The History of Fahrenheit 451 | Banned Books, Ep. 2
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- For episode 2 of my Banned Books series, let me tell you the evolutionary story of Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451. Learn how a slew of short stories became a novella which became the novel, see the multiple first editions as well as some other innovative editions, discover the link between the novel and Playboy magazine, and hear about some censorship challenges the book has faced.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: The Unburnable Book - 0:00
I. The Story of Fahrenheit 451 - 1:52
II. The Short Stories Leading up to Fahrenheit 451 - 4:40
III. The Novella: Long After Midnight & The Fireman - 9:19
IV. The Novel: From The Fireman to Fahrenheit 451 - 14:21
V. First Editions: Paperback, Hardback, and Limited Editions - 16:29
VI. Other Innovative Editions - 20:41
VII. The Story Grows (Playboy & The Play) - 22:20
VIII. Challenges & The Bal-Hi Edition - 25:43
APPENDIX: Bloopers 30:27
RELEVANT LINKS
The Unburnable Book (The Handmaid's Tale)
unburnablebook.com/
PEN America
pen.org/
The Fireman in Galaxy Science Fiction: Full Digital Scan
archive.org/details/galaxymag...
Playboy and Fahrenheit 451: A Conversation with Christie Hefner
• Playboy and Fahrenheit...
ALL PUBLICATIONS MENTIONED
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (The Unburnable Book)
"The Pedestrian" - The Reporter (August 7, 1951) and Fantasy and Science Fiction (February 1952)
"Bright Phoenix" - Fantasy and Science Fiction (May 1963)
"Long After Midnight" - Original novella draft (found in Match to Flame and A Pleasure to Burn)
Long After Midnight - A short story collection published by Knopf in 1976. Note: the titular story is NOT the draft mentioned above but a completely different story.
"The Fireman" - Galaxy Science Fiction (February 1951)
Science Fiction Origins - Published by Fawcett in 1980; contains "The Fireman"
Match to Flame: The Fictional Paths to Fahrenheit 451 - Published by Gauntlet Publications in 2006 (Limited Edition of 750)
A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories - Published by HarperCollins in 2011
FAHRENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury
FIRST EDITIONS published by Ballantine Books, October 1953:
1st Paperback Edition (blue cover)
1st Hardcover Edition
Presentation Copies (50 copies)
Asbestos Edition
Bal-Hi (Censored) Edition, published by Ballantine Books 1967
The 50th Anniversary Edition (with Afterword, Coda, and interview with Bradbury)
Limited Edition Club - Aluminum 'Fire-resistant' Cover, 1982
Match Edition of Fahrenheit 451 by Elizabeth Perez
eliperez.com/portfolio/fahrenh...
The #Superterrain Heat-Revealing Edition of Fahrenheit 451
www.superterrain.fr/f451/en/pr...
Playboy Magazine, March-May 1954 (4th, 5th, 6th issues)
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (Play), The Dramatic Publishing Company
CREDITS
Music by Daniel Hines
www.danielhines.co.uk
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Wow! First, kudos for the preparation, research, and writing of your script! Creating 30+ minutes of coherent content is a serious undertaking. I must read 451 now, having read The Fireman. Perhaps a review of the books the Florida schools recently banned is in order. The idea of banning any books in 2022 is scary as hell. Anyway, great job! I feel a bit more learned than I was 45 minutes ago.
That was a terrific, thought-provoking, sometimes terrifying half hour of history and intrigue! Very well done. I think you're fast becoming a short-form equivalent of Ken Burns.
Well done, kept me watching . Throughly enjoyed your analysis . Envious of library
Fabulous, thanks so much for this. Very well done and so informative and thought-provoking!
Oh! I am really fascinated by your channel and happy to have found it 🤩
It is not easy to find a youtuber who makes videos of good literature; with the plus of your good taste and your trade as a book restorer.
Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina !!
I have never read this book and now I will! Thank you so much for this fantastic video. I love your channel. I always leave knowing something I didn't know before.
I absolutely love your videos. Thank you sharing your knowledge in such a creative, engaging way.
Love this! I've been meaning to read this for so long, and this just makes me want to read it even more!
Thank you for posting the video. Somehow I didn't read Fahrenheit 451 in school - I think our teacher wanted to try teaching us Brave New World instead. I didn't know what I missed!
Could you do a video on " Lady Chatterley 's Lover ?
I understand that the work caused a scandal and was banned at the time.
Although it was published in Florence in 1928, it was not printed in the UK until 1960.
I’ll add it to my list! I have a lot of videos planned so not sure when I’ll get to it, but I just bought a copy recently.
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