ive read it. I like it alot. Bradbury isn't for everyone, but I think in this case he did a very good job. I think its definately a must read in the too much government genre. Plus the way he creates the world around the main character is well done. Its not banned maybe in some schools but you can still buy it. I bought mine at barnes and noble.
Not banned as far as I know. A good little parable, and probably the most approachable of Bradbury's books. Worth reading in conjunction with Orwell's 1984 and Huxley's Brave New World, although the latter two are ore difficult reads.
thanks...ill check it out after reading the hobbit and 3 lord ofthe ring books..so its gonna be awhile lol i started listening to 1984 on my ipod but the narrator had the dullest voice ever..ill have to read that one too
you should read it, even if you're not into the whole big brother/government thing its still a good read as for being banned, as someone else said it may be school by school but i doubt it. our school had it in the library and even put it on as a school play
No literature is banned by federal law in the US. Small-minded people in individual school districts and library systems do ban certain books and magazines; but in big cities, not so much. Unless it's in the South.
I remember reading it in highschool. We also read 1984 along with it. I didn't mind either book really. I thought they were pretty enjoyable reads. I'd recommend reading it like many others did here..
While we're going all nerd fest I'd also recommend Asimov's Caves of Steel. The dystopian future is the backdrop to the main story, but I've found it very topical when re-reading it last year with the government locking up the people in cities and preventing them from interfering with nature. Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land has some similarities to Brave New World but gets real weird towards the end.
