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English author George Orwell's novel set in a dystopian future.

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Hauntingly Possible

Jul 19, 2010

by DrewBadgett
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

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Before I read 1984 I had heard so much hype, I'd seen the Apple commercial from the 80s, and I'd read countless other books that were described with the words "it's like 1984". None of those things prepared me for how haunting and eye opening this book is. I will probably never look at a TV the same as before. Instead, I will always be wondering if someone is watching me back. If you haven't read this book then I highly recommend that you do.

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Lea_Flores August 10, 2010

Good review! It is a compelling story.

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Quick Tip by thorjanke. December 02, 2011

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i do not like it ---I love it! this is my favourite dystopia

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review by Valsviews. June 23, 2009

MUCH ADO ABOUT 'SOMETHING'

This negative utopia called "1984" was written in 1948. The author, George Orwell, (whose real names were Eric Arthur Blair) was already dying of tuberculosis (in his native England) when it was completed. The book used metaphors to convey the author's perception of the Soviet Union. It has all the essences of a future read: at least in that 1948 when it was first published. And like the "Animal Farm" before it, offers its reader only one functional gear: forward. I often enjoy … more

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review by jelundberg. February 23, 2011

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Thoughtspeaking Truth to Power

There are very few writers whose work has been so profound that their names have become adjectives. Shakespearean. Kafkaesque. Orwellian. 1984 remains George Orwell's greatest legacy, a fact shared by Roberto Bolano's novel 2666; both books with a four-digit number as the title, both written frantically by authors who knew they were dying, both profound in their exploration of human cruelty, both lifting the veil of propaganda and rhetoric to get to the Truth underneath. … more

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Quick Tip by Jvstin. February 19, 2011

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1984 is an essential book, not just for SF readers, not just for readers, but for everyone, everywhere.

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Quick Tip by Scotoma. February 23, 2011

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Pretty dry (dare I say boring) read in places, but the discussion about total context manipulation and its implications still remain pretty scary and relevant

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Quick Tip by jelundberg. February 23, 2011

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One of the greatest books of all time, at the very top of my list of favorites.

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Quick Tip by Robin_Shantz. February 19, 2011

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It's been years since I've read 1984, but it made a huge impression on me.

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Quick Tip by ifsomina. December 19, 2010

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the formal political and the weird life style.I'm a chinese girl, and I have to say, some of the pictures seems incredible....fimiliar.

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Quick Tip by ssjakira1. October 06, 2010

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One of those novels where you find yourself just fascinated.

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review by MemoryShock. July 06, 2010

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This was a well written book and one that receives not even a modicum of the attention it deserves. While the book begins by describing the social caste system and the dangers of becoming to personable within such, it is more of a descriptor of how technology and the application of social labels tends to be an implicit divisionary tactic between those within a social group. Winston's difficulty in negotiating his own personal feelings and the enforced loyalty to his … more

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Concerns life in an authoritarian regime as lived by Winston Smith, an intellectual worker at the Ministry of Truth, and his degradation when he runs afoul of the totalitarian government of Oceania, the state in which he lives in the year that he presumes is 1984

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