryyouaway.blogspot.com , http://jeditrilobite.wordpress.com , http://tk3220.wordpress.com TK-3220, NEG VT Rep
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DS615 Registered: Oct '03	Date Posted: 4/10/06 7:57pm Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451: A Thread about the book! - Date Edited: 4/10/06 7:58pm (1 edits total) Edited By: DS615
	It's a good and powerful book, and it's earned the classic title in my opinion. It's not about censorship though, so I wish people would stop saying that. (not directed at anyone here, just at the general public). It's about the apathetic tendancies of humans, and the pathetic mental state that comes from getting all your news and ideas from TV. It's a warning to think for yourself, don't let others do it for you. And I agree, we are in that world right now. My swords stand ready to repel the firemen... -----signature----- "I was killing your kind back when being a Jedi meant something." - Jabba the Hutt
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Twinky_Stryder Registered: Nov '03	Date Posted: 4/11/06 1:52am Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451: A Thread about the book!
	Liesl posted: Wasn't Fahrenheit 451 originally a short story to begin with? I don't know about that, but I do know that it was originally published in Playboy magazine. So maybe it was. -----signature----- Ranger of FFUK I don't care, I'm still free, you can't take the sky from me FFUK awards 2006 Best Female Poster What about the Twinky?- Ghostbusters
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JediNemesis Registered: Mar '03	Date Posted: 4/11/06 12:15pm Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451: A Thread about the book!
	DS615 posted: It's not about censorship though, so I wish people would stop saying that. (not directed at anyone here, just at the general public). It's about the apathetic tendancies of humans, and the pathetic mental state that comes from getting all your news and ideas from TV. It's a warning to think for yourself, don't let others do it for you. Well - a bit about censorship. But only tangentially, in that burning off the old ideas is necessary to keep 451-America holding together. So censorship comes into it, but I agree that the main thrust of the book is about how the population have been gently brainwashed into not only neglecting independent thought but actually being scared of it. Twinky_Stryder posted: Liesl posted: Wasn't Fahrenheit 451 originally a short story to begin with? I don't know about that, but I do know that it was originally published in Playboy magazine. So maybe it was. Playboy, of all places . . . Yeah, it was. It began as a long short story, then Bradbury expanded it into a short novel. It's still a very slim volume compared to some of the other classics. -----signature----- BeTS Best Author '08 NEW Eleven Summers - http://boards.theforce.net/a/b1/29657584 Lightning and Diamonds - http://boards.theforce.net/a/b1/29251762 Into The Shining Day - http://boards.theforce.net/a/b1/29224914
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