I'm in the middle of re-reading it and the mechanical critter is probably the Hound, which, despite it's appelation, is described as having six legs and appearing more insectile than canine, including it's "stinger" full of procaine. BTW I was reading while on the bike at the gym, which faces a bank of 5 screens. It's interesting reading about the "relations" in the walls and veiwing (silently) one of the morning talk shows, whose vapid commentary is really obvious when seen in Closed Caption


" When you see a difference in a person and can find only wickedness in it - you and them - the 'them' become fair game, not people anymore but obstacles to the greater good, and it's always open sweason on 'them'"
from Court Of The Air by Stephen Hunt


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From: charley seavey <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: [SF-LIT] Most Beautiful Fahrenheit 451 Book Covers

Great stuff. I remember at least some of them. What the mechanical bug on
the Corgi/Pennington one has to do with the story is somewhat of a mystery
to me. The Graham/Steadman cover is quite striking- I had not seen it
before.

In the past, when I have taught a course in the history of books and
printing I've had the students read *Fahrenheit 451 *It always generated a
strong reaction.

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Dennis Fischer <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

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> http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/06/06/fahrenheit_451_book_covers_the_very_best_ones_from_1953_to_today_.html
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Charley
aka Desert Sailor