Fahrenheit 451 - April 2019 Book Group discussion thread
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Apr 2019
11:41pm, 26 Apr 2019
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Serendippily
I enjoyed it. As sci fi goes it didn’t overegg it’s brave new world stuff. I would prefer a toast maker to an octopus, I like toast. Given I’ve just yomped through it in 3 hrs I gave it an 8. Only one quail moment when he was sent off with Faber in his ears and I feared having to gear myself up for a shift in tone and had to bite back the urge to count how many pages I had left. I don’t think I believed in any of the characters as such - they were more demonstrations of a point - but I wasn’t bored. And it was probably hugely influential. And the paper burning was very prettily described |
Apr 2019
11:47pm, 26 Apr 2019
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Serendippily
Just read back. It appears I like my toast more buttery than Quimby. I laughed at the men, men bit, bloody men, taking our jobs, writing our books etc. Like what really upset Montag was the principle of destroying someone’s labour. I thought that was written by an author But it was more about the ideas than the scribing. And it was a tad shouty. But I still enjoyed it, cheers Westmoors
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Apr 2019
11:48pm, 26 Apr 2019
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Serendippily
(I mean a clockwork octopus not a real one obvs.)
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Apr 2019
7:45am, 27 Apr 2019
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quimby
I like my toast buttery. But I like it to be coldish when spread, not molten. It's OK if it melts *on* the toast. Not before.
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Apr 2019
11:49am, 27 Apr 2019
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Serendippily
that’s reasonable although a generation up from me did toast and dripping and bread and gravy
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Apr 2019
1:50pm, 27 Apr 2019
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quimby
Ooh, I remember dripping sitting congealing in a dish at my parents' house. Bleh.
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Apr 2019
1:58pm, 27 Apr 2019
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McGoohan
Fahrenheit 451 - the temperature at which toast burns
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Apr 2019
2:10pm, 27 Apr 2019
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Night-owl
I'm fussy about toast hate it over done. Like it warm with butter
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Apr 2019
4:56pm, 27 Apr 2019
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GregP
Cold toast makes you less fat. It was in Glenners’ blog so it must be true.
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Apr 2019
4:57pm, 27 Apr 2019
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Serendippily
I wondered if my review would mainly engender toast related comments
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