Fahrenheit 451
Title:
Fahrenheit 451
Author:
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012.
Gaiman, Neil.
ISBN:
9781982102609
Edition:
Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2018.
Physical Description:
xvi, 249 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
General Note:
"Now an HBO film starring Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon"--Cover.
Includes section titled 'History, context, and criticism' (pages 159-249), edited by Jonathan R. Eller.
Contents:
The story of fahrenheit 451 / From the day after tomorrow: why science fiction" / Listening library audio introduction / Investing dimes: fahrenheit 451 / From a letter to Stanley Kauffmann / Books of the times / From new wine, old bottles / New novels / New fiction / 1984 and all that / From new maps of hell / Introduction to Ray Bradbury's fahrenheit 451 / Fahrenheit 451 / Shades of Orwell / From the journal of fahrenheit 451
Abstract:
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.
Genre:
Subject:
| State-sponsored terrorism -- Fiction. |
| Totalitarianism -- Fiction. |
| Book burning -- Fiction. |
| Censorship -- Fiction. |
| Science fiction. |
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.