1984 - Orwell

Thoughts_Arrive
Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
edited October 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
Is this book worth borrowing/buying?
Seems interesting after reading the wiki article.
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  • Hitch-Hiker
    Hitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    It's a must read for everyone imo. So ahead of it's time. It's scary how accurate it is. It's extreme of course, but there's a lot in it that applies today more than ever. I've known people who've read it more recently and found it to be a little slow, but I never found that to be the case. Other than the year mentioned I don't think it's dated a single day. Superb piece of work. Fully deserving of it's classic status.
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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    I love Orwell's short stories. They're superb. You can buy his collected essays:

    http://www.amazon.com/PENGUIN-ESSAYS-TW ... 0140188037
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    Is this book worth borrowing/buying?
    Seems interesting after reading the wiki article.

    its even worth stealing. ;)


    this book horrified me. to think that words can be taken out of a language... my language... was a little more than i could bear. newspeak...ugh. :shock:
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • he still stands
    he still stands Posts: 2,835
    asking this audience if this book is worth reading is like asking the Pope if the Bible is worth reading...

    yeah... THAT influential to a lot of us.

    It is so good a lot of people want it banned!
    Everything not forbidden is compulsory and eveything not compulsory is forbidden. You are free... free to do what the government says you can do.
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    Call me nuts, but I like Animal Farm even more than 1984.
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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    They also made a very good movie of this book back in - yep, you guessed it! - 1984.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_E ... %28film%29
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    It's good, but Catch-22 is better. No book captures the inhuman arbitrariness of modern society better than this... it's hilarious and horrifying.

    But 1984 is good too, and easier to read.
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    amazing book..easy read and always in time..
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    soulsinging wrote:
    It's good, but Catch-22 is better. No book captures the inhuman arbitrariness of modern society better than this... it's hilarious and horrifying.

    But 1984 is good too, and easier to read.

    i'd have to agree. great read. (so is 1984 & Animal Farm, though)

    actually, i haven't read 1984 in quite some time. i think i'll start it tonight.
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  • rearviewmiror
    rearviewmiror Posts: 894
    A great book, and I always liked it better than Animal Farm. It is scary how possible it has become, but the suspense feels real, definitely one of my favorite books of all time.
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  • Digital Twilight
    Digital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    Just ordered this from amazon, should arrive tomorrow or saturday. Always wanted to read 'Animal Farm' but i seem to have come across this one first. I also ordered 'The Fountainhead' by Ayn Rand.
  • rhcpjam1029
    rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,982
    1984 is one of the best books i've ever had to read in school. even if it was not required, i would have read it anyways. it's great because so many musicians today use this book as a basis of their song writing. it's a great book.
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    Beavis: Heh heh. Oh yeah. Yeah! Get those spoons out of my face before I shove them up your butt!
    Butthead: Huh huh.
  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    I didn't think there was any school system on the planet that would have a curriculum withouth 1984.
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  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    Just ordered this from amazon, should arrive tomorrow or saturday. Always wanted to read 'Animal Farm' but i seem to have come across this one first. I also ordered 'The Fountainhead' by Ayn Rand.


    T.F. is my favorite Rand book.
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  • Digital Twilight
    Digital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    BinFrog wrote:
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    Just ordered this from amazon, should arrive tomorrow or saturday. Always wanted to read 'Animal Farm' but i seem to have come across this one first. I also ordered 'The Fountainhead' by Ayn Rand.


    T.F. is my favorite Rand book.

    I've only read 'Anthem' and of course 'Atlas Shrugged' which is a fookin' mammoth of a book.
  • gobrowns19
    gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    Animal Farm is worth a read, but I definitely recommend watching the video I made in high school...the story recreated with fischer price farm toys. oh and it has some PJ in it, haha. Do the Evolution when the animals revolt, Thumbing My Way when Old Major dies, and Down when they complete the windmill. Haha, it's really a blast.

    But yeah, 1984 is amazing, a must read for everyone.
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  • Digital Twilight
    Digital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    Well i finished reading 1984 this week and i must say the ending was chilling.

    Wonderful read...
  • Heatherj43
    Heatherj43 Posts: 1,254
    Definitely a do-read! I prefer the movie.
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  • Digital Twilight
    Digital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    Heatherj43 wrote:
    Definitely a do-read! I prefer the movie.

    Never knew there was a film. Might stick it on my rental list.
  • Heatherj43
    Heatherj43 Posts: 1,254
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    Heatherj43 wrote:
    Definitely a do-read! I prefer the movie.

    Never knew there was a film. Might stick it on my rental list.
    I never read the book. I only have watched the movie.
    It was years ago. The scene I remember the most is this couple sitting under where the camera is watching their room and making plans to escape. The entire room was being watched except this one area. It was a black and white film.
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