On the other hand, you'd have to ask yourself what these authors have in common

That's an interesting comment and sent me scurrying to find out more about the authors' politics.

Zamyatin I know: He certainly was not a Fabian :) He lived in Soviet Russia after the Revolution. He had himself revolted against the Czar. However, he was dismayed by the suppression of freedom he witnessed under the Bolsheviks. His book was banned in his own country until 1988 because of his politics. So... he didn' have a lot in common with the other three authors.

As for Ray Bradbury...he was a Republican, leaning toward libertarian. Voted conservative, not socialist or even left.

Huxley it seems was briefly a Fabian and then fell away from that group. He followed more the philosophy of Bertrand Russell (who had also broken from the Fabians). Huxley was interested in Easter Philosophy and was inspire by Ghandi.

It seems, from my reading, that Orwell was a socialist who decried the gradualism of the Fabians. He wanted active change , a democratic socialist revolution (though not a heads-on-the-spike) revolution.. He doesn't seem to have anything in common with the other three authors, except his disdain for totalitarian government.

Thanks for reading and for commenting thoughtfully. As you can see, I do like to look stuff up. My formal education is in history, literature and the humanities so I am inclined to look for answers :))