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an edit of an edit that young Nebhead made to my sig. snoopcester Send a noteboard - 07/09/2009 01:28:20 PM
Very nice list of books you've got there.


I do enjoy this kind of book

1984 by George Orwell, recently reread it and enjoyed it just as much as when I first read it years ago.

Another big Orwell fan, I see.


I am

Not sure - I've enjoyed all of them but if I have to pick one, Oryx and Crake just didn't work quite as well for me as the others

I think I've vaguely heard of this- was unaware it was considered dystopian. Shall have to look it up.


It is well written and not a bad book, just lacks something to really grab me though. The basis of it is interesting though, as it is based on advancements of existing technology causing disaster.

1984, because so much of the doublethink can be seen in society today... and yet people regularly quote 1984 in reference to Big Brother and ignore the more obvious example of something from the book coming to pass.

*nods* I totally understand that. I recently found out my mother hasn't read it- though she understands the references to Big Brother and such. I'd like her to read it, but I think it might be too much for her. She likes depth, but Orwell might be a bit too depressing.


Yes, there is something really dark about the book, no matter how much I wanted things to turn out well it was clear that they weren't going to.

I liked it - it clearly influenced Brave New World (Huxley denied it though, the liar) and 1984 (Orwell was happy to claim it as his inspiration) and perhaps not quite as good as either but then they were built on what had gone before.

Yeah. I think I actually preferred We to 1984. The writing, maybe the translation brings it out or something, was amazing. A lot of apt metaphors.


Different tastes I guess. It is still a very good book even to my tastes though
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