Orwell represents one of those strange cases where a writer’s reputation predominantly rests, if not on his worst, then certainly his least typical book.
Orwell represents one of those strange cases where a writer’s reputation predominantly rests, if not on his worst, then certainly his least typical book.
Orwell represents one of those strange cases where a writer’s reputation predominantly rests, if not on his worst, then certainly his least typical book.
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No one would ever argue that the election of Donald Trump equals the dystopian result in George Orwell’s 1984 . But there sure are a lot of frightening similarities. For those who haven’t read ...
"People that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims...but accomplices.”
George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four owes its plot, characters and conclusion to Yevgeny Zamyatin's novel We. So what, asks Paul Owen
Just when you thought the world’s literary level had gone down the proverbial toilet with books like Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey becoming best sellers, George Orwell’s 1984 jumps in sales. The fact that behind this is President Obama referencing the novel in his defence of PRISM, indicates that the increase in book sales […]
Orwell represents one of those strange cases where a writer’s reputation predominantly rests, if not on his worst, then certainly his least typical book.
Orwell represents one of those strange cases where a writer’s reputation predominantly rests, if not on his worst, then certainly his least typical book.
CERN-inspired stories, a feminist retelling of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and a new deep future from Annalee Newitz: sci-fi fans have a lot to look forward to in 2023
George Orwell had a lot to say about privacy, the corrupting influence of power and our relationship with our enemies. Decades after his death, his books and many other writings still have much to teach us.