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Fahrenheit 451

Author: Ray Bradbury; Neil Gaiman
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013, ©1951.
Edition/Format:  Print book : Fiction : English : 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edView all editions and formats
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In the classic novel of censorship and defiance, a totalitarian regime in the future has ordered all books to be destroyed, but one of the book burners suddenly realizes their merit.
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Genre/Form: Satire
Fiction
Political fiction
Science fiction
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Ray Bradbury; Neil Gaiman
ISBN: 9781451673265 1451673264
OCLC Number: 1145747639
Notes: "Fahrenheit 451-The temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns ..."
"60th Anniversary edition"--Jacket.
Originally published: ©1951.
Description: xvi, 249 pages ; 23 cm
Other Titles: Fahrenheit four hundred fifty-one
Responsibility: Ray Bradbury ; introduction by Neil Gaiman.

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In the classic novel of censorship and defiance, a totalitarian regime in the future has ordered all books to be destroyed, but one of the book burners suddenly realizes their merit.

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