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1984
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Sep 02, 2009 rated it it was amazing
A cautionary tale of magnificent proportions. I last read this in high school, and of course, it didn't mean as much to me then. Age and the age we live in makes this much more horrific. Humans more machine-like and machines more like humans; guilt-free consumerism; seen horrors limited to television; privacy eradicated; humanity erased; truth neutralized; truth non-essential; power dominating truth; spin as newspeak; a world devoid of beauty, etc. Horribly depressing, but hopeful in its inspira ...more
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