A lot of his writing has nothing to do with TV eating anyone.

Except for Fahrenheit 451, Harrison Bergeron, The Pedestrian, and Videodrome.

Harrison Bergeron and Videodrome aren't Bradbury, and The Pedestrian is a short story that directly lead to him writing Fahrenheit 451. So basically, he wrote a short story and a related novel on that topic, but otherwise spent a half century writing about other things.

lol I know those two aren't Bradbury. Still, tv decaying society is a theme in the ones that are by him.

It's a theme in one novel and one related short story out of a really prolific writing career. Have you ever read The Martian Chronicles? That's a great book.

To be fair, I was initially talking about Fahrenheit 451 but I've read a few of the stories from it, not the whole book. I'm stil of the opinion that he's a technophobic fuddy duddy afraid of change and that informs a lot of his work.

Well, you're right, but it's to such a degree that I think it made him kind of an intriguing weirdo more than a fuddy duddy. And either way, he still wrote some good stuff. He was pretty eclectic too. I mean, he's the guy who wrote the screenplay for the John Huston version of Moby Dick, then went on to write the book Green Shadows, White Whale about moving to Ireland and dealing with John Huston's crazy bullshit while writing said screenplay.

Just got back from Germany so started reading this. Amazing.
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I'm about half way through this audiobook, and it's basically what I expected. Billed as a Libertarian classic, it's easy to understand why. Freedom and independence is a major theme, limiting or overthrowing the government, rational inquiry and some objectivist ideas. My issue is that the story has been rather underwhelming so far, focussing too much on the political ideals being promoted.

Where in Germany have you been?