Fahrenheit 451

R.I.P. Ray Bradbury, Author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles

Ray Bradbury — author of The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and many more literary classics — died this morning in Los Angeles, at the age of 91. We’ve got confirmation from the family as well as his biographer, Sam Weller. His grandson, Danny Karapetian, shared these words with io9 about…

Books & Comics Meredith Woerner Jun 6

One-star reviews of Fahrenheit 451 will make you want to burn everything down

If you want to lose all your faith in the human race and surrender to the fear that we’re going to turn into some kind of nightmarish dystopia — then check out the collection of one-star reviews of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 over at Least Helpful. Sample review: I think this book was a very…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Apr 12

Ray Bradbury finally gives in, agrees to release Fahrenheit 451 as an ebook

Fahrenheit 451 might be the most famous book about book-burning ever written, and its author, Ray Bradbury, has long insisted that it only be available as a print book, on paper. Until today. Bradbury has finally given in, and Fahrenheit 451 is available for the first time as an ebook. It is such a pleasure…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Nov 30

Science fiction and fantasy stories that can help you deal with death

Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter and this week’s Doctor Who crossover both served up poignant meditations on death. But fantastic stories often explore the darkest frontier of them all: Here are 12 other great stories to help you to cope with mortality. As Ray Bradbury writes in Fahrenheit 451: Everyone must leave something behind when he dies,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders and Michael Ann Dobbs Oct 27

15 classic science fiction and fantasy novels that publishers rejected

Science fiction’s greatest authors have brilliant ideas, storytelling mojo… and plenty of stubbornness. Many of the field’s greatest writers were buried in rejection slips, before they finally broke in. Here are 15 classic novels that publishers didn’t want to touch. When we were doing our list of 10 science fiction classics that the publishers originally…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders and Michael Ann Dobbs Oct 19

10 great science fiction novels that have been banned

In honor of Banned Books Week, Geekosystem’s Susana Polo looks at 10 great science fiction novels that have been banned, or at least threatened with removal from libraries and schools. Including some major classics of the genre! These titles are among the most popular and beloved science fiction works of the last century. They’ve told…

io9 Susana Polo -- Geekosystem Oct 1

The Best Year in Science Fiction: 1954

We’re getting to the end of our survey, but 1954 is a ridiculously robust year, with Ray Bradbury delivering Fahrenheit 451, Richard Matheson offering I Am Legend, and Japan unleashing Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Cinematic science fiction had yet to develop the technical wizardry to compete with the mind’s eye, so this year belongs…

Movies Marc Bernardin Jun 1

12 Movie Adaptations That Did The Books Justice

Whether or not you loved The Road, most people seemed to feel it captured Cormac McCarthy’s novel. Sadly, most adaptations do violence to the original books, but not all. Here are 12 SF/fantasy adaptations that did right by the books. The Lost World (1925) There have been many movie adaptations of Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1912…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 30

A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers

A single book can inspire a wide range of covers, and sometimes those covers can be works of art themselves. We look at some classic science fiction novels and the various covers they’ve worn throughout the years. We’ve collected various book covers from a number of classic science fiction novels to see how different artists…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis Nov 17

Are the Novel’s Days Numbered?

In Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury envisioned a future where society had abandoned literature in favor of watching their screens. According to writer Philip Roth, we’re getting closer to that future, and in 25 years, hardly anyone will be reading novels. Roth has declared the novel all but doomed, saying that within 25 years, its audience…

io9 Lauren Davis Oct 27

Death Before No Farenheit 451 Movie, Says Director

The Mist director Frank Darabont is still trying to get his movie adaptation of Ray Bradbury‘s classic Fahrenheit 451 made, but its current status depends on one particular person… who shall, apparently, remain nameless for now. Talking to SciFi Wire, Darabont – also known for writing the screenplays for The Green Mile and The Shawshank…

Movies Graeme McMillan Jun 26

10 Books That Were Better Off on Paper

Click to view It’s happened to all of us. We read a novel that blows us away, and a few years later its title appears on posters underneath the face of Harrison Ford or Natalie Portman. But at some inevitable point in that darkened theater, the movie takes a turn we didn’t expect. Our eyebrows…

io9 Nivair H. Gabriel Jun 29

Whatever Happened To These 7 Awesome Movie Projects?

Remember when we were promised a remake of Fahrenheit 451, or a new Barbarella starring Rose McGowan? What happened to those movies? I want to see a futuristic Guy Montag (please cast Christian Bale.) The movies we get most excited about often seem to fall into the black hole of “in development.” We’ve collected a…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 9

Scifi Movie Locations in the Real World

With movies like Speed Racer and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow creating entire scifi landscapes from CGI, it’s easy to forget that some of the most futuristic settings for scifi movies are borrowed from the real world. Today Oobject has a terrific collection of photographs of the architectural marvels (and subtle background buildings)…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 13

Shiny, Badass Fire Fighting Machine for the Year 2025

Now this is a fire engine that kids from 5 to 105 would like to see under the Christmas tree next year. How sleek and shiny does this thing look? Instead of the boxy fire fighting vehicles of the past, this baby looks streamlined enough to win a race or two as well as do…

io9 Kevin Kelly Jan 4

Fahrenheit 451 Is “The Most Relevant Piece Of Literature Ever Written”

Director Frank Darabont has made a career out of adapting kooky and off-beat novel and short stories, most of them from the hand of Stephen King. He impressively turned the very thin story “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” into a film that holds his own, and now he’s attempting to do the same with Ray…

Movies Kevin Kelly Nov 9

R.I.P. Ray Bradbury, Author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles

One-star reviews of Fahrenheit 451 will make you want to burn everything down

Ray Bradbury finally gives in, agrees to release Fahrenheit 451 as an ebook

Science fiction and fantasy stories that can help you deal with death

15 classic science fiction and fantasy novels that publishers rejected

10 great science fiction novels that have been banned

The Best Year in Science Fiction: 1954

12 Movie Adaptations That Did The Books Justice

A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers

Are the Novel’s Days Numbered?

Death Before No Farenheit 451 Movie, Says Director

10 Books That Were Better Off on Paper

Whatever Happened To These 7 Awesome Movie Projects?

Scifi Movie Locations in the Real World

Shiny, Badass Fire Fighting Machine for the Year 2025

Fahrenheit 451 Is “The Most Relevant Piece Of Literature Ever Written”

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Marshall Acton III Home Speaker Drops to a Record Low, the Deal Countdown Has Already Started

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

I’m Worried About the Helpless AI Disruptors of the Future

Russia Allegedly Swung at VPNs but Accidentally Hit Its Own Banking Sector Instead

Ryan Coogler Is Shifting ‘Animorphs’ Into a Disney+ Show

No Fooling, ‘Spaceballs 2’ Will Hit Theaters April 2027

I Regret to Inform You That the Artemis II Astronauts Are Having Lots of Screen Time

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Let us help find what you are looking for...