It was a pleasure to burn.
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(1953)
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
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Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. Often regarded as one of his best works, the novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. The book's tagline explains the title as "'the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns": the autoignition temperature of paper. The lead character, Guy Montag, is a fireman who becomes disillusioned with his role of censoring literature and destroying knowledge, eventually quitting his job and committing himself to the preservation of literary and cultural writings.
The novel has been the subject of interpretations focusing on the historical role of book burning in suppressing dissenting ideas for change. In a 1956 radio interview, Bradbury said that he wrote Fahrenheit 451 because of his concerns at the time (during the McCarthy era) about the threat of book burning in the United States. In later years, he described the book as a commentary on how mass media reduces interest in reading literature.
In 1954, Fahrenheit 451 won the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature and the Commonwealth Club of California Gold Medal. It later won the Prometheus "Hall of Fame" Award in 1984 and a "Retro" Hugo Award, one of a limited number of Best Novel Retro Hugos ever given, in 2004. Bradbury was honored with a Spoken Word Grammy nomination for his 1976 audiobook version.
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Fahrenheit 451
2013-06, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
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Fahrenheit 451
1996-08, Del Rey / Random House
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Fahrenheit 451
/1993, FollettBound
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Fahrenheit 451
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1984-06, Del Rey / Ballantine Books
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Table of Contents
I. Häuslicher Herd und Salamander
II. Das Sieb und der Sand
III. Die Waberlohe
Nachwort von Stephan Füssel
Von Büchern und Menschen
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