| Edition |
Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 249 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"Now an HBO film starring Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon"--Cover. |
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Includes section titled 'History, context, and criticism' (pages 159-249), edited by Jonathan R. Eller. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-249). |
| Contents |
Part one: the story of fahrenheit 451 The story of fahrenheit 451 / Jonathan R. Eller -- From the day after tomorrow: why science fiction" / Ray Bradbury --‡tListening library audio introduction / Ray Bradbury -- Investing dimes: fahrenheit 451 / Ray Bradbury -- Part two: other vocies.‡tFrom a letter to Stanley Kauffmann / Nelson Algren -- Books of the times / Orville Prescott -- From new wine, old bottles / Gilbert Highet -- New novels / Idris Parry -- New fiction / Sir John Betjeman -- 1984 and all that / Adrian Mitchell -- From new maps of hell / Sir Kingsley Amis -- Introduction to Ray Bradbury's fahrenheit 451 / Harold Bloom -- Fahrenheit 451 / Margaret Atwood -- Shades of Orwell / Arthur Knight -- From the journal of fahrenheit 451 / François Truffaut. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
State-sponsored terrorism -- Fiction.
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Totalitarianism -- Fiction.
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Book burning -- Fiction.
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Censorship -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Satirical literature.
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Science fiction.
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Political fiction.
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Science fiction.
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| Added Author |
Gaiman, Neil, contributor.
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| ISBN |
9781982102609 (paperback) |
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1982102608 (paperback) |
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