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mantrabooks · 11-01-2006, 09:53

In Ray Bradbury's classic 'Fahrenheit 451' The Fireman Captain Beatty explains it this way, "Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs.... Don't give them slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy."
In Bradbury's future, books are illegal and happily so--citizens are too busy watching their wall-sized televisions and listening to their in-ear "seashell" radios to care about the loss of good literature.
By the way our TV is 36" widescreen with DVD and surround sound - yippy!

11-01-2006, 09:53	#3
mantrabooks Full Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 319 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 42	Re: Library to close. In Ray Bradbury's classic 'Fahrenheit 451' The Fireman Captain Beatty explains it this way, "Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs.... Don't give them slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy." In Bradbury's future, books are illegal and happily so--citizens are too busy watching their wall-sized televisions and listening to their in-ear "seashell" radios to care about the loss of good literature. By the way our TV is 36" widescreen with DVD and surround sound - yippy! __________________ TRANSIT LUTON VAN AND MAN FOR HIRE Removals - no Job too small....or BIG