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 Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover).
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
-
- 60th anniversary edition.
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 249 pages
- 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 ..."--Book jacket
- Contents
-
- Introduction / Neil Gaiman
- Fahrenheit 451
- "The story of 'Fahrenheit 451'" / by Jonathan R. Eller
- from "The day after tomorrow: why science fiction?" / Ray Bradbury (1953)
- Listening library audio introduction / by Ray Bradbury (1976)
- "Investing dimes: 'Fahrenheit 451'" / by Ray Bradbury (1982, 1989)
- "Coda" / by Ray Bradbury (1979)
- 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
- "Shades of Orwell" / by Arthur Knight
- from "The journal of 'Fahrenheit 451'" / by François Truffaut
- Isbn
- 9781451673319
- Label
- Fahrenheit 451
- Title
- Fahrenheit 451
- Statement of responsibility
- Ray Bradbury ; introduction by Neil Gaiman
- Title variation
-
- Fahrenheit four fifty-one
- Fahrenheit four hundred fifty-one
- Subject
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- Book burning -- Fiction
- Book burning
- Books and reading -- Fiction
- Political fiction
- Science fiction
- State-sponsored terrorism -- Fiction
- Dystopian fiction
- Censorship
- Political fiction
- Dystopian fiction
- Totalitarianism -- Fiction
- Totalitarianism
- Fiction
- Censorship -- Fiction
- State-sponsored terrorism
- 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
- Cataloging source
- MNJ
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1920-2012
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bradbury, Ray
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3503.R167
- LC item number
- F3 2013
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Gaiman, Neil
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- State-sponsored terrorism
- Totalitarianism
- Book burning
- Censorship
- Book burning
- Censorship
- State-sponsored terrorism
- Totalitarianism
- Books and reading
- 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 ..."--Book jacket
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction / Neil Gaiman -- Fahrenheit 451 -- "The story of 'Fahrenheit 451'" / by Jonathan R. Eller -- from "The day after tomorrow: why science fiction?" / Ray Bradbury (1953) -- Listening library audio introduction / by Ray Bradbury (1976) -- "Investing dimes: 'Fahrenheit 451'" / by Ray Bradbury (1982, 1989) -- "Coda" / by Ray Bradbury (1979) -- 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 -- "Shades of Orwell" / by Arthur Knight -- from "The journal of 'Fahrenheit 451'" / by François Truffaut
- Control code
- ocn849346222
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
-
- 60th anniversary edition.
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 249 pages
- Isbn
- 9781451673319
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) a948285
- (OCoLC)849346222
- 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 ..."--Book jacket
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction / Neil Gaiman -- Fahrenheit 451 -- "The story of 'Fahrenheit 451'" / by Jonathan R. Eller -- from "The day after tomorrow: why science fiction?" / Ray Bradbury (1953) -- Listening library audio introduction / by Ray Bradbury (1976) -- "Investing dimes: 'Fahrenheit 451'" / by Ray Bradbury (1982, 1989) -- "Coda" / by Ray Bradbury (1979) -- 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 -- "Shades of Orwell" / by Arthur Knight -- from "The journal of 'Fahrenheit 451'" / by François Truffaut
- Control code
- ocn849346222
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
-
- 60th anniversary edition.
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 249 pages
- Isbn
- 9781451673319
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) a948285
- (OCoLC)849346222
Subject
- Book burning
- Book burning -- Fiction
- Books and reading -- Fiction
- Censorship
- Censorship -- Fiction
- Dystopian fiction
- Dystopian fiction
- Fiction
- Political fiction
- Political fiction
- Science fiction
- State-sponsored terrorism
- State-sponsored terrorism -- Fiction
- Totalitarianism
- Totalitarianism -- Fiction
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