<DIV>George Orwell’s 1984 takes on new life with extraordinary relevance and renewed popularity. “Orwell saw, to his credit, that the act of falsifying reality is only secondarily a way of changing perceptions. It is, above all, a way of asserting power.”—The New Yorker In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be. Lionel Trilling said of Orwell’s masterpiece, “1984 is a profound, terrifying, and wholly fascinating book. It is a fantasy of the political future, and like any such fantasy, serves its author as a magnifying device for an examination of the present.” Though the year 1984 now exists in the past, Orwell’s novel remains an urgent call for the individual willing to speak truth to power.</DIV>

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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (October 17, 1983)
Publication Date: September 3, 2013
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A must read!!

ByKRon January 15, 2017

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In the 1960's I first read this book. It has been a guiding reminder through these years of how fragile freedom and democracy can be and of how important it is to be vigilant and aware of trends that may destroy them! (2017)

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This book is stunning, really makes you think how degraded our government has become.

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Worried about 1984? Check out "It Can't Happen Here."

ByHannahzarah Avarraschildon January 30, 2017

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I read this in high school (I'm 72 now) and at that time it was a prediction of things to come. In some ways it's pretty close. It is interesting that people are reading it more now because of the current situation. I think that if they are alarmed by this book they should try "It Can't Happen Here."

Another worthwhile book is "A Nation of Sheep" by William J. Lederer

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Still holds up.

Byessieon January 19, 2017

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I find this work still is applicable if not even more so now than when it was written.

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Perfect Primer for POTUS 45

ByPaul Paronon January 23, 2017

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I'd read this year's ago but I thought was a good idea to read it again and brush up on things

Today Kellyanne Conway announced that we were given alternate facts. Shades of changing the past and controlling the present

Get ready to party like it's 1984

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33 Years Later, 1984 Is Upon Us

ByprisrobTOP 500 REVIEWERon January 24, 2017

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1984 was a year of some fears. There was the Cold War fear, the fears about the film 'The Day After' that reflected the nuclear fears. But, the 1984 that George Orwell, had predicted, Was not, yet, here.. We went along in the 1980's with those and other fears, but we were mostly happy. I first read this book as a teenager, and there was a great deal of discussion about the book. Did we really think that life would be as totalitarian and regimented in 1984 as the book predicted? For most of us, no. We realized most would be alive in that year, and we had no fear.

Now, in 2017, the fear is here. 1984, the book is in the top ten book sellers this week. Why? Fasicism is upon us. Our rights are being depleted everyday. George Orwell told us, but it took 33 years after 1984 for his predictions to come true. Read on, ye seekers of truth, we need to unite.

Recommended. prisrob 01-25-17

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Byandygetchon January 25, 2017

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A classic with echoes rippling through time

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A must read in our current political environment

A great classic that it particularly of interest in our current political climate. A must read.

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1984 in the 21st Century

Always an interesting tale, the concepts of 1984 inevitably weave their way into modern societal and governmental structures; affording the novel an eerie prophetic characteristic.

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It is a great book! It is one of those books that will never lose its touch and relates to us now.

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It is hard to believe that the first copyright of this book was in 1949. The book seems so modern and surreal

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About time

Amazingly I never read this classic and figured at age 50 I should hit the classics I've missed.
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