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Arts & letters Book Club - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

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Time: October 18, 2011 from 7:30pm to 10pm
Location: Grandpa's
Street: Xikang Hutong
City/Town: The Chun
Event Type: culture, literature, books
Organized By: Arts & Letters Group
Latest Activity: Oct 18, 2011

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Many consider fahrenhei 451 to be Bradbury's masterpiece, a scathing indictment of censorship set in a future world where the written word is forbidden.

In an attempt to salvage their history and culture, a group of rebels memorize entire works of literature and philosophy as their books are burned by the totalitarian state

Come and join us for this evenings discussion!

details of how to download the book :

This is the English version I have found on the web.

http://kisi.deu.edu.tr/murat.goc/451.pdf

Check out our Arts @ Letters Group where a seperate thread has been created to discuss Ray bradbury and his writing and for more info about the book club and our meetings

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Comment by Richard Roman on October 18, 2011 at 11:04: Hi everyone. We will aim to start the talk at 7.45 as Anabel has to attend a dinner first and we cannot start without Anabel!

Comment by Richard ridealgh on October 18, 2011 at 8:53: Not in town!

Comment by Richard Roman on October 16, 2011 at 9:21: Steve mellow ( see pic below) will introduce the book and the author to u- together with his time with ray Bradburys

Comment by Richard Roman on October 16, 2011 at 9:19

Comment by Richard Roman on October 9, 2011 at 16:40: Well, Steve - maybe an intro from you at the next meeting? !!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Richard Roman on October 9, 2011 at 15:17: Steve - have you got the web address?

Comment by Balthazar Balderdash on October 5, 2011 at 16:48: Ah, found the downloadable version. Ugh, hate reading literature online. Must buy a printer. I might not be able to get to the book before the 18th, but I will attend anyway just to listen and meet fellow scifi fans. Once I get a printer set up, I can follow whatever Richard sets as the book to discuss.

As for myself, I read a lot of Philip K. Dick, Jorge Luis Borges, H. P. Lovecraft, Michael Moorcock, and Frank Herbert in High School in the 80s. I've mostly read non-fiction or historical fiction since then, but I still enjoy scifi TV and film, especially Twin Peaks (Scifi-ish), X-Files, the re-imagined Battlestar Galactical series, and now Terra Nova. As for films, my favorite scif were all the Philip K. Dick adaptations (e.g. Blade Runner, Minority Report, etc.), although I still haven't seen 'A Scanner Darkly' (should download that tonight...). Anyway, I'm looking forward to the evening!