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Uncategorized Tuesday, November 29th 2011 at 2:39 pm

Ray Bradbury Allows Fahrenheit 451 to be Published Digitally

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Publisher Simon & Schuster has announced that Ray Bradbury has relented and his classic Fahrenheit 451 will be released today as an eBook. Well, it’s about time, Ray. Yeah, I know that it’s spooky that a book about the decline of reading and book burning is being released as an eBook, the format that directly competes with the printed word. And, yes, Bradbury has been a longtime proponent of written books and has, according to the WaPo, referred to the Internet as “a big distraction,” but that doesn’t mean he can’t get with the times! Besides there’s, nothing sinister about reading Fahrenheit 451 on my Kindle.

Oh no.

(WaPo via @stevesilberman, image via Ron A. Parker)

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  • http://www.smallfish-bigpond.com/ Kerensky97

    Makes sense, the book isn’t about being anti-paper; it’s more about anti-culture.

    Although I do miss the smell of a library full of old books.

  • Tobin

    There is nothing sinister about it until they remove it from your kindle remotely like they did with “1984″. Or till they start modifying the content of the book because it no longer suits them (Mark Twain books). The future is one of informational tyranny.

  • Anonymous

    If I noticed this happen, I would have retreated to a bunker.