Fahrenheit 451

240 pages

English language

Published Aug. 6, 2013

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978-0-00-749156-8
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5 stars (4 reviews)

The terrifyingly prophetic novel of a post-literate future.

Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is discord in his marriage. Are books hidden in his house? The Mechanical Hound of the Fire Department, armed with a lethal hypodermic, escorted by helicopters, is ready to track down those dissidents who defy society to preserve and read books.

The classic dystopian novel of a post-literate future, Fahrenheit 451 stands alongside Orwell’s 1984 and Huxley’s Brave New World as a prophetic account of Western civilization’s enslavement by the media, drugs and conformity.

Bradbury’s powerful and poetic prose combines with uncanny insight into the potential of technology to create a novel which, decades on from first publication, still has the power to dazzle and shock.

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Profético

5 stars

(original com links → sol2070.in/2024/04/A-profecia-de-Fahrenheit-451 )

O livro "Fahrenheit 451" (1953), do mestre Ray Bradbury, é outra clássica ficção distópica que demonstra o poder profético de ficções especulativas de mais de 70 anos atrás.

Não sei porque demorei tanto para ler, já que alguns contos fantásticos de Bradbury me impactaram ainda na adolescência.

O futuro que ele imaginou em 1953 parece muito próximo, se já não estiver acontecendo. Os horrores de um governo hediondo são camuflados através de um embotamento generalizado das pessoas. Livros são queimados como objetos proibidos e as pessoas que os possuem são condenadas como subversivas.

Acompanhamos a trajetória de Guy Montag, um dos agentes militares responsáveis por essa incineração e perseguição — tarefas que passaram a ser responsabilidade dos bombeiros. É uma das mais poderosas histórias de conversão que já vi, concentrando todo o talento de Bradbury como um mágico contador de histórias.

Apesar de o …

Una buena distopía

4 stars

Esperaba un Orwell y terminé un poco decepcionado. El mundo que construye está interesante pero no indaga demasiado en él, algunas partes parecen inconexas y solo estar ahí para continuar con la historia. Vale la pena leerlo completamente por una parte muy particular del final, sí lo lees, sabrás cuál es cuando llegues ahí.

Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore.

5 stars

There are so many quotes that I have taken away from this book and that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. I think one of the main (or, most impactful) ones is 'if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore' - such a beautiful way of saying die doing what's right. It reminds me of the quote from Stéphane Charbonnier who stated, 'I'd rather die standing than live on my knees' (he was later killed by Islamic terrorists who did not agree with the viewpoints he published). I know that many people reading this review might argue that I should have read this book earlier in my life (and they're likely right) but I want to attempt to rebut this by saying that I think, if I were to read Fahrenheit 451 at any younger age, I might not have been …