Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury Reviews

FAHRENHEIT 451 Guy Montag enjoyed his job as a fireman. He enjoyed burning houses. He enjoyed burning the books inside them. The kerosene smell that he wore like aftershave and the flicker of flames as they licked over the pages of a multitude of books he was instructed to burn was a universal delight. But for a chance encounter with ...  Read the complete review

First published in 1953, Ray Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451' originally started life as a 25,000-word novella called 'The Fireman'. It was renamed Fahrenheit 451 (the temperature at which book-paper catches fire and burns) after the text was expanded by a further 25,000 words and became a novel. An interesting fact I didn't know before I ...  Read the complete review

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. The clever title refers to the temperature at which paper will burn. And why is this relevant...? This 'futuristic' book is set in an often cruel, hedonistic society, in which certain free-thought is not permitted through the reading of books. If anyone is found to be hoarding books, ...  Read the complete review

When I was about 11 years old I was obsessed with reading and writing Sci-Fi. Actively encouraged to both be a avid reader and writer my English teacher at the time handed me a book to read. Telling me he thought I should read this book I took it home. Eventually over the weekend I picked the book up and started reading. I didn’t put it down! ...  Read the complete review

Fahrenheit 451 is a look into a future where books are condemned as dangerous and are therefore burnt. Montag is the central character in the book and is a fireman, but not in the sense we understand. Montag is paid to burn books not to stop fires, there is no need to stop house fires now anyway as all houses are fireproof. Even after ...  Read the complete review

Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books. Welcome to the future, where houses are fireproof and books are banned...and burned. [ At this point I must cofess to plagiarism. Those first two sentences are 'borrowed' from every other review of Fahrenheit 451 there's ever been, but it's such a good line I had to use it. ] ...  Read the complete review