Discussion:Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

The function of good sci-fi is not to predict the future, but instead to prevent it. He wanted to only open eyes to what could be, not what would be. That's my take on the books function at least. I am interested what other people say.

I read this book,and i liked it,it wasn't the best,but i liked it. It had lots of good parts to it,but i didn't like the "hound" and all that crap....but over all it's an alright book

I had to do some project on Fahrenheit for my German lessons some weeks ago, now it's really one of my favourite books.
I loved Bradbury's way of describing situations and people, his whole style is unique and the language simply wonderful - balanced sentences, well-chosen words and careful, yet mighty expressions.
Unfortunately, I only read the German translation which is kinda bad, but the little bits I found in English - online or elsewhere - were close to perfection in the choice of words and amazingly flowing to read.

Originally posted by Darth Revan

Spoiler:
It shows just how much foresight Bradbury must've had to see what was happening in society...

✅ Somehow reality is already worse than his dystopia. It's alarming how close we already are to the negative image of our society Bradbury created...

i wouldn't call it foresight...but rather insight to the way society was heading to...

This is defaintly a great peice of literature. The characters are near perfect metaphors for society. the book even holds an eerie kind underlying message in his writing that feels almost like a warning. The only thing i have against the book is the ending. The last 20 pages felt very rushed to me, and left me a bit un satisfied. even though it ended in one of the only two possible endings, it just felt forced. Still a great book. My fav of bradbury is the October country though