Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451: The Temperature at Which Book Paper Catches Fire, and Burns

Pros: Relevance. Prose.

Cons: None.

The Bottom Line: is on fiyah! HE'S ON FIYAH!

Review: Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is a cerebral novella that terrifies with its recollection of history and clairvoyance. The events depicted aren't farfetched in any way; reading Nien Cheng's Life and Death in Shanghai can prove their...

Pros: Strong plot, important social statement

Cons: Some areas of the plot are underdeveloped

Review: The splash tag on this book is just as honest and prevalent today (if not more so) as it was at the time of the printing for the edition that I have (1976-the book is copyrighted for 1950): "One of the most important books of our time." Unlike most...

Pros: It makes you really think.

Cons: There are none.

Review: Fahrenheit 451 is the best book I have ever read in my life. It started off as a class assignment, but i ended up finishing it like 2 weeks before we were supposed to. But, anyway, the reason this book was so good is because of its hidden message...

Pros: very fast reading, easy to understand if you're into it, excellent story, very twisted

Cons: page amount may be intimidating to those who don't like to read voluntarily

The Bottom Line: I highly recommend reading this book, whether you're bored or it's on a list of summer readings you must do, or just for fun. Great book!

Review: I normally don't read books unless I'm required to for school. This book I randomly chose for a summer reading about 5 years ago, and till this day, my eyes light up when I think of this Fahrenheit 451!

type: Science Fiction
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Pros: Wonderfully conceived, well-written masterpiece of modern analytic literature.

Cons: The people are so cold and empty that it's enough to make one shudder with chills.

Review: In this world, there are those who take for granted, and those who fully take in their internal and external self and community, appreciating the elements in life to the fullest. These are the artists, the writers, the leaders, the doers. These are...

Pros: Insightful warnings about restricting others' free speech

Cons: None at all

Review: As a semi-professional skeptic (which is a nice way of saying that I can't seem to find anyone who wants to pay me lavishly for writing about skepticism), I often get frustrated in dealing with others who disagree with my views. There are many...

Pros: Prescient SF from 1953

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: Horrifyingly prescient and still striking out against those that would deny us the right to be different.

Review: "Fahrenheit 451" is a science fiction novel by Ray Bradbury.

Guy Montag is 30 and is having a mid-life crisis. Like all modern men having a mid-life crisis he gets involved with a younger woman. In a normal novel this would normally lead...