TIL that Fahrenheit 451, a book about a distopian future where books are banned and burned, was banned and burned by the apartheid regime in South Africa with other tens of thousands. theconversation.com Submitted by open_closet t3_yf5bt0 on October 27, 2022 at 10:22 PM in todayilearned 141 comments 5,328
pickleer t1_iu2i4e9 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:48 AM And was mashed up with "1984" to make the Christian Bale movie "Equilibrium", as well as having its own movie. Also, the idea for "The Book of Eli" about pulling a book out of someone's head came from "F 451`"- the hobos. Permalink 3
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