1984
THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED ME TO DO THIS SITE AS WELL AS MY LOVE FOR DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE ITSELF. I READ THIS BOOK IN 1984 AFTER IT WAS RECOMNDED BY MY TEACHER. I GOT A COPY AND DEVOURED IT. AT FOURTEEN I WASN'T SURE I GRASPED EVERYTHING IN THE BOOK BUT THE OLDER I GOT AND THE MORE I READ THE MORE I SAW THAT ORWELLS VISION OF THE FUTURE IS NOT THAT FAR OFF FROM WHERE WE ARE NOW. ESPECIALLY AFTER 9/11
BIG BROTHER, THE OBSEQUIOUS WATCHER, IS NOT FAR REMOVED FROM THE POWERS GIVEN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITH THE PATRIOT ACT. IN THE BOOK THE WORLD OF WINSTON SMITH IS OF COURSE BLEAKER THAN OURS. SOCIALISM RUN AMOK IS HOW THE GOVERNMENT IS RUN. WORDS ARE ERADICATED FOR WHAT IS CALLED DOUBLE-SPEAK.
IF YOU WERE TO READ ON DYSTOPIAN NOVEL THIS SHOULD BE THE ONE. IT IS THE GRANDFATHER OF ALL THE OTHERS THAT CAME AFTER IT. I KNOW THAT ORWELL DIDN'T INVENT THE DYSTOPIAN NOVEL BUT HE BROUGHT IT ALL THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS THAT IF WE DON'T WATCH WHERE WE ARE HEADING POLITICALY OR SOCIALLY WE MIGHT WAKE UP ONE DAY WITH BIG BROTHER IN OUR HOUSES
DATE 08122009