“A Pleasure to Burn”: We Are Closer to Bradbury’s Dystopia Than Orwell’s or Huxley’s

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layout: post type: link date: 2023-09-02 06:00:00 -0700 title: "\"A Pleasure to Burn\": We Are Closer to Bradbury's Dystopia Than Orwell’s or Huxley's" link: https://quillette.com/2022/02/12/a-pleasure-to-burn-closer-to-bradburys-dystopia-than-orwells-or-huxleys/ permalink: /post/2023/09/02/a-pleasure-to-burn categories:

• dystopia
• society
• bradbury
• orwell
• huxley
• 1984
• Brave New World

• Fahrenheit 451

  Amid the technological chaos and Western culture wars of the 21st century, thinkpiece writers sporadically debate which of these novels more accurately foresaw our present predicament. Modern China most clearly embodies Orwell’s vision, and elements of both novels can be found in contemporary Western societies. However, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 offered perhaps a more accurate warning than either.

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