Showing posts with label Fahrenheit 451. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fahrenheit 451. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Ray Bradbury...

RIP 

 You transported us to other worlds and made us think - and we thank you.

Fahrenheit 451 is one of my all time favorite books.




 "If you are writing without zest, without gusto, without love, without fun, you are only half a writer.  It means you are so busy keeping one eye on the commercial market, or one ear peeled for the avant-garde coterie, that you are not being yourself.  You don't even know yourself.  For the first thing a writer should be is --- excited.  He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms.  Without such vigor, he might as well be out picking peaches or digging ditches; God knows it'd be better for his health."   Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Fahrenheit 451 heading for Kindle...

My advice?  Keep a hard copy.

Fahrenheit 451 is one of my favorite books.  Imagine a world where the written word is wiped out.  They haven't managed to do that yet.  It's even better.  Our government schools are turning out illiterates by the boatload.  Saves the time and mess of burning books, doncha know.

Ironic? ‘Fahrenheit 451’ Author Allows Digital Publication