HORN! Reviews: Fahrenheit 451
Here’s a vision of a nightmare Benthamist future where nothing is allowed to be slow or sad…
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Posts Tagged: Fahrenheit 451
A Future of Forbidden Books
At Electric Literature, Lydia Pine examines dystopian and sci-fi works of fiction that offer a glimpse of what bookshelves and libraries might look like in the future: In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and Ayn Rand’s Anthem, books-on-bookshelves is actually a forbidden scenario. Even in the campy sci-fi universe of Star Trek, the twenty-fourth century boasts digital books stored on tablets; […]
...more451 Sets of Bookends Made from Ray Bradbury’s Former Home
The bookends, which cost $88.50 per set, have already sold out (and the two sets that made their way to eBay as of this writing sold for $275 and $300). Architect Thom Mayne and his wife purchased the house and received a permit to tear it down early this year. Part of the proceeds from […]
...moreThe Day Ray Bradbury’s House Died
Noel Anenberg reports about the destruction of Ray Bradbury’s California home for the Los Angeles Review of Books.
...moreBanned Books Week: A Rumpus Roundup
Sunday marked the start of Banned Books Week, a celebration of freedom, and a recognition of the threat of censorship. Libraries around the US are hosting events. Books are banned for a variety of reasons, and by a variety of organizations. Although mostly, its about sex.
...moreThe Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
This week, the book blogs got technology, and it turns out they’re not so sure whether they like it. Below, see them wrestle with television invading their books, the Kindle, and crappy book trailers — also, Virginia Woolf uses one of those new voice recording contraptions. Elizabeth Onusko at Guernica discusses the Kindle and E-textbooks […]
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