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The Dystopia Files: Fahrenheit 451

Posted on: 02/21/201201/03/2025

In 1950, when Fahrenheit 451 first appeared as “The Fireman” in the magazine Galaxy Science Fiction, television was fast becoming a ubiquitous feature of the American home. The big three commercial television networks (NBC, ABC, […]

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The Dystopia Files: Bend Sinister

Posted on: 02/02/201201/03/2025

Vladimir Nabokov’s 1947 novel Bend Sinister doesn’t focus on class war, a projected future or the awakening of an individual under authoritarian rule. It follows an exceptional man’s loss of all that makes his life […]

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