Originally Posted by sleepy jack

I just think because 1984 has a larger scope the thought behind it is far more original and frightening. I'm not going to knock Fahrenheit 451 (anymore than I already have) as I think it's a good book, but I feel 1984 is on a different level and doing something of a greater magnitude. Orwell aimed to document a time, Bradbury was writing a fiction story. Because of this I think the aesthetic of 1984 is absolutely necessary; it's a bleak story depicting bleaker times and a minimalistic style as opposed to a more poetic one serves the story more.