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“For the first time, the magnitude of what he had undertaken came home to him. How could you communicate with the future? It was, of its nature, impossible. Either the future would resemble the present, in which case it would not listen to him. Or it will be different from it, and his predicament would be meaningless.”
More relevant now than ever before, this is mandatory reading for everyone who doesn’t want this to be our reality in the near future.
More relevant now than ever before, this is mandatory reading for everyone who doesn’t want this to be our reality in the near future.
I decided to read this book because I love dystopian novels and it is a classic. It would constantly come up on the "must read" dystopian booklists.
Um... I think it was just ok. It was written in 1948 (thus the flipped date / but published in 1949). Orwell was living in a Europe that was being divided up after WW2, and his politcal surroundings had a large impact on his work.
Although its relevant to today, it just wasn't a book I enjoyed. It was just ok. I'm glad I read it but I wouldn't necess ...more
Um... I think it was just ok. It was written in 1948 (thus the flipped date / but published in 1949). Orwell was living in a Europe that was being divided up after WW2, and his politcal surroundings had a large impact on his work.
Although its relevant to today, it just wasn't a book I enjoyed. It was just ok. I'm glad I read it but I wouldn't necess ...more
read in school....beofre 1984.
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Jan 16, 2013
Barbara
rated it
it was amazing
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May 18, 2016
Jen Ifer's Inklings
marked it as to-read
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Sep 16, 2018
Joan
rated it
really liked it
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Dec 02, 2019
Jen Ifer's Inklings
marked it as to-read
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