The Resource Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury ; introduction by Neil Gaiman
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury ; introduction by Neil Gaiman
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The item Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury ; introduction by Neil Gaiman represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 12 library branches.
- Summary
- In a future totalitarian state where books are banned and destroyed by the government, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of burning books, meets a revolutionary schoolteacher who dares to read and a girl who tells him of a past when people did not live in fear ... This sixtieth-anniversary edition commemorates Ray Bradbury's masterpiece with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman ; personal essays on the genesis of the novel by the author; a wealth of critical essays and reviews by Nelson Algren, Harold Bloom, Margaret Atwood, and others; rare manuscript pages and sketches from Ray Bradbury's personal archive; and much more ... --- From back cover
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition, 60th anniversary edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 249 pages
- Note
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- "Fahrenheit 451-- the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns ..."
- "The sixtieth-anniversary edition commemorates Ray Bradbury's masterpiece with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman; personal essays on the genesis of the novel by the author; a wealth of critical essays and reviews by Nelson Algren, Harold Bloom, Margaret Atwood, and others; rare manuscript pages and sketches from Ray Bradbury's personal archive"--Page 4 of cover
- Contents
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- Introduction / by Neil Gaiman -- Fahrenheit 451. The hearth and the salamander ; The sieve and the sand ; Burning bright
- History, context, and criticism / edited by Jonathan R. Eller. pt. 1. The story of Fahrenheit 451. The story of Fahrenheit 451 / by Jonathan R. Eller ; From The day after tomorrow: why science fiction? (1953) / by Ray Bradbury ; Listening library audio introduction (1976) / by Ray Bradbury ; Investing dimes: Fahrenheit 451 (1982, 1989) / by Ray Bradbury ; Coda (1979) / by Ray Bradbury -- pt. 2. Other voices. The novel. From a letter to Stanley Kauffmann / by Nelson Algren ; Books of the times / by Orville Prescott ; From New wine, old bottles / by Gilbert Highet ; New novels / by Idris Parry ; New fiction / by Sir John Betjeman ; 1984 and all that / by Adrian Mitchell ; From New maps of hell / by Sir Kingsley Amis ; Introduction to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 / by Harold Bloom ; Fahrenheit 451 / by Margaret Atwood ; The motion picture. Shades of Orwell / by Arthur Knight ; From The journal of Fahrenheit 451 / by François Truffaut
- Isbn
- 9781982102609
- Label
- Fahrenheit 451
- Title
- Fahrenheit 451
- Statement of responsibility
- Ray Bradbury ; introduction by Neil Gaiman
- Title variation
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- Fahrenheit four hundred fifty-one
- Fahrenheit four fifty-one
- Subject
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- Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012
- Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Censorship
- Censorship -- Fiction
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Fiction
- Political fiction
- Political fiction
- Satire
- Satire
- Science fiction
- Science fiction
- Science fiction
- State-sponsored terrorism
- State-sponsored terrorism -- Fiction
- Totalitarianism
- Totalitarianism -- Fiction
- Book burning
- Book burning -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In a future totalitarian state where books are banned and destroyed by the government, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of burning books, meets a revolutionary schoolteacher who dares to read and a girl who tells him of a past when people did not live in fear ... This sixtieth-anniversary edition commemorates Ray Bradbury's masterpiece with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman ; personal essays on the genesis of the novel by the author; a wealth of critical essays and reviews by Nelson Algren, Harold Bloom, Margaret Atwood, and others; rare manuscript pages and sketches from Ray Bradbury's personal archive; and much more ... --- From back cover
- Cataloging source
- IHY
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1920-2012
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bradbury, Ray
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- facsimiles
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3503.R167
- LC item number
- F3 2013
- Literary form
- mixed forms
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1952-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Gaiman, Neil
- Eller, Jonathan R.
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Bradbury, Ray
- Bradbury, Ray
- State-sponsored terrorism
- Book burning
- Censorship
- Totalitarianism
- Satire
- Book burning
- Censorship
- State-sponsored terrorism
- Totalitarianism
- Satire
- Label
- Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury ; introduction by Neil Gaiman
- Note
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- "Fahrenheit 451-- the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns ..."
- "The sixtieth-anniversary edition commemorates Ray Bradbury's masterpiece with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman; personal essays on the genesis of the novel by the author; a wealth of critical essays and reviews by Nelson Algren, Harold Bloom, Margaret Atwood, and others; rare manuscript pages and sketches from Ray Bradbury's personal archive"--Page 4 of cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Introduction / by Neil Gaiman -- Fahrenheit 451. The hearth and the salamander ; The sieve and the sand ; Burning bright
- History, context, and criticism / edited by Jonathan R. Eller. pt. 1. The story of Fahrenheit 451. The story of Fahrenheit 451 / by Jonathan R. Eller ; From The day after tomorrow: why science fiction? (1953) / by Ray Bradbury ; Listening library audio introduction (1976) / by Ray Bradbury ; Investing dimes: Fahrenheit 451 (1982, 1989) / by Ray Bradbury ; Coda (1979) / by Ray Bradbury -- pt. 2. Other voices. The novel. From a letter to Stanley Kauffmann / by Nelson Algren ; Books of the times / by Orville Prescott ; From New wine, old bottles / by Gilbert Highet ; New novels / by Idris Parry ; New fiction / by Sir John Betjeman ; 1984 and all that / by Adrian Mitchell ; From New maps of hell / by Sir Kingsley Amis ; Introduction to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 / by Harold Bloom ; Fahrenheit 451 / by Margaret Atwood ; The motion picture. Shades of Orwell / by Arthur Knight ; From The journal of Fahrenheit 451 / by François Truffaut
- Control code
- ocn847522046
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition, 60th anniversary edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 249 pages
- Isbn
- 9781982102609
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury ; introduction by Neil Gaiman
- Note
-
- "Fahrenheit 451-- the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns ..."
- "The sixtieth-anniversary edition commemorates Ray Bradbury's masterpiece with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman; personal essays on the genesis of the novel by the author; a wealth of critical essays and reviews by Nelson Algren, Harold Bloom, Margaret Atwood, and others; rare manuscript pages and sketches from Ray Bradbury's personal archive"--Page 4 of cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Introduction / by Neil Gaiman -- Fahrenheit 451. The hearth and the salamander ; The sieve and the sand ; Burning bright
- History, context, and criticism / edited by Jonathan R. Eller. pt. 1. The story of Fahrenheit 451. The story of Fahrenheit 451 / by Jonathan R. Eller ; From The day after tomorrow: why science fiction? (1953) / by Ray Bradbury ; Listening library audio introduction (1976) / by Ray Bradbury ; Investing dimes: Fahrenheit 451 (1982, 1989) / by Ray Bradbury ; Coda (1979) / by Ray Bradbury -- pt. 2. Other voices. The novel. From a letter to Stanley Kauffmann / by Nelson Algren ; Books of the times / by Orville Prescott ; From New wine, old bottles / by Gilbert Highet ; New novels / by Idris Parry ; New fiction / by Sir John Betjeman ; 1984 and all that / by Adrian Mitchell ; From New maps of hell / by Sir Kingsley Amis ; Introduction to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 / by Harold Bloom ; Fahrenheit 451 / by Margaret Atwood ; The motion picture. Shades of Orwell / by Arthur Knight ; From The journal of Fahrenheit 451 / by François Truffaut
- Control code
- ocn847522046
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition, 60th anniversary edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 249 pages
- Isbn
- 9781982102609
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012
- Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Censorship
- Censorship -- Fiction
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Fiction
- Political fiction
- Political fiction
- Satire
- Satire
- Science fiction
- Science fiction
- Science fiction
- State-sponsored terrorism
- State-sponsored terrorism -- Fiction
- Totalitarianism
- Totalitarianism -- Fiction
- Book burning
- Book burning -- Fiction
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