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Obviously it is not theory but as a piece of dystopian fiction what do y'all think of it. Is it as overtly propagandist as Orwell's works?

Edit: I'd also love to hear opinions on Grapes of Wrath which I did not read in 8th grade. Really I'd love to hear about Steinback in general, my great grandfather knew him in highschool (or so my grandmother claims)

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[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 39 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How does the story of Fahrenheit 451 stand up in 1994?

R.B.: It works even better because we have political correctness now. Political correctness is the real enemy these days. The black groups want to control our thinking and you can't say certain things. The homosexual groups don't want you to criticize them. It's thought control and freedom of speech control.

this is just pulled off the wikipedia article about ray bradbury, this is from a series of interviews conducted for a grad student's thesis at Florida State University. i don't think ray bradbury has held up this century, let alone his vapid scifi

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago

white people spend an entire career and lifetime this mad that they can't say slurs in public

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah fuck, yeah that checks out. Didn't know he was that garbage though lol

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 24 points 1 day ago

it is admittedly kind of shocking how universal his work is in the education of children but no time is ever spent analyzing whether a guy that thinks his seminal work is about cancel culture was actually onto something.