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Originally Posted by crich70
Stale in comparison to what yardstick though? Fahrenheit 451 was written in 1953 when America was living through the McCarthy era. And Brave New World was written in 1931 at a time there was instability in Britain and the Nazi's were beginning their rise to power in Germany. Like any other book they are a product of the times in which they were written.
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An example of an even older book that is not stale is
War of the Worlds. It's not always when a book was written, but how it was written.