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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN: 9780451524935
ISBN: 0451524934
Label: New American Library
Manufacturer: New American Library
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 268
Publication Date: January 01, 1961
Publisher: New American Library
Sales Rank: 1239
Studio: New American Library
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George Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision of 'Negative Utopia' is timelier than ever-and its warnings more powerful.
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'Outside, even through the shut window pane, the world looked cold. Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper intospirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, thereseemed to be no color in anything except the posters that were plasteredeverywhere.'
The year is 1984; the scene is London, largest population center ofAirstrip One.
Airstrip One is part of the vast political entity Oceania, which iseternally at war with one of two other vast entities, Eurasia and Eastasia.At any moment, depending upon current alignments, all existing records showeither that Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia and allied withEastasia, or that it has always been at war with Eastasia and allied withEurasia. Winston Smith knows this, because his work at the Ministry ofTruth involves the constant 'correction' of such records. ''Who controlsthe past,' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls thepresent controls the past.''
In a grim city and a terrifying country, where Big Brother is alwaysWatching You and the Thought Police can practically read your mind, Winstonis a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory stillfunctions. He knows the Party's official image of the world is a fluidfiction. He knows the Party controls the people by feeding them lies andnarrowing their imaginations through a process of bewilderment andbrutalization that alienates each individual from his fellows and depriveshim of every liberating human pursuit from reasoned inquiry to sexualpassion. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage tojoin a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicatedto the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, hehazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be.
Newspeak, doublethink, thoughtcrime--in 1984,George Orwell created a whole vocabulary of words concerning totalitariancontrol that have since passed into our common vocabulary. Moreimportantly, he has portrayed a chillingly credible dystopia. In our deeplyanxious world, the seeds of unthinking conformity are everywhere inevidence; and Big Brother is always looking for his chance. --Daniel Hintzsche
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Rating:  - Ninteen-Eighty-Four: Still a Classic
While the 1984 has come and gone, George Orwell's masterpiece of the same title is still a classic.
In this dark alternate reality, oppressive super-governments control the world.Eurasia consists of mainland Europe and Russia.Eastasia is made up of china and southeastern Asian states.Finally, Oceania consists of the Americas, Australia, Southern Africa, and the British Isles.These governments are almost identical in their policies and philosophies, but are constantly shifting alliances ... Read More
Rating: - Perfectly Horrific
1984 / 0-679-41739-7
Painful, frightening, horrific. What do you do in a world where your every movement, every gesture is watched carefully by the government? How do you live in a world where even the slightest departure from complete conformity will result in torture, dismemberment, death? What hope can you have in a world where there is no escape - there is no free travel, and nowhere to flee to since all governments are the same? You cannot even take the step of ending your own life, ... Read More
Rating: - A Warning, A Prediction...A Terrifying Truth
First off, this book is incredible. At 13 years old, I didn't understand every aspect of it, but in a whole, everything made perfect, clear sense.
I'm very interested in socialist governments(no, I don't like communist views; I'm a die-hard patriot at 13!), and I consider myself well-informed on up-to-date politics and such. And so, upon reading this book which was recommended to me by one of my teachers, I was horrified at the resemblances that Oceania and the direction our government is headed ... Read More
Rating: - Still Relevant
1984 has come and gone but this still is one of the most important books you could read about why it's important to protect our Freedom. Orwell wrote it to condemn Stalin and the Bolshevists but power for the sake of Power happens everywhere the government gets too strong and controls your life.Keep this in mind this coming November. Especially if your going to vote for a long lanky mackdaddy Chicago politician.
Rating: - Timeless classic on the dangers of communism/big government
George Orwell, in his book "1984", writes of a future dystopian society where the governments of a few nations maintain control of the world by keeping their inhabitants in submission and fear.
Like in his earlier work "Animal Farm", Orwell is making a pointed attack against the Soviet Union and communism.However, Orwell's work is more importantly a powerful depiction of the power and danger of an unchecked government.He grimly depicts the psychological, economic, technological, and other ... Read More
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