Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of this timeless classic with a special edition featuring a new introduction by the author and a message that is more relevant today than when it was first published. Since the late 1940s, Ray Bradbury has been revered for his works of science fiction and fantasy. With more than five million copies in print, "Fahrenheit 451" -- originally published in 1953 -- remains his most acclaimed work.Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which book paper burns. "Fahrenheit 451" is a novel set in the (perhaps near) future when "firemen" burn books forbidden by a totalitarian "brave new world" regime. The hero, according to Mr. Bradbury, is "a book burner who suddenly discovers that books are flesh-and-blood ideas and cry out silently when put to the torch." Today, when libraries and schools in this country and all over the world are still "burning" certain books, "Fahrenheit 451" remains a brilliantly readable and suspenseful work of even greater impact and timeliness.
Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery fiction writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and for the science fiction and horror stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles (1950) and The Illustrated Man (1951), Bradbury was one of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers. Many of Bradbury's works have been adapted into television shows or films.
一个消防队,它的职责并非灭火救灾,而是随时随地焚书。这个奇特的消防队成立于1790年,最初的宗旨是要烧毁北美殖民地内受英格兰影响的书籍,以后蔓延到所有的图书。华氏451度就是烧书时纸的燃点。美国的开国元勋之一本杰明·富兰克林竟然是其第一位消防员。它有一整套从接警、...
评分毋庸置疑,布雷德伯里是个诗人。 《华氏451》是布雷德伯里的第一个长篇,也是我第一次读到他的长篇。节选两段他其他几个短篇中的文字: “今晚空气里有股时间的味道。他笑了,脑海里转着这么个怪念头。是有这样一个想法。时间闻起来是个什么味儿,是尘土味,是时钟味,还是人...
评分2012年6月5日,美国科幻小说大师雷·布莱德柏里(Ray Bradbury)在洛杉矶家中逝世。 2012年6月5日,金星穿行地球和太阳之间,从地球上可以看到金星仿佛一个小黑点移过太阳表面。下次的“金星凌日”天文奇观要等到2117年,也就是一百零五年后才会发生了。 就...
评分因为文笔,一切都被原谅。布拉德伯里真是好呀,让蒙塔格出逃,而遗落的“记忆者”遍布城市外围。 隐喻。观城市和与之一河之隔的城郊,如《北京折叠》中在外围观看翻转中的北京。指向城市文明?惊心动魄,遂想起好友言说,和在宿舍的室友用话语沟通,不如直接发微信。火的点燃总...
评分作者设定了一个极权社会的形态。在这个社会里,人们不允许保留书籍,没有人读书,消防队员的职能是发现藏书并且焚毁之。 这其实是很简单的反智社会的设定,也并无太出奇之处。但观察一个世界设定是否强大,不是看梗,还要看细节。这就是说,这个世界的逻辑、规则体现在具体生...
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评分万般皆下品,唯有读书高。把这话讲出新解来的书。
评分万般皆下品,唯有读书高。把这话讲出新解来的书。
评分名家之作 一气呵成 太完美