Update: The initial photo shows the anniversary paperback version. The NEW amazon listing for hardcover is to be avoided at all cost. Another reviewer added a photo of the hardcover version (the darker cover with orange border). It is a tiny little book (3x5 I think) with minuscule font and cheap, see-through low grade recycled paper. I returned my copy, and I recommend you do the same. The paperback is of better quality. I would never spend $10+ on such a shoddy hardcover. I expect this from unscrupulous 3rd party sellers, but not from amazon.com's actual listing.
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For those who have not read this novel, or not have read it since school (as in my case); it deserves a thorough read. Many of the concepts that Bradbury wrote about were alien to me in my teens. Now, barely over 30, I find that my life experiences as well as influence from other literature and film have helped me to develop a better responsiveness to this work.
The novel is quite short and even reading it carefully and thoroughly took me a couple of visits to my local coffee shop. The book does contain some grammatical and spelling errors, but remember that Bradbury wrote this at a very young age (as a series of short stories first), and without a formal composition or literature degree.
The message is one that surely hits home in these times: people are often in such a rush nowadays. Literature is being overlooked by many, television is the most utilized media, advertising is rampant in the society, and people have a million little 'diversions' such as twitter and facebook and video games to occupy their free time.
I believe that the most unsettling aspect of the novel as applied to todays society is thus: people never officially banned books to begin; instead they just forgot about them and pursued other interests.
For any true book lover this is a must read. Again, it has it's problems, but it is an entertaining, mind opening novel deserving of another (or a first) read.
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