By T.S. Carney

Fahrenheit 451 has had a long-lasting impact in the realm of dystopian fiction. But…is it really that good, or have modern audiences simply just followed the trend apologizing for it because it’s a classic?

By T.S. Carney

I was listening to NPR, a favorite pastime of my family (including my nearly two-year-old son). At seven o’clock in our region, we hear the show 1A — a program that tackles the issues of the day, earnestly and without irony. Today’s topic was “George Orwell’s 1984 and the Threat to Our Democracy.”