This is a book that was mandatory reading in high school. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. It's a world where books are banned. Government officials go door to door searching houses for contraband books.
I read this over 50 years ago, before it was banned because a religious group protested that one of the books burned, in the book, was the bible. So it was pulled from school shelves, libraries, book stores etc.
I noticed that the book is back out for sale, so I purchased a paperback for my granddaughter (it's mandatory reading in her literature class) and an ebook for myself.
I think that I am such an avid reader (since 8 years old) that it stuck with me because I could never imagine a world without books.
I remember that book very well, set in a future where firemen were called to set fire to piles of books. I also remember his Martian Chronicles as a favorite.
I agree that it's hard to imagine a world without books - essentially a world without stories.
There's a movie out now about a world without Beatle songs called "Yesterday" which is a pale shadow of the same theme.
I "literally" stumbled upon *The Odyssey of Homer* in College in the 80s and now own a shelf of translations and adaptations ( including Nikos Kastansokis' interesting version) AND have it hanging on my wall as a litograph.
I read incessantly from kids' books to poetry to Romantasy to history. Have fun
This is a book that was mandatory reading in high school. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. It's a world where books are banned. Government officials go door to door searching houses for contraband books.
I read this over 50 years ago, before it was banned because a religious group protested that one of the books burned, in the book, was the bible. So it was pulled from school shelves, libraries, book stores etc.
I noticed that the book is back out for sale, so I purchased a paperback for my granddaughter (it's mandatory reading in her literature class) and an ebook for myself.
I think that I am such an avid reader (since 8 years old) that it stuck with me because I could never imagine a world without books.
I remember that book very well, set in a future where firemen were called to set fire to piles of books. I also remember his Martian Chronicles as a favorite.
I agree that it's hard to imagine a world without books - essentially a world without stories.
There's a movie out now about a world without Beatle songs called "Yesterday" which is a pale shadow of the same theme.
I "literally" stumbled upon *The Odyssey of Homer* in College in the 80s and now own a shelf of translations and adaptations ( including Nikos Kastansokis' interesting version) AND have it hanging on my wall as a litograph.
I read incessantly from kids' books to poetry to Romantasy to history. Have fun
Hi Andrea, Thanks for your recommendation. we studied this in our Grade 13 English class, but I will add it to my list to read it again.