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Greenatic · 2012-02-21 19:42:45

It's a classic science fiction novel by Ray Bradbury. Since it's quite famous, I'm sure some other Scratchers have read it. What did you think of it? I love it! big_smile

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samtwheels · 2012-02-21 19:46:58

I love that book! Dystopia is my favorite genre.

Greenatic · 2012-02-21 19:48:37

samtwheels wrote:
I love that book! Dystopia is my favorite genre.

Yeah, I agree, I think I can guess what dystopia means. (Could you post the definition so I can be sure?)

samtwheels · 2012-02-21 19:50:41

Greenatic wrote:
samtwheels wrote:
I love that book! Dystopia is my favorite genre.
Yeah, I agree, I think I can guess what dystopia means. (Could you post the definition so I can be sure?)

similar to utopia, except something is wrong, such as a totalitarian government.

Hyacinths · 2012-02-21 20:02:45

I have that book but I haven't actually read it. I've been planning to but just haven't gotten the chance.

Garr8 · 2012-02-21 20:16:09

never heard of it what is it about?

zakaos · 2012-02-21 20:22:56

Hyacinths wrote:
I have that book but I haven't actually read it. I've been planning to but just haven't gotten the chance.

Just don't heat it to the 451 Fahrenheit degrees.

coppearlix · 2012-02-21 20:38:27

zakaos wrote:
Hyacinths wrote:
I have that book but I haven't actually read it. I've been planning to but just haven't gotten the chance.
Just don't heat it to the 451 Fahrenheit degrees.

+1

It's about a fireman named Guy Montag who lives in an aforementioned dystopia. His job is to burn books...

brettman98 · 2012-02-21 20:54:03

It was a pleasure to burn.

Wickimen · 2012-02-21 21:16:59

brettman98 wrote:
It was a pleasure to burn.

It was a pleasure to see things blackened and changed somehow...
I probably got that wrong

Good book.

Earthboundjeff · 2012-02-21 21:19:18

I read it for a ninth grade project, and I was amazed at how deep it was.

Hyacinths · 2012-02-21 21:25:38

coppearlix wrote:
zakaos wrote:
Hyacinths wrote:
I have that book but I haven't actually read it. I've been planning to but just haven't gotten the chance.
Just don't heat it to the 451 Fahrenheit degrees.
+1

It's about a fireman named Guy Montag who lives in an aforementioned dystopia. His job is to burn books...

Sounds like a book I would enjoy.

Wickimen · 2012-02-21 21:26:12

Ray Bradbury writes epic scifi
I like a lot of his short stories too, but I haven't read any of his other novels

Greenatic · 2012-02-22 18:22:04

samtwheels wrote:
Greenatic wrote:
samtwheels wrote:
I love that book! Dystopia is my favorite genre.
Yeah, I agree, I think I can guess what dystopia means. (Could you post the definition so I can be sure?)
similar to utopia, except something is wrong, such as a totalitarian government.

That's what I thought. Alright then, it's my favorite genre smile

Sounds like lots of other people like it too! big_smile

Luke121 · 2012-02-22 18:32:41

zakaos wrote:
Hyacinths wrote:
I have that book but I haven't actually read it. I've been planning to but just haven't gotten the chance.
Just don't heat it to the 451 Fahrenheit degrees.

Misquote. The burning temperature of paper is actually 451 degrees Celsius. Bradbury changed it because he though Fahrenheit sounded better.

I loved the end of the book, though.

Greenatic · 2012-02-22 18:48:31

Luke121 wrote:
zakaos wrote:
Hyacinths wrote:
I have that book but I haven't actually read it. I've been planning to but just haven't gotten the chance.
Just don't heat it to the 451 Fahrenheit degrees.
Misquote. The burning temperature of paper is actually 451 degrees Celsius. Bradbury changed it because he though Fahrenheit sounded better.

I loved the end of the book, though.

Interesting fun trivia, thanks for letting us know! I ought to tell my English teacher smile

Haiming · 2012-02-22 19:25:50

I liked it. big_smile

Aidan · 2012-02-22 19:31:04

Oh god I hated that book for all my life in 8th grade

I liked "Of Mice and Men" better, and that's darn near the most depressing thing I've ever read in my life

Greenatic · 2012-02-22 19:37:03

Aidan wrote:
I liked "Of Mice and Men" better, and that's darn near the most depressing thing I've ever read in my life

If Of Mice and Men is the most depressing thing you have ever read...either:

a) You don't read much.
b) You need start reading books that don't have perfect endings.

Of Mice and Men is meant to make you think, and think, and think some more--not make you depressed. Speaking of it, I think I'll make a thread on it--I loved that book too. smile

Aidan · 2012-02-22 19:41:21

Greenatic wrote:
Aidan wrote:
I liked "Of Mice and Men" better, and that's darn near the most depressing thing I've ever read in my life
If Of Mice and Men is the most depressing thing you have ever read...either:

a) You don't read much.
b) You need start reading books that don't have perfect endings.

Of Mice and Men is meant to make you think, and think, and think some more--not make you depressed. Speaking of it, I think I'll make a thread on it--I loved that book too.

I don't intentionally scare the living daylights out of myself or make myself crymy freaking eyes out for entertainment. If that's entertaining, then I've been wrong all these years by thinking entertainment was something you were supposed to enjoy.

Greenatic · 2012-02-22 19:45:21

Aidan wrote:
Greenatic wrote:
Aidan wrote:
I liked "Of Mice and Men" better, and that's darn near the most depressing thing I've ever read in my life
If Of Mice and Men is the most depressing thing you have ever read...either:

a) You don't read much.
b) You need start reading books that don't have perfect endings.

Of Mice and Men is meant to make you think, and think, and think some more--not make you depressed. Speaking of it, I think I'll make a thread on it--I loved that book too.
I don't intentionally scare the living daylights out of myself or make myself crymy freaking eyes out for entertainment. If that's entertaining, then I've been wrong all these years by thinking entertainment was something you were supposed to enjoy.

Like I said before, that book wasn't meant to scare anyone. Besides, most people actually look for books that make them feel strong emotions (including crying).

However, since there is now a Of Mice and Men thread, if we're going to continue this conversation, let's do it on that thread. smile

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luiysia · 2012-02-22 22:15:14

You guys should read this.

gettysburg11 · 2012-02-22 22:18:56

I read it a couple years back for my language arts class, and it was one of my favorite books I've read in school.

aqualung · 2012-02-22 23:14:54

we just got done reading that for school

samtwheels · 2012-02-22 23:32:13

I don't think the events of that could actually happen. *turns on tv*

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