A review by bmatzke
The Burning by James E. Gunn

3.0

Not as good as Gunn's other writing that I've read, and certainly dated in some respects, but as a broad satire of anti-intellectualism the novel still works. I appreciated that while it took a dystopian view of the anti-science, it also saw ways in which scientific culture could/should adapt to take itself out of the ivory tower and be more open. It reminded me a little of Sinclair Lewis's It Can't Happen Here.