339: Burned Like Books

Published: Feb. 11, 2017, 5:43 p.m.

b'The Incomparable\\u2019s Book Club reconvenes to discuss two books from the past about future dystopias: Ray Bradbury\\u2019s \\u201cFahrenheit 451\\u201d and George Orwell\\u2019s \\u201cNineteen Eighty-Four.\\u201d Is Bradbury just angry about reality TV? Does Orwell just want you to read his essay about language? Can we read these famous books without bringing along our preconceived notions of what they\\u2019re supposed to mean? At what temperature do Kindles burn? Don\\u2019t worry\\u2014in the end this entire episode is going down the Memory Hole.'