“But remember that the Captain belongs to the most dangerous enemy to truth and freedom, the unmoving cattle of the majority. Oh God, the terrible tyranny of the majority.”
(Faber)
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Fahrenheit 451 (2)
(Faber)
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Fahrenheit 451 (2)
December 1, 2024 at 7:05 PM
“But remember that the Captain belongs to the most dangerous enemy to truth and freedom, the unmoving cattle of the majority. Oh God, the terrible tyranny of the majority.”
(Faber)
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Fahrenheit 451 (2)
(Faber)
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Fahrenheit 451 (2)
December 1, 2024 at 3:31 PM
November 23, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Laurence Sterne said it once: Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine, the life, the soul of reading! Take them out and one cold eternal winter would reign on every page.
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December 8, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Laurence Sterne said it once: Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine, the life, the soul of reading! Take them out and one cold eternal winter would reign on every page.
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November 30, 2024 at 10:58 AM
For, let’s face it, digression is the soul of wit. Take philosophic asides away from Dante, Milton or Hamlet’s father’s ghost and what stays is dry bones.
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Fahrenheit 451, Afterword
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Fahrenheit 451, Afterword
December 8, 2024 at 9:23 PM
For, let’s face it, digression is the soul of wit. Take philosophic asides away from Dante, Milton or Hamlet’s father’s ghost and what stays is dry bones.
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Fahrenheit 451, Afterword
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Fahrenheit 451, Afterword
A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. Breach man’s mind. Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man? (57)
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Fahrenheit 451
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Fahrenheit 451
November 24, 2024 at 7:24 PM
A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. Breach man’s mind. Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man? (57)
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Fahrenheit 451
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Fahrenheit 451
Farther on, as Montag moved in darkness, he could see the helicopters falling falling like the first flakes of snow in the long winter to come . . .
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Fahrenheit 451
“Burning Bright”
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Fahrenheit 451
“Burning Bright”
December 3, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Farther on, as Montag moved in darkness, he could see the helicopters falling falling like the first flakes of snow in the long winter to come . . .
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Fahrenheit 451
“Burning Bright”
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Fahrenheit 451
“Burning Bright”
And now? . . .
The street empty, the house burnt like an ancient bit of stage scenery, the other homes dark, the Hound here, Beatty there, the two firemen another place . . .
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Fahrenheit 451 (3)
The street empty, the house burnt like an ancient bit of stage scenery, the other homes dark, the Hound here, Beatty there, the two firemen another place . . .
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Fahrenheit 451 (3)
December 2, 2024 at 11:00 PM
And now? . . .
The street empty, the house burnt like an ancient bit of stage scenery, the other homes dark, the Hound here, Beatty there, the two firemen another place . . .
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Fahrenheit 451 (3)
The street empty, the house burnt like an ancient bit of stage scenery, the other homes dark, the Hound here, Beatty there, the two firemen another place . . .
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Fahrenheit 451 (3)
„Stuff your eyes with wonder“, he said, „live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. …“
Fahrenheit 451 (3)
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Fahrenheit 451 (3)
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December 8, 2024 at 8:11 AM
„Stuff your eyes with wonder“, he said, „live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. …“
Fahrenheit 451 (3)
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Fahrenheit 451 (3)
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. . . and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history.
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Fahrenheit 451
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Fahrenheit 451
November 18, 2024 at 7:35 PM
. . . and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history.
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Fahrenheit 451
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Fahrenheit 451
“There must be something in books, things we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.” (50)
Montag
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Montag
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Fahrenheit 451
November 23, 2024 at 8:49 PM
“There must be something in books, things we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.” (50)
Montag
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Fahrenheit 451
Montag
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Fahrenheit 451
La #metaliteratura: entre #Raybradbury2024 e @irenevalmore.bsky.social se me enriquecen las referencias.
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December 3, 2024 at 7:13 AM
La #metaliteratura: entre #Raybradbury2024 e @irenevalmore.bsky.social se me enriquecen las referencias.
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The Mechanical Hound slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live in its gently humming, gently vibrating, softly illuminated kennel back in a dark corner of the firehouse. (23)
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Fahrenheit 451
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Fahrenheit 451
November 20, 2024 at 7:18 PM
The Mechanical Hound slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live in its gently humming, gently vibrating, softly illuminated kennel back in a dark corner of the firehouse. (23)
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Fahrenheit 451
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Fahrenheit 451
Montag squinted from one face to another as they walked.
„Don't judge a book by its cover“, someone said.
And they all laughed quietly, moving downstream.
Fahrenheit 451 (3)
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„Don't judge a book by its cover“, someone said.
And they all laughed quietly, moving downstream.
Fahrenheit 451 (3)
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December 7, 2024 at 8:41 AM
Montag squinted from one face to another as they walked.
„Don't judge a book by its cover“, someone said.
And they all laughed quietly, moving downstream.
Fahrenheit 451 (3)
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„Don't judge a book by its cover“, someone said.
And they all laughed quietly, moving downstream.
Fahrenheit 451 (3)
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“Why is it,” he said, one time, at the subway entrance, “I feel I’ve known you so many years?”
“Because I like you,” she said, “and I don’t want anything from you. And because we know each other.” (27)
Montag and Clarisse
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Fahrenheit 451
“Because I like you,” she said, “and I don’t want anything from you. And because we know each other.” (27)
Montag and Clarisse
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Fahrenheit 451
November 21, 2024 at 6:49 PM
“Why is it,” he said, one time, at the subway entrance, “I feel I’ve known you so many years?”
“Because I like you,” she said, “and I don’t want anything from you. And because we know each other.” (27)
Montag and Clarisse
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Fahrenheit 451
“Because I like you,” she said, “and I don’t want anything from you. And because we know each other.” (27)
Montag and Clarisse
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Fahrenheit 451
Now there was only the cold river and Montag floating in a sudden peacefulness, away from the city and the lights and the chase, away from everything.
[…]
He was moving from an unreality that was frightening into a reality that was unreal because it was new.
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Fahrenheit 451 (3)
[…]
He was moving from an unreality that was frightening into a reality that was unreal because it was new.
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Fahrenheit 451 (3)
December 5, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Now there was only the cold river and Montag floating in a sudden peacefulness, away from the city and the lights and the chase, away from everything.
[…]
He was moving from an unreality that was frightening into a reality that was unreal because it was new.
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Fahrenheit 451 (3)
[…]
He was moving from an unreality that was frightening into a reality that was unreal because it was new.
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Fahrenheit 451 (3)
„Well“, said Beatty, „now you did it. Old Montag wanted to fly near the sun and now that he's burnt his damn wings, he wonders why. Didn't I hint enough when I sent the Hound around your place?“
Fahrenheit 451 (3)
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Fahrenheit 451 (3)
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December 2, 2024 at 3:23 PM
„Well“, said Beatty, „now you did it. Old Montag wanted to fly near the sun and now that he's burnt his damn wings, he wonders why. Didn't I hint enough when I sent the Hound around your place?“
Fahrenheit 451 (3)
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Fahrenheit 451 (3)
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“"What?" asked Montag of that other self, the subconscious idiot that ran babbling at times, quite independent of will, habit, and conscience.”
Fahrenheit 451 🔥
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Fahrenheit 451 🔥
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November 20, 2024 at 5:33 PM
“"What?" asked Montag of that other self, the subconscious idiot that ran babbling at times, quite independent of will, habit, and conscience.”
Fahrenheit 451 🔥
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Fahrenheit 451 🔥
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. . . and Montag knew if he reached out, he might pull a book of poetry from the man’s coat. But he did not reach out.
[…]
“I don’t talk things, sir,” said Faber. “I talk the meaning of things. I sit here and know I’m alive.” (73)
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Fahrenheit 451
[…]
“I don’t talk things, sir,” said Faber. “I talk the meaning of things. I sit here and know I’m alive.” (73)
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Fahrenheit 451
November 25, 2024 at 8:20 PM
. . . and Montag knew if he reached out, he might pull a book of poetry from the man’s coat. But he did not reach out.
[…]
“I don’t talk things, sir,” said Faber. “I talk the meaning of things. I sit here and know I’m alive.” (73)
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Fahrenheit 451
[…]
“I don’t talk things, sir,” said Faber. “I talk the meaning of things. I sit here and know I’m alive.” (73)
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Fahrenheit 451
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Thanks Liz, that you brought #RayBradbury2024 to bsky. It was a pleasure (not to burn, but) to read!
Thanks Liz, that you brought #RayBradbury2024 to bsky. It was a pleasure (not to burn, but) to read!
December 8, 2024 at 8:22 AM
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Thanks Liz, that you brought #RayBradbury2024 to bsky. It was a pleasure (not to burn, but) to read!
Thanks Liz, that you brought #RayBradbury2024 to bsky. It was a pleasure (not to burn, but) to read!