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haha... dapet lima ribu ajah. dg alasan nawar, "mang, ni buku kan bahasa inggris" XD

ternyata, bagi pedagang buku, novel berbahasa indonesia lebih mahal daripada novel berbahasa inggris. so, harga buku ini, cuma setengah harga novel2 HQ XD
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Cathy
Sep 16, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Must reading for today's political situation. The Obamanation demands a re-read of 1984, as Big Brother government seems to be reaching out again to control or own much of private businesses, and invade private lives. Can you get government Health Care in the future if you smoke, or obese, diabetic, have other conditions resulting in your bad choices. If you choose to not go Green, what will government do to you or prevent you from doing. ETC! Orwell's future vision looks like it may be getting ...more
Ben
Jul 28, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: owned-calibre
Summary: A guy living a repressive society starts to ask questions and has to face up to the authorities.

Things I liked:

The more personal reflections of the main character.
The setting was very thorough and painted a chilling view of a possible world view.
Still relevant ideas even though it was written a long time ago.


Things I thought could be improved:

POV was a bit impersonal at times.
Couple of fairly large chunks of exposition felt a bit forced and smug.

Highlight: When he recalls his mothe
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