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Fahrenheit 451 / Ray Bradbury ; introduction by Neil Gaiman.
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. |
Search for related items by subject
| 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. |
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- 7 of 8 copies available at Sage Library System.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| 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 |
