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Originally Posted by Pablo
I don't know why people insist on classifying 1984 as science fiction. It is not, despite the "speakwrite" and the "telescreen". 1984 is a political novel, a critic of autoritarism in general and Stalinism in particular. That's why it so interesting today. And it certainly has not been "proven wrong".
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Well, that is true of any good science fiction novel. It's not about the science, it's about humanity - an interesting look at ourselves. That's what all fiction is about. A novel or story is classified as science fiction if it contains plausible future-oriented projections of technology, society, etc. Certainly 1984 did when it was written. (as did 2001) but both those dates have now passed (thus the comment about being proven wrong).
