#raybradbury

[theusaleaders]

Explore the poet of the cosmos’ thought process Through Ray Bradbury quotes, learn about his unconventional yet candid approach to life

#Quotes #RayBradbury

[merardogarcia-blog]

Los Viejos, Crónicas Marcianas

Ray Bradbury.

#cronicasmarcianas #raybradbury #losviejos #cienciaficcion #literatura #buenaslecturas #marte #espacio #lecturas #distopia

[bascombsbeastiary]

“Henry-Hackles, more or less a witch.” (Though personally I much prefer Jenny from the animated adaption). Side note this is my favorite of the bunch 🖤 #bascombsbeastiary #halloween #costume #skeleton #spooky #raybradbury #halloweencostume #allhallowseve #candy #trickortreat #creepy #vintagehalloween https://www.instagram.com/p/CkRGb6uP7BV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[sabinahahn]

ON THE WAY DOWN: A STORY FOR RAY BRADBURY from Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day by Ben Loory. "A MAN JUMPS OFF A CLIFF. I’m gonna need some wings, he thinks." #dailydrawing #ink #benloory @benloory #cliff #rayBradbury https://www.instagram.com/p/ChR62qAO_jJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[melaly]

-Algunas personas se vuelven tristes cuando son aún terriblemente jóvenes. Sin motivo especial, parece. Casi como si hubiesen nacido así. Se lastiman más fácilmente, se cansan más pronto, lloran más, y recuerdan más. Y, como digo, se vuelven tristes antes que nadie en el mundo. Lo sé, pues soy uno de ellos.

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[brunolazzsays]

Vamos ler essa distopia clássica juntos? 📖 . . #fahreinheit451 #raybradbury #literatura #distopia #livros #clubedolivro #leitura (em Itapema, Brazil) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpInxUjLrx2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[authorbashields]

I need to get this framed. One of my prized collections. An original featuring “The Fireman,” by #raybradbury before it was published as “Fahrenheit 451.” This Galaxy Science Fiction magazine is from February 1951 and originally cost .25¢. #authorbashields #losingdanistrumm #pandemicdawn #authorsofinstagram #booksofinstagram #writersofinstagram #scifi #fiction #reader #novel #bookworm #booklover #reading #bookstagram #writer #author #sciencefiction #books #book #artist #igers #instalike #repost #follow #instagram #love #publisher #discoverme #story https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn9dSXOuyZF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[monriatitans]

The Neverending Reading List: Book LV

"Fahrenheit 451"by Ray Bradbury

SIXTY YEARS after its original publication, Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Today, its message has grown more relevant than ever before. Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But then he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television. When Mildred attempts suicide and Clarisse suddenly disappears, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known. He starts hiding books in his home, and when his pilfering is discovered, the fireman has to run for his life. 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. Here, at last, is the definitive edition of a classic of world literature.

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RAY BRADBURY (1920-2012) was the author of more than three dozen books, including Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine, and Something Wicked This Way Comes, as well as hundreds of short stories. He wrote for the theater, cinema, and TV, including the screenplay for John Huston’s Moby Dick and the Emmy-Award-winning teleplay The Halloween Tree, and adapted for television sixty-five of his stories for The Ray Bradbury Theater. He was the recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, and numerous other honors.

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[lizloveswords]

Some people turn sad awfully young. No special reason, it seems, but they seem almost to be born that way. They bruise easier, tire faster, cry quicker, remember longer, and, as I say, get sadder younger than anyone else in the world. I know, for I'm one of them.

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Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

#raybradbury #sadness #youth #bruise #cry #memory #book

[saracausey1]

Have you heard commentators say that propaganda is necessary because the "other side" (whatever than even means) isn't guaranteed to win? To me, this either misunderstands or intentionally obfuscates an important purpose of propaganda.

Key topics:

✔️ You get hyped up and wild when you're supposed to. You sit down and watch the boob tube when you're supposed to. You ignore conflicts and problems when you're supposed to. The emotional reactions are carefully orchestrated. ✔️ If you lobotomize yourself, the fat cats and their cronies can do whatever they want without interference. Ray Bradbury explores this concept in his novel Fahrenheit 451. ✔️ IMO, one function of controlled oppo is to convince you that even if things are bad and it appears the hyper elites are plotting something nefarious, fear not - people are waking up. The power brokers are shaking in their boots! 😒 Riiiiiiiight.

#propaganda #entertainment #controlledoppo #media #Fahrenheit451 #raybradbury

[bonnettsbooks]

9/20/23 Open 6-9p. No open food/drink containers, please.

This book is a beater but still a treasure. That's the way it goes, sometimes. I may keep it. Sci-fi by authors you might not expect, plus known entities of the genre and then some!

#BonnettsBooks #DaytonOhio #UsedBookStore #EMForster #RudyardKipling #JohnDMacDonald #WilliamHopeHodgson #ArthurCClarke #MurrayLeinster #TheodoreSturgeon #RayBradbury #MargaretStClair #MilesJBreuerMD #ARowleyHilliard #LaurenceManning #PermaBooks #daytonoh #dayton

[marcosernestomarsal]

THE WATCHERS | Martian Chronicles extract

They all came out and looked at the sky that night. They left their suppers or their washing up or their dressing for the show and they came out upon their now-not-quite-as-new porches and watched the green star of Earth there. It was a move without conscious effort; they all did it, to help them understand the news they had heard on the radio a moment before. There was Earth and there the coming war, and there hundreds of thousands of mothers or grandmothers or fathers or brothers or aunts or uncles or cousins.

They stood on the porches and tried to believe in the existence of Earth, much as they had once tried to believe in the existence of Mars; it was a problem reversed. To all intents and purposes, Earth now was dead; they had been away from it for three or four years. Space was an anesthetic; seventy million miles of space numbed you, put memory to sleep, depopulated Earth, erased the past, and allowed these people here to go on with their work.

But now, tonight, the dead were risen, Earth was reinhabited, memory awoke, a million names were spoken: What was so-and-so doing tonight on Earth? What about this one and that one? The people on the porches glanced sidewise at each other's faces. At nine o'clock Earth seemed to explode, catch fire, and burn. The people on the porches put up their hands as if to beat the fire out. They waited. By midnight the fire was extinguished.

Earth was still there. There was a sigh, like an autumn wind, from the porches. “We haven't heard from Harry for a long time.” “He's all right.” “We should send a message to Mother.” “She's all right.” “Is she?” “Now, don't worry.” “Will she be all right, do you think?” “Of course, of course; now come to bed.”

But nobody moved.

Late dinners were carried out onto the night lawns and set upon collapsible tables, and they picked at these slowly until two o'clock and the light-radio message flashed from Earth. They could read the great Morse-code flashes which flickered like a distant firefly:

AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT ATOMIZED IN PREMATURE EXPLOSION OF ATOMIC STOCKPILE. LOS ANGELES, LONDON BOMBED. WAR. COME HOME. COME HOME. COME HOME. They stood up from their tables. COME HOME. COME HOME. COME HOME.

“Have you heard from your brother Ted this year?” “You know. With mail rates five bucks a letter to Earth, I don't write much.” COME HOME. “I've been wondering about Jane; you remember Jane, my kid sister?” COME HOME. At three in the chilly morning the luggage-store proprietor glanced up. A lot of people were coming down the street. “Stayed open late on purpose. What'll it be, mister?” By dawn the luggage was gone from his shelves.

#marte #cuentos #literatura #raybradbury #Youtube

[bascombsbeastiary]

“A Ghost named George Smith.” Theres something lovely about classic costumes 🖤 #bascombsbeastiary #halloween #costume #ghost #spirit #monster #mask #spooky #raybradbury #halloweencostume #allhallowseve #candy #trickortreat #creepy #vintagehalloween https://www.instagram.com/p/CkOhSDOvkZm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[aicollider]

Deities of South American Mythology discuss Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)

We see an Aztec deity, Quetzalcoatl, pouring tea from the teapot into a cup. On the table are plates filled with delicious cakes. QUETZALCOATL: (smiling) Today we are discussing a book that has challenged every aspect of our existence. Brave New World. All the deities take a sip of their tea and grab a piece of cake as they settle back in their chairs, ready for a lively discussion. PACHAMAMA:…

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[melaly]

-Hemos pasado momentos felices, ¿no es así? Fueron algo hermoso, estas charlas diarias. Hay una frase muy gastada que habla del “encuentro de las mentes”. -La mujer volvió el sobre azul entre sus dedos.- Siempre me pareció que el amor era algo mental, aunque el cuerpo no quiera reconocerlo. El cuerpo vive encerrado en sí mismo. Vive sólo para alimentarse y esperar la noche. Es esencialmente nocturno. ¿Pero y qué pasa con la mente que nace en el sol, William, y debe pasar miles de horas despierta y atenta? ¿Puede uno comparar el cuerpo, esa cosa nocturna, lastimosa y egoísta, con toda una vida de sol e inteligencia? No sé. Sólo sé que ahí ha estado su mente, y aquí la mía, y que las tardes han sido incomparables.

#el vino del estio #el vino del estío #ray bradbury #raybradbury #bradbury #libros #citas en español #amoleer #ilovetoread #literatura #books #literature #books and libraries #bookaddict #booklover

[iambizi]

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel written by Ray Bradbury in 1953. The story is set in a future society where books are outlawed and burned to suppress intellectual freedom and original thought. The protagonist, Guy Montag, is a fireman responsible for burning books. However, he begins to question his actions and the motives behind his society's strict censorship.

Part 1: The Hearth and the Salamander

Guy Montag, a fireman, encounters Clarisse McClellan, a free-spirited and curious 17-year-old neighbor. She asks him if he's happy, prompting him to reflect on his life.

Montag returns home to find his wife, Mildred, unconscious from an overdose of sleeping pills. He calls for medical help, and she survives.

Montag becomes increasingly aware of his growing dissatisfaction with his job and the society he lives in.

Part 2: The Sieve and the Sand

Montag meets Faber, a retired English professor, who helps him understand the importance of books and their content. Faber explains that books are valuable because they hold diverse perspectives and encourage reflection.

Montag decides to steal a book from a house that he's supposed to burn. His boss, Beatty, suspects his actions and tries to convince him that books are dangerous and meaningless.

Montag is unable to persuade Mildred and her friends of the importance of books, leading to further tension between them.

Part 3: Burning Bright

Montag is betrayed by Mildred, who reports him to the authorities. Beatty forces Montag to burn down his own house as punishment.

In a moment of defiance, Montag kills Beatty and escapes the city, becoming a fugitive.

Montag finds a group of intellectual outcasts led by Granger, who have memorized entire books to preserve knowledge.

The city is bombed and destroyed, symbolizing the collapse of the oppressive society.

Montag and the outcasts prepare to rebuild a new society, emphasizing the importance of preserving knowledge and encouraging free thought.

Some Key Points

Montag's journey from a fireman who burns books to a protector of knowledge is central to the novel. He becomes aware of his society's restrictions on intellectual freedom and starts to question his own beliefs.

Author Bradbury highlights the importance of books and intellectual freedom through various characters, such as Clarisse, Faber, and Granger. They represent the need for diverse perspectives and the power of critical thinking.

One of the novel's most famous quotes, "A book is a loaded gun in the house next door," underscores the perceived threat of books in Montag's society. Knowledge is seen as a weapon that could challenge the status quo and disrupt social order.

Montag's internal conflict is reflected in the quote, "We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?" This shows his growing discontent with the superficiality of his society and his desire to seek meaning.

Sum and Substance

In this classic novel, Fahrenheit 451, key points highlight the significance of intellectual freedom, the power of books, and the importance of questioning societal norms. Ray Bradbury's novel serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of censorship and the suppression of free thought. The characters' journeys and the quotes from the book emphasize the need to preserve knowledge and encourage critical thinking for a healthier society.

Fahrenheit 451 remains a relevant and thought-provoking piece of literature, as it urges readers to consider the importance of intellectual freedom and the role of literature in shaping our society. Through Montag's transformation, the novel explores the consequences of living in a world devoid of free thought and individual expression.

Why This Book Matters

Fahrenheit 451 serves as a timely reminder of the importance of free speech, critical thinking, and the dangers of censorship. In today's world, where information is readily accessible and opinions can be easily shared, it is crucial to recognize the value of diverse perspectives and the power of literature to foster empathy, understanding, and growth. By examining Montag's journey and the key points of the novel, we are encouraged to reflect on our own relationship with knowledge, literature, freedom of speech and the society we live in.

The novel also serves as a call to action, urging readers to be vigilant in protecting and promoting intellectual freedom. By engaging in open and honest discourse, we can work towards building a more inclusive, just, and thoughtful society. Fahrenheit 451 is a testament to the importance of literature as a catalyst for change, and the potential for individuals to challenge and reshape the world around them.

Relevance in the Modern World

Fahrenheit 451's themes remain relevant in the modern world, as discussions around censorship, misinformation, and the role of technology in our lives continue to be prevalent. The novel encourages readers to question the information they consume and be proactive in seeking diverse perspectives. In a time where social media algorithms and curated content can create echo chambers, Fahrenheit 451 reminds us of the need to break free from intellectual conformity and pursue a more balanced, thoughtful understanding of the world.

Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 highlights the importance of intellectual freedom, the power of literature, and the need for critical thinking in today's society. By exploring the journey of protagonist Guy Montag and examining the significance of the novel's quotes, we gain a deeper understanding of the messages Bradbury sought to convey and the enduring relevance of his work in our modern world.

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