Along a similar line is the book by Niel Postman comparing and constrasting Orwell and Huxley, "Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show

Along a similar line is the book by Niel Postman comparing and constrasting Orwell and Huxley, "Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business" (1985). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death