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Fahrenheit 451  Cover Image Book Book

Fahrenheit 451 / Ray Bradbury ; introduction by Neil Gaiman.

Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012 (author.). Gaiman, Neil, (writer of introduction.). Eller, Jonathan R., 1952- (editor.).

Summary:

In a future totalitarian state where books are banned and destroyed by the government, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of burning books, meets a revolutionary schoolteacher who dares to read and a girl who tells him of a past when people did not live in fear ... This sixtieth-anniversary edition commemorates Ray Bradbury's masterpiece with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman ; personal essays on the genesis of the novel by the author; a wealth of critical essays and reviews by Nelson Algren, Harold Bloom, Margaret Atwood, and others; rare manuscript pages and sketches from Ray Bradbury's personal archive; and much more ... --- From back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781451673265
  • Physical Description: xvi, 249 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition, 60th anniversary edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Editions may vary.
"Fahrenheit 451-- the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns ..."
"The sixtieth-anniversary edition commemorates Ray Bradbury's masterpiece with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman; personal essays on the genesis of the novel by the author; a wealth of critical essays and reviews by Nelson Algren, Harold Bloom, Margaret Atwood, and others; rare manuscript pages and sketches from Ray Bradbury's personal archive"--Page 4 of cover.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction / by Neil Gaiman -- Fahrenheit 451. The hearth and the salamander ; The sieve and the sand ; Burning bright.
History, context, and criticism / edited by Jonathan R. Eller. pt. 1. The story of Fahrenheit 451. The story of Fahrenheit 451 / by Jonathan R. Eller ; From The day after tomorrow: why science fiction? (1953) / by Ray Bradbury ; Listening library audio introduction (1976) / by Ray Bradbury ; Investing dimes: Fahrenheit 451 (1982, 1989) / by Ray Bradbury ; Coda (1979) / by Ray Bradbury -- pt. 2. Other voices. The novel. From a letter to Stanley Kauffmann / by Nelson Algren ; Books of the times / by Orville Prescott ; From New wine, old bottles / by Gilbert Highet ; New novels / by Idris Parry ; New fiction / by Sir John Betjeman ; 1984 and all that / by Adrian Mitchell ; From New maps of hell / by Sir Kingsley Amis ; Introduction to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 / by Harold Bloom ; Fahrenheit 451 / by Margaret Atwood ; The motion picture. Shades of Orwell / by Arthur Knight ; From The journal of Fahrenheit 451 / by François Truffaut.
Subject: Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012 > Criticism and interpretation.
Book burning > Fiction.
Censorship > Fiction.
Totalitarianism > Fiction.
State-sponsored terrorism > Fiction.
Satire.
Genre: Political fiction.
Science fiction.
Satirical fiction.

Available copies

  • 7 of 8 copies available at Sage Library System.

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  • 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Athena Public Library CLASSIC FIC BRA (Text) 37813000174162 Classics Available -
Baker County Library BRADBURY (Ray) (Text) 37814003700268 FICTION - NEW SCI-FI/FANTASY Reshelving -
Blue Mountain Community College Library 813.54 B72f (Text) 35410000166272 Main Collection Available -
Helix Public Library YA F BRA (Text) 37835000134763 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Ontario Middle School Library Fic Bra (Text) 35550000210405 Fiction Available -
Sherman County Public/School Library YA FIC BRA (Text) 37039000227905 YOUNG ADULT COLLECTION Available -
Southern Wasco County Library BRAD (Text) 33892005838462 FICTION Available -
The Dalles Wasco County Library BRADB (Text) 33892006784194 Fiction Checked out 04/16/2025

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