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Originally Posted by DrNefario
I've read his book The Great Apes, and thought it was very good, although it suffers the usual flaws of lit-fic: it's a bit full of itself and doesn't have a proper ending. Other than that, it's a good bit of SF, although it will never admit it.
I'm not quite sure I can be bothered to see what he's actually saying about Orwell, but the title does seem a bit clickbait. Orwell's books have the power to be life-changing. I haven't heard anyone say that about Self.
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Orwell is still relevant today, maybe more than ever. One or more of the songs of OK Computer was inspired by 1984. Margaret Atwood was influenced by Orwell’s strong commentary against communism. David Thorne, the humorist and Australian writer, references Orwell on his website.