Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451 (Hardcover, 1979, Del Rey)
Hardcover, 151 pages
English language
Published April 30, 1979 by Del Rey.
BOOKS ARE DANGEROUS— THEY MAKE YOU THINK!
Montag is a fireman—a fireman of a future time when books are forbidden and reading is the greatest crime. For books lead to thinking, thinking leads to dissatisfaction, and dissatisfaction can lead to a desire for change—a thing the government will do anything to pre- vent. Montag's job is not to extinguish fires but to set them: to burn the homes (occupied or not) of bookowners and, above all, to burn the books. He ac- cepts unquestioningly the necessity for his work; what he cannot understand is the criminals who persist in hiding, preserving, and even distributing the banned material.
And then one day Montag begins to read one of the books he has been destroying, and his life changes forever....
I actually think this had good pacing except for the end, which felt maybe a bit rushed. But anyway go slay Montag, professional DIPPER of capitalism and fascism and whatever else was in there
