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Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) by George Orwell

1/4/2016

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George Orwell's dystopian warning about the dangers of a police state, thought-control, and the forced abrogation of individuality is a glorious satire, chock full of details and terminology that can be profitably applied to any number of real-world situations.  And as science fiction, it still stands as a thoughtful, mature work that deserves its place on all those lists of the best books in the genre.  Well-written, observant, and with a diabolic internal logic it tells the story of Winston Smith, a man trapped in the iron grip of a society that controls every aspect of his dreary existence through indoctrination, surveillance, torture, and fear.  His minor rebellions lead him into the arms of Julia, a younger woman with whom he shares a hatred of the system, and eventually into contact with a man representing the rumored underground of resistance fighters.  But what the book is really about is the society itself, its principles, how it operates, and what it does to its people.  A genuine classic, both funny and frightening.

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