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Fahrenheit 451...
Posted on 5/21/18 at 7:56 am
Posted on 5/21/18 at 7:56 am
My son just finished reading it (6th grade literature assignment). I loved the book as a kid, and of course, HBO just released the newest movie version of the book. It is crazy to me, how much of our current culture Bradbury nailed.
The book was published in 1953...when the book was written, there was approximately 1 tv per 3 households. Here he writes of huge screens covering walls, people listening to what is essentially wireless earbuds...not to mention the mechanical hounds.
The Science in this Fiction has stood the test of time very well to this point. Would you agree? What other SciFi books have weathered time as well?
I'm trying to get my son more interested in classical science fiction. What other books would you put on his Summer reading list if he were your son?
The book was published in 1953...when the book was written, there was approximately 1 tv per 3 households. Here he writes of huge screens covering walls, people listening to what is essentially wireless earbuds...not to mention the mechanical hounds.
The Science in this Fiction has stood the test of time very well to this point. Would you agree? What other SciFi books have weathered time as well?
I'm trying to get my son more interested in classical science fiction. What other books would you put on his Summer reading list if he were your son?
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Posted on 5/21/18 at 12:15 pm to madmaxvol
Technomancer
Posted on 5/23/18 at 8:43 am to madmaxvol
quote:Anything Bradbury ever wrote. His short stories are awesome. MARTIAN CHRONICLES, THE OCTOBER COUNTRY, THE ILLUSTRATED MAN, GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN are a few I'd suggest.
What other books would you put on his Summer reading list if he were your son?
Beyond Bradbury, I'd add I AM LEGEND by Richard Matheson, and maybe THE SHRINKING MAN.
Posted on 5/26/18 at 10:43 pm to madmaxvol
Starship Troopers
Posted on 5/27/18 at 11:41 am to madmaxvol
Illustrated man is good stuff.
Posted on 5/27/18 at 9:28 pm to madmaxvol
Can’t go wrong with Bradbury
Posted on 6/5/18 at 5:19 am to madmaxvol
Anything Bradbury and the foundation series by asimov
Posted on 6/20/18 at 3:47 pm to JawjaTigah
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I AM LEGEND by Richard Matheson
My God, they f*cked up that story so badly...reminded me of what they did to F. Paul Wilson's The Keep years ago.
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