Young Writers Society

I read Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451 over the summer and I can honestly say it has become my favorite novel of all time. Never before has a book struck me with more fear and insecurity about the future.

If you know me, you'll probably know I get really nervous and anxious about what the future has in store, whether it be war or natural disasters. The end of the world. But none of that even seems remotely frightening after having read 451. A society where thought is banned? Where questioning authority or reasoning is a criminal offense? George Orwell wrote in his 1984 a word which has defined that crime: thoughtcrime.

The novel is a fast paced, exhilarating critique on what society is turning into. IceCreamMan said, "Books are becoming less important. Media is taking over. Religion is less important. Values and morals are being forgotten." I couldn't agree with him more. It is frightening to see how closely Bradbury's world is to our's.

Fahrenheit 451 has given me a new appreciation for books. Before I read this groundbreaking novel, I had never once considered books as a form of voice. Of reasoning. I had never thought that books could give people ideas--ideas, dangerous or safe, that could change the face of the world.

-Jared

Okay, so, when I was reading it over the summer, I had NO IDEA that it was Sci-Fi.
I was like "Dang, why do we have none of this cool stuff now?
Was that burned too?"
But then I came back to school and realized I was horribly, terribly wrong.
The book mostly confused me, but I guess it was pretty cool in a lot of ways.
My favorite character was probably the Proffessor.

My sister read it, and apparently it's good, but kind of creepy. I dunno if that's true or not ...
BOOKS, ILLEGAL??? I'M GOING TO DIE!!! KILL ME NOW!!!
I swear, if I lived in that futuristic world, I would die. No books ... It doesn't bear contemplating.
Brr. Off to read now.

I read this book a while back for my book group and I absolutely loved it. It was definitely one of the best books that I've read for book group .

AspiringAuthorA..M. wrote:I've been meaning to read this book for a long time. I always get sidetracked.

Should I make room to read it?

I loved this book so much! It was great! I read it last year. Just in my free time, because my Mom was raving about it.
I didn't like the Martian Chronicles that much though.
Well got 2 go!
TTT

I've been meaning to read this book for a long time. I always get sidetracked.

Should I make room to read it?

Ray Bradburry wrote this book and I love him so much. He also Wrote Something Wicked this Way Comes. I was about to buy this book so I think I am more egar to read about it now than ever before. Thanks for giving me a better summary and if I ever read it I'll be sure to tell you how it went.

Read it yesterday.

Didn't impress me... until I got to Captain Beatty's speech. o_o Don't ask me why, but he became my favorite character from that moment on, even if he the main antagonist of the story (questionable point, if you ask me, but you didn't, so I'll just shut up.)

It was an okay book. It didn't catch my interest very much, and I found the main character rather... uninteresting. While the premiss of the story was verrry interesting, the actual intrigue of the story was mediocre; the events followed one another without much flair.

It was thought provocating, though, and the metaphors were nicely and subtly done. Writing style is, all in all, rather so-so, but poetic and flowery enough to catch my attention.

I know what your saying about it not being sci-fi, although I would have to disagree. It doesn't have aliens or other galaxies. Their not living on another planet. They dont have a floating city. But, nontheless, this book takes place in the future. Contrary to your opinion, I believe that this is a very crucial point to the book. It shows what will (or might) become of us. It shows a very scary reallity in which our grandchildren could someday live. It shows of things to come. I really enjoy thinking about this book BECAUSE it takes place in a reallistic future. It takes place in a future very similiar to our present day time, yet so different somehow than ours.

My absolute favorite part of this book, however, wasn't the actual book but the authors coda at the end. It was very interesting to hear Bradbury's opinion on the world.

No offense, but I didn't like this book very much. Actually, I didn't like the Martian Chronicles much either. I guess I just don't like Bradbury's style that's all.

And I would have to agree with something my English teacher said--this can hardly be called sci-fi. After a while, it's pretty easy to ignore the futuristic element. Of course, that's probably because we butchered the poor book in class.

But compared to some books we're forced to read in school, this is awesome. Even if it did put me to sleep. LOTR put me to sleep to. I ended up falling asleep in the middle of lots of books, but that's probably more due to tiredness.

I liked this one as well.


Sort of funny that its on the banned/challenged list...