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Book Review of Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451
Author: Ray Bradbury
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Book Type: Paperback
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Bradbury has always had problems creating believable female characters, and this novel is also carried by the men. But his futuristic story of a world in which Fireman burn books is -- if anything -- even more chilling than it was 60+ years ago.

Bradbury seems to have been almost prescient in creating a world in which everyone is inundated with instantaneous information but not given the thinking time to act on any of it.