Paperback, 179 pages
Read: Apr. 20
Rating: 5/5
Genres: Classic, Science Fiction, Dystopian
Summery: Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires ...
The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning ... along with the houses in which they were hidden.
Guy Montag enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames ... never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid.
Then he met a professor who told him of a future in which people could think ... and Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do!
Review: The story starts with Guy Montag walking home after a day of work and noticing a girl who has moved into the house next to his with her mom, dad, and uncle. This story comes in second next to Brave New World by Aldous Huxley as my favorite classical dystopian book. I really liked the plot and writing above everything else. while I liked Guy he seamed kind of rash, although given the world they live in, it's understandable. I liked Faber, and Clarisse the best out of all the characters, I also enjoyed Granger. I also enjoyed the relationship between Guy and Clarisse. The writing reminded me of Alice in Wonderland for some reason, I don't know why. The some parts of the reason given for why books are burned are things that could, in my opinion, become a possibility, as well as the simpleness of most of the people.
Next up!
Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation by Tim Hamilton with an Introduction by Ray Bradbury
Paperback, 151 pages
Read: Apr. 20
Rating: 5/5
Genres: Classic, Science Fiction, Dystopian, Comic
Summery: “Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn ’em to ashes, then burn the ashes.”
For Guy Montag, a career fireman for whom kerosene is perfume, this is not just an official slogan. It is a mantra, a duty, a way of life in a tightly monitored world where thinking is dangerous and books are forbidden.
In 1953, Ray Bradbury envisioned one of the world’s most unforgettable dystopian futures, and in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, the artist Tim Hamilton translates this frightening modern masterpiece into a gorgeously imagined graphic novel. As could only occur with Bradbury’s full cooperation in this authorized adaptation, Hamilton has created a striking work of art that uniquely captures Montag’s awakening to the evil of government-controlled thought and the inestimable value of philosophy, theology, and literature.
Including an original foreword by Ray Bradbury and fully depicting the brilliance and force of his canonic and beloved masterwork, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is an exceptional, haunting work of graphic literature.
Review: This is the illustrated version of Fahrenheit 451. It also has an introduction by Ray Bradbury, which I really enjoyed. There are a few scenes that are in the book that aren't in this illustration of course, but other wise I really liked it. I also liked the illustrations, and having a image to connect to some of the people and scenes in the book. If you have not read the book before you read this one you will get what's going on, but I suggest reading the book first, you will get a few more scenes, as well a bit more in depth understanding of how the world and the people in it are. So definitely read the book before reading this one.
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