From the Bookshelf of EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club

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What Members Thought

Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
This was too grim a book to say I enjoyed it. However, it was thought-provoking and certainly generated a long discussion in my book discussion group. I wish I had read this a long time ago. I can see how this book has influenced a number of science fiction and children's authors whose works I've read, including Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 and Lois Lowry's The Giver, as well as movies like "THX 1138". It was interesting to wonder how the novel would have been written differently if Orwell had ...more
Karina Ambartsoumian-Clough
Jun 27, 2007 rated it it was amazing
"Big Brother" is very scary.
I think I learned more from this book afterward.
...more
Isabel
Dec 04, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: scifi, dystopia
Re-read 7/2017. More relevant than ever. Can't recommend enough. ...more
Jayme Pendergraft
Feb 15, 2007 rated it it was ok
Shelves: schoolreads, 1001
diane
Mar 26, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Dana Warren
Apr 06, 2007 rated it really liked it
Kelli Poward
Jul 21, 2007 rated it really liked it
J
Jul 25, 2007 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Chris C
Aug 02, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Jody
Aug 15, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Marcia
Sep 17, 2007 rated it really liked it
Jade
Oct 02, 2007 rated it really liked it
Denise
Oct 23, 2007 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction, literature
Marta
Mar 09, 2017 rated it really liked it
Nik
Mar 24, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Pamela
Apr 09, 2009 rated it it was amazing
sunshani
Apr 14, 2009 rated it really liked it
Julia
Jul 15, 2009 rated it really liked it
Ryan Bassette
Mar 05, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Paul
Apr 09, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Monica W.
Nov 06, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites
Andrei Rybin
Apr 02, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Carepear C
Aug 20, 2012 marked it as to-read
Karalyn
Jul 08, 2014 rated it liked it
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