Week #38 – Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Welcome to 2023!  On Mondays this year, let’s discuss and have fun with books. No I’m not writing book reviews. But this website is for writers, and writers like books right? So let’s have FUN with books!

Week #38 – Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, 1953

In a future dystopian America where books have been outlawed, firemen burn any that are found. Guy Montag is a fireman who questions his role of destroying knowledge. He eventually quits his job and commits himself to preserving writings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451

It was made into a movie in 1966

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060390/

And in 2018

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360556/

Banned Book Week is October 1-7, 2023

https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/banned

Lists of banned and frequently-challenged books

https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10

https://pen.org/report/banned-in-the-usa-state-laws-supercharge-book-suppression-in-schools/

https://www.rd.com/list/banned-books/

Have you read any banned books lately? Tell us in the comments!