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So I've finished reading Fahrenheit 451, the last of three famous dystopian books written between the 40s and the 60s that I needed to read. I did enjoy it very much, it made some very good points, and, like 1984 and Brave New World it managed to bother me to an amazing amount. I can't help but feeling it could have been a little bit longer, though.

After I was done with it, I decided to change the title and the name of the other links on my LJ. I was getting tired of the old layout and I'm also trying to find anything that allows me to procrastinate today.

*sulks* God, I really need to start studying.

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[identity profile] inksplotched.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 6th, 2008 04:37 pm (UTC)
Fahrenheit 451 is one of my absolute favourite books. I met the author, Ray Bradbury, two years ago, and walked away with an autographed copy. *grins*
[identity profile] nancy-downs.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 6th, 2008 04:53 pm (UTC)
OMG. I didn't even know the guy was still alive! That's awesome! o.o
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[identity profile] inksplotched.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 9th, 2008 05:21 am (UTC)
He's survived, like, multiple strokes, and is still going strong. It was incredibly cool to meet him.
[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/__hermajesty/ wrote:
Apr. 6th, 2008 05:34 pm (UTC)
Ray Bradburry é um dos meus escritores mais favoritos de todos os tempos.

Tem um livro policial dele, chamado "A Morte é uma Transação Solitária". É maravilhoso.
Sem falar nas Crônicas Marcianas.
Genial!
O livro de Fahrenheit deixa o filme no chinelo.Truffaut que me desculpe.
[identity profile] nancy-downs.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 6th, 2008 07:03 pm (UTC)
Vou ver se eu consigo colocar minhas mãos em algum desses outros dois. *_* Gostei muito do estilo dele, cara.

Eu nunca vi o filme, mas fiquei curiosa agora. Eu sabia que alguém famoso tinha dirigido, mas não sabia que era o Truffaut o.o'
[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_bigblue/ wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2008 12:37 am (UTC)
I also felt that it coulda been longer.
[identity profile] frinitrix.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2008 04:06 pm (UTC)
Fahrenheit 451 is AWESOME!
[identity profile] nancy-downs.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2008 07:43 pm (UTC)
Yeah, I loved it!

You like bowling, don't you, Montag?

If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none. If the government is inefficient, topheavy, and tax-mad, better it be all those than that people worry over it. Peace, Montag. Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs or the names of state capitals or how much corn Iowa grew last year. Cram them full of noncombustible data, chock them so damned full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, but absolutely 'brilliant' with information. Then they'll feel like they're thinking, they'll get a sense of motion without moving. And they'll be happy, because facts of that sort don't change. Don't give them any slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy.

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