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by: George Orwell
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780451516756
ISBN: 0451516753
Label: Signet Classics
Manufacturer: Signet Classics
Number Of Pages: 267
Publication Date: July 01, 1950
Publisher: Signet Classics
Sales Rank: 39006
Studio: Signet Classics
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What more can be said about one of the classic pieces of literature?
'Big Brother' could be called the Internet. If so, Mr. Orwell was twenty or so years off in his title, but not in his idea. Compare 'newspeak' to today's 'l33t sp34k', like lol, roflmao, pal, gg, and l8r
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Rating:  - A Haunting, Believable Look At the End of Human Freedom
"1984" is a haunting look into a post Nuclear War world where all world governments have evolved into all-seeing, all knowing, ruthless police states constantly at war. It is a very worthwhile read for all of us now in the post-industrial/nuclear era. Whether humanity is capable of degrading to and sustaining such a system is hard to know, but as Walter Cronkite explains in the forward, this book is a warning about what we may be capable of allowing if we are not vigilant in defense of our liberties ... Read More
Rating: - Amazing
Orwell was a pioneer in this form of literature. His insight into a "possible" future held more accuracy than I'm sure even he imagined.
The book is a struggle of man vs. ministry. How far will the few in positions of power go to improve their personal ideals in the guise of overall social improvement?
I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys dark themes. The ending had me in tears.
Rating: - A very disturbing book
This book is an Orwell classic, all about how totalitarian governments were tricking the people, destroying freedom, and ruining the world. The main character is Winston Smith, a disgruntled middle class office worker who secretly harbors a hatred of The Party. The world in which Winston lives is divided into three super states: Oceana, Eurasia, and Eastasia. Winston lives in London, the capital of Oceana, which is ruled by a totalitarian regime known as The Party, and it's leader Big Brother. The Party ... Read More
Rating:  - What It Means to Be Human
I read this book because I was growing weary of my own ignorance. One-too-many references to Big Brother amid the post-911 proliferation of video cameras, wire-tapping, and concern about government intrusions into private life pushed me to question my own cultural literacy (thanks to author E.D. Hirsch, Jr. here). My job also sent me to southern Sudan in 2007, during which a colleague noted that I would need to visit a rather remote "Orwellian province". It turns out that province is called Unity State. ... Read More
Rating: - the hobo philosopher
When I was young and read this book for the first time strangely enough I never thought of it as a warning about some other country's type of government. I thought of it as a description of what could happen in my own country if the wrong type of thinking was supported by a majority of the people of my country. I don't know what Mr. Orwell intended it to be but looking at my own country today I still think that my original interpretation was accurate.
I felt the same way about Animal Farm.
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