I’ve been travelling through space and time a lot this week. I’ve been to the desert planet of Arrakis, 8000 years into the future. I’ve been to late 19th century England and Narnia (again) to watch the world’s beginning and the entrance of evil before it was even 5 hours old. And now, I’ve just [...]
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Title: Fahrenheit 451 Author: Ray Bradbury Paperback: 191 pages Date published: 1953 Publisher: Del Rey (div of Random House) ISBN: 9780345342966 Miscellaneous: This book was first published in 1953, and has since won the National Book Award and the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award. The copy I have is a 50th anniversary edition, and has an [...]
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