Blogworld and Fahrenheit 451

O.k. I have never read the book "Fahrenheit 451" OR seen the movie , but this weekend someone told me the basic story of the book and movie and I want to read and see both.

In case there are others out there like me, who have not read this one yet, the basic story is: a community where the firemen's jobs are to confiscate and then burn the books. Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which paper burns. Of course, there is a fireman that sneaks a book, reads it and then can not continue in his job and becomes a fugitive of the government. Eventually making his way out of the city into the country, he meets a community of underground people. As he is being introduced, each person introduces themselves as thus: "Hi, I am 'To Kill a Mockingbird', I am 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'," etc. These people have memorized one book so that they may keep it for the future... and they are known by what story they hold within them.

Well. Today at church, I found a few blogmates and asked them to introduce me to other blogmates that I know go to Open Door. As I was introducing these new-to-me bloggers to my husband, I said, "Craig, this is 'Sleeping With Bread' or 'Still Listening'."

I immediately was struck by the feeling that I was living in "Fahrenheit 451"!! It was so amazing and real. There was a tang of hope and future on my tongue. Hmmm...