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1984

George Orwell

Start date: July 1, 2012

Finish date: July 31, 2012

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May 30, 2010 Amle rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-english

In 1984 we follow Winston Smith, who seems to be the last human alive to realise that he is going to die and that it might matter.
In search of Utopia mankind has conciously stopped being human and works deliberately towards destruction of emotions, individuality and integrity.

Winston works in the Records Departement in the Ministry of Truth - Minitrue in Newspeak, the official language of Oceania. At the ministry of truth, history is made anew. All news, entertainment, education come through or ...more

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Jun 26, 2010 Cee rated it really liked it

Shelves: classics

Three and a half stars actually. Didn't understand the characters at all. The world was actually quite interesting, wished he would have just sticked to that and didn't throw in horrible one-dimensional characters without any redeeming qualities. ...more

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May 24, 2011 Robert rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, sociopolitical-issues, fiction, our-book-club

I started this book in 1951 and bogged down. Recently I picked it up again as it was a read for my book club. Amazing. Orwell looked at his world and projected a dark future in which the state was all powerful. He who controls the present controls the past and he who controls the past controls the present. Orwell talks of widespread survelliance, manipulation of peoples behaviors and minds through fear. His major error was choosing too early a year, 1984. Cell phones, survelliance cameras, mass ...more

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Sep 21, 2011 Helen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Sheer genius. Amazing. The fact that Orwell's method of writing transcends his own generation and can applied beyond the planned 1984 day is pure testament to the genius content of 1984! ...more

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