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Topic: Fahrenheit 451

Margaret Atwood's Unburnable Book, a fireproof edition of her prescient and often banned book The Handmaids Tale is on display at Sothebys in New York City on June 3, 2022. (NGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Handmaid's Tale, 1984 book sales rise

Hanh Nguyen
Michael Shannon and Michael B. Jordan in "Fahrenheit 451" (Michael Gibson/HBO)

"Fahrenheit 451" is all too real today

Melanie McFarland
Jeff Bridges and Brenton Thwaites in "The Giver" (The Weinstein Company)

Dystopia, served lukewarm

Andrew O'Hehir