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Additional authors

1. Gioia, Dana
2. Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012.
3. Card, Orson Scott
4. Crowley, John
5. D'Rivera, Paquito
6. Elizondo, Hector
7. Hentoff, Nat
8. Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018.
9. Nafisi, Azar
10. Urrea, Luis Alberto
11. Weller, Sam
12. National Endowment for the Arts
13. Institute of Museum and Library Services (U.S.)
14. Arts Midwest (Organization : Minneapolis, Minn.)

Description

1. 1 sound disc (36 min., 54 sec.); 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Readings of excerpts from and critical analysis of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, a novel about a future American society that embraces hedonism and bans critical thought through reading.

Series statement

1. Big Read

Alternative title

1. Fahrenheit 451

Subject

1. Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012
2. Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012 > Criticism and interpretation
3. Audiobooks

Contents

1. Radio program -- Bonus tracks: Ray Bradbury on his favorite book -- Orson Scott Card on the power of storytelling -- Luis Alberto Urrea on his family's relationship to Fahrenheit 451 -- Sam Weller on Bradbury's office -- Sam Weller on the rejection of Fahrenheit 451 -- Hector Elizondo reads from Fahrenheit 451 -- Hector Elizondo reads from the concluding pages of Fahrenheit 451.

Call number

1. *BGF-1804

Note

1. Compact disc.
2. "The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, developed in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest"--Container.

Performer (note)

1. Narrated by Dana Gioia ; Ray Bradbury, Orson Scott Card, John Crowley, Paquito D'Rivera, Hector Elizondo, Nat Hentoff, Ursula K. Le Guin, Azar Nafisi, Luis Alberto Urrea, Sam Weller, contributors.

Author

1. Stone, Dan.

Title

1. An introduction to Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury [sound recording] : audio guide / written and produced by Dan Stone at the National Endowment for the Arts.

Imprint

1. [Washington, DC] : National Endowment for the Arts, 2006.

Series

1. Big Read

Cast

1. Narrated by Dana Gioia ; Ray Bradbury, Orson Scott Card, John Crowley, Paquito D'Rivera, Hector Elizondo, Nat Hentoff, Ursula K. Le Guin, Azar Nafisi, Luis Alberto Urrea, Sam Weller, contributors.

Added author

1. Gioia, Dana.
2. Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012.
3. Card, Orson Scott.
4. Crowley, John.
5. D'Rivera, Paquito.
6. Elizondo, Hector.
7. Hentoff, Nat.
8. Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018.
9. Nafisi, Azar.
10. Urrea, Luis Alberto.
11. Weller, Sam.
12. Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012. Fahrenheit 451. Selections.
13. National Endowment for the Arts.
14. Institute of Museum and Library Services (U.S.)
15. Arts Midwest (Organization : Minneapolis, Minn.)

Research call number

1. *BGF-1804