Farenheit 451

Juicybearfut · 02-13-2005, 01:36 AM

hey we were reading this book for english class and i was wondering if anyone else had read it/what they thought about it

***Earniel*** · 02-13-2005, 04:03 PM

I've read it and was very impressed afterwards. I'm usually not one for these bleak possible-future books but Farenheit struck me as different and well worth the read (and the reread).

**Nurvingiel** · 02-13-2005, 07:54 PM

I read that for English too - it was awesome! 451 degerees Ferenheit is the temperature at which paper combusts, that's why the title. (Random factoid for those Celcius-inclined folks.)

***Khamûl*** · 02-13-2005, 09:18 PM

I enjoyed it. Another interesting factoid is the fact that Faber is the name of a pencil company.

brownjenkins · 02-14-2005, 12:55 AM

excellent book!

there's a movie of it too... 1970s ish

of course, you must read the book first

inked · 02-14-2005, 10:27 AM

The whole subtext is the danger of ideas. Really a wonderful piece of social analysis. And it should be read in the continuum of Animal Farm and 1984, in my opinion. The book is really dangerous....

mithrand1r · 02-14-2005, 07:30 PM

I found 451°F to be an enjoyable read. I liked it better than 1984, since I considered 451°F to be more hopeful than 1984, IMO.

If you are interested in some info about the movie Fahrenheit 451.

I do recommend that you read the book first. You may want to finish your class before you see the movie, to minimize the possibility of confusing movie facts with book facts. Although I know that is very rare and has not happened with other books turned into movies.

02-13-2005, 01:36 AM	#1
Juicybearfut Hobbit Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: yay im lost Posts: 21	Farenheit 451 hey we were reading this book for english class and i was wondering if anyone else had read it/what they thought about it

02-13-2005, 04:03 PM	#2
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	I've read it and was very impressed afterwards. I'm usually not one for these bleak possible-future books but Farenheit struck me as different and well worth the read (and the reread). __________________ We are not things.

02-13-2005, 09:18 PM	#4
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	I enjoyed it. Another interesting factoid is the fact that Faber is the name of a pencil company. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

02-14-2005, 12:55 AM	#5
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	excellent book! there's a movie of it too... 1970s ish of course, you must read the book first __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

02-14-2005, 10:27 AM	#6
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	The whole subtext is the danger of ideas. Really a wonderful piece of social analysis. And it should be read in the continuum of Animal Farm and 1984, in my opinion. The book is really dangerous.... __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

02-14-2005, 07:30 PM	#7
mithrand1r Cyber Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Left of Rock, Right of Hard Place Posts: 986	Fahrenheit 451 I found 451°F to be an enjoyable read. I liked it better than 1984, since I considered 451°F to be more hopeful than 1984, IMO. If you are interested in some info about the movie Fahrenheit 451. I do recommend that you read the book first. You may want to finish your class before you see the movie, to minimize the possibility of confusing movie facts with book facts. Although I know that is very rare and has not happened with other books turned into movies. __________________ Sincerely, Anthony 'Many are my names in many countries,' he said. 'Mithrandir among the Elves, Tharkûn to the Drarves; Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incánus, in the North Gandalf; to the East I go not.' Faramir What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation? Cicero (106BC-43BC) Last edited by mithrand1r : 02-14-2005 at 07:32 PM.

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