... ). Dystopias have always been a powerful rhetorical tool, which can make them controversial. A good example of this is Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Flamingo, 1993). In the preface, Bradbury himself states: "By this time we were deeply into the McCarthy period. McCarthy had bullied the Army into removing some "tainted" ... K.Dick, 1968), but always visually obtrusive. Generally speaking, the environment plays an active role in dystopian depictions. The environment is not only a background, but emphasises the message. So how does the idea of dystopia relate to fiction of the 1960's? Cle...

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