I was very pleased to have read the book.
The idea that the party are in power for power's sake, and know that's what they're doing was interesting. The way the possibility of arrest is ever-present, and the atmosphere of hopelessness was very well done. But I don't buy the idea that the party will survive even another 50 years.
I was also unconvinced that the party could rise to power in the first place in England.
Then I read
Shattered Crystals, a holocaust memoir. The description of how quickly the society changed is astonishing. Knowing the overall facts is one thing, but having a first hand account of how it affected one family in detail, month by month and year by year is quite another. Recommended.
And it made me look at 1984 in a new light. Not a fanciful warning - a real warning. While the detail is fictional, the overall picture could happen, anywhere.
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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Hey all... its time to start discussing this months book club selection.
Speak your mind... nothing you say here will get the thought police after you!
BOb
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