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Blogs about: Nineteen Eighty Four

Nineteen eighty-four - George Oswell

lifeanxiety wrote 1 day ago: George Orwell introduces the concept of Big Brother. 1984 feels like a parody for communism, but is … more →

Tags: Education, Entertainment, 1984, book, Download, George Oswell, Movie

More 1984

David wrote 3 weeks ago: After Tim Robbins’ Actors’ Gang version, here’s another one to add to the list of … more →

Tags: Arts, Stage, 1984, Orwell, Performance, Surveillance, theatre

Newspeak in the 21st century - Media Lens and angry analysis2 comments

ethicalmartini wrote 1 month ago: I’m currently reading a great book on the British media by the two guys behind Media Lens, Dav … more →

Tags: GEORGE ORWELL, Iran, iraq, journalism of engagement, liberal bias, Marxism and journalism, Media Lens, newspeak in the 21st century

Big Brother is Watching You (And He's a Chair)

md70wall wrote 1 month ago: As social media networks (MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) continue to grow in popularity, we conti … more →

Tags: Blu Dot, Real Good Experiment, Real Good Chair, 1984

Pic 433

freebornjohn wrote 1 month ago: 433 “The endless purges, arrests, tortures, imprisonments, and vaporizations are not inflicted … more →

Tags: Photographs, GEORGE ORWELL, The Future, purges, Torture, Arrests, IMPRISONMENTS, crimes

How Accurate Is History?2 comments

thenewhorn wrote 1 month ago: Recently I’ve started reading the famous ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ by George Orwell, … more →

Tags: Books, Politics, Culture, History, GEORGE ORWELL, Orwellian, Totalitarianism, communism, book

A Year's Worth of Great Book Group Choices12 comments

novelinsights wrote 1 month ago: Last night I went along to my regular book group at the South Bank and I have to say that the choice … more →

Tags: Book Thoughts, My Book Groups, Book Lists

The Real Room 101 - Part Four

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Tags: GEORGE ORWELL

Real Room 101 - Part 3

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1984

nickishungry wrote 1 month ago: I love this book and really glad that I re-read it. An appropriate follow-up from the last book that … more →

Tags: Books, book, First they killed my father, 1984, GEORGE ORWELL, Eric Blair, totalitarian, Societies, Society

The real Room 101 - part 2

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The Real Room 101 - Part One

ncowie wrote 1 month ago: Give this a watch – it’s well worthwhile. … more →

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Why I write

ncowie wrote 1 month ago: “Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. … more →

Tags: language, GEORGE ORWELL, 1984

Revising Nineteen Eighty-Four

ncowie wrote 1 month ago: Nineteen Eighty Four, is a dismal and brutal dystopian novel about a future in which protagonist Win … more →

Tags: Dystopian Literature, Orwell

Reunited with my 1984 and others...10 comments

novelinsights wrote 2 months ago: I’m visiting my Nan this weekend who is both a lovely grandmother and a great friend. She is k … more →

Tags: Book Thoughts, GEORGE ORWELL, My Library

Candles > Lightbulbs

Kayleigh wrote 2 months ago: We haven’t had light in the bedroom for more than a week now. The lightbulb went, and neither … more →

Tags: Books, England, Rant, Something in the apartment broke, Dancing crabs LOL, injustice, Welfare

Top Ten: Books7 comments

Steven Harris wrote 2 months ago: A couple of weeks ago I was asked to send in a biography for Esprit de Corps Literary Magazine, a pu … more →

Tags: Books, Culture, Lists, david nobbs, Franz Kafka, Hermann Hesse, Chuck Palahniuk, Fiction, GEORGE ORWELL

Politics and the English Language

ncowie wrote 2 months ago: Politics and the English Language (1946) is an essay by George Orwell criticising “ugly and in … more →

Tags: Orwell, Politics and the English Language

Authorial voice

ncowie wrote 2 months ago: When we studied George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four we talked about authorial voice. All text … more →


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