Orwell's 1984 and Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 combined?

[thesummerqueen]

I have recently read the two books and let me tell you this: I think right now, in the year 2012, our reality is like a combination of these two books. I wonder what you think:

In Fahrenheit 451, people have flat panel TVs on their walls (!) and never read books.

In 1984, everyone has a TV in their flat that CANNOT be turned off.

Wait a second - I went through news reports about 50 Shades of Grey being at the top of Amazon lists just to discover no one reads? Wtf are women doing with those books then?

I guess I better get rid of my kindle AND the over 200 books stuffed in my bedroom.

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(In other words, I actually kinda hate alarmist wonderings about whether or not we've reached a dystopia.)