It sounds like it's the opposite of the Fahrenheit 451, where books are burned by firemen as the government doesn't want people reading books, as it gives them dangerous ideas which would make them unhappy. A great read when you think Ray Bradbury wrote it in 1953, and amongst the ideas in the book is that people have earpieces in all the time listening so they don't have to interact with others (sound familiar), and watch wall sized TV's where they can be part of the cast on soapies (who wants to be Brooke or Ryde on the Bold and the Beautiful).But have started in earnest the first book in the Great Library series, Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine. Being a librarian I may be biased, but it's got a great premise. The library in Alexandria survived and is the source of the world's knowledge, but at what cost? No one is allowed to keep original books, all must be stored in the library and there are library soldiers who might search for illegal copies. There are dissenters called Burners who feel that knowledge should be free for all, not controlled. I'm about 80 pages in so far and I'm hooked!
Fahrenheit 451 has been on my 'I'll have to read it one day' list. Books about books are good books! Haha.I'll have to check it out.
Fahrenheit 451 has been on my 'I'll have to read it one day' list. Books about books are good books! Haha.
His short story, The Pedestrian is also worth a read. Written in 1951 it almost seems prophetic when you look around at how we live now.Fahrenheit 451 has been on my 'I'll have to read it one day' list. Books about books are good books! Haha.
His short story, The Pedestrian is also worth a read. Written in 1951 it almost seems prophetic when you look around at how we live now.
And isn’t Michael Robotham lovely. How he writes some of the dark stuff he does
I recently heard Michael Robotham speak at a launch and he told of his becoming an author due to Ray Bradbury… and the incredible generosity of the man.
I take it you've read Matthew Reilly? Haha. He wanted to make movies, but I think his scripts were too costly to make, so he turned to writing novels because you can have an unlimited budget.Probably belongs in another thread.. but I find books pre-structured as potential movie scripts to be irititating.
It seems there is no way to sort these books as one needs to get into the story before the predictability of the structure becomes evident.
Rant over...
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Any personal rant is valid. And I "get" this one.Probably belongs in another thread.. but I find books pre-structured as potential movie scripts to be irititating.
It seems there is no way to sort these books as one needs to get into the story before the predictability of the structure becomes evident.
Rant over...
Thank you! Sorry, I am a bit of a ‘lurker’ on this site (more broadly, on any social media) though have been reading since moving over from the UK a few years ago. So have alas not got many Qantas/Virgin tricks that have not already been covered. But do read books voraciously so, having stumbled across this thread, feel like there is some value I could add to try and give back a bit!Welcome aboard AFF @LizF