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filthy mudblood
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Or do you intend to?
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Skinny Legend
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I got it and meant to read it summer last year, never got round to it
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filthy mudblood
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Yep. Twice. But I can't find it now...
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Skinny Legend
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filthy mudblood
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Is it worth reading?
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Nothing in excess
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Yeah, it's extremely bleak. The last third of it is like an interrogation in Hell. You'll also never associate the phrase 'Room 101' with Paul Merton again either or Maxwell in BB6 playing with maggots again either.
North Korea is like the tl;dr version if you ever see it on the news.
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No matter that they act like senile 12-year-olds on the Today programme website - smoking illegal fags to look tough and cool. No matter that Amis coins truly abominable terms like 'the age of horrorism' and when criticised tells people to 'fuck off'. Surely we all chuckle at the strenuous ennui of his salon drawl. Didn't he once accidentally sneer his face off? - Chris Morris - The Absurd World of Martin Amis Last edited by BB_Eye; 04-03-2011 at 09:43 PM. |
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All hail the Moyesiah
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Always wanted to but never have for some reason
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I've somewhat accidentally started reading a lot of cult dystopian novels lately - Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451 - if you've read either of those two, 1984 is a lot heavier. Torture and authoritarianism are a lot more prominent - whilst BNW is a little more concerned with manufactured life, 451 more concerned with censorship.
But yeah - big impact on culture. Big Brother, Room 101, "is watching you"... V For Vendetta is pretty much sustained off its synopsis.
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It's lacroix darling
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I read 1984 and Animal Farm. Excellent books.
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Pyramid*
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Same here. Casting my mind back too many years..... I am sure that Animal Farm was one in which was the subject for a project that had a substantial 'weighting' on it on the exam results....... I was studing on an American Curriculum at that point - and it had a substantial impact on my Graduation Diploma studies. 1984 has indeed come true...................... Government Big Brother does indeed watch over us. It's only a matter of time before we see the full effect as depicted in 1984. Might not be in our lifetime but I see it happening. If we don't blow the planet and ourselve up before. Last edited by Pyramid*; 12-03-2011 at 08:33 AM. |
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Nothing in excess
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If you're interested in future dystopias, have you tried Zamyatin's We? Allegedly the inspiration for 1984, but a lot less political. Still largely inspired by his own life in Russia though... and the short time he spent as an expat in the North East of England (why am I not surprised? lol).
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Team Flack
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I read about half of it once but got a bit terrified and gave up.
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Banned
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No, It's on my to read list. We never did many of the classics in school so I plan to read them now to see what all the fuss is about.
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All hail the Moyesiah
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Got this yesterday, just about to start reading it now
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filthy mudblood
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Cool, I think I'll recommend it to the book group here, then I'll have to read it
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All hail the Moyesiah
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Flag shagger.
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It's one of those books I was forced to read at school, so it was a chore at the time and I didn't really get it. When I later read it as a choice, I loved it and I've read it a couple of times now. I like Orwell's writing, particularly Coming Up for Air and Keep the Apidistra Flying.
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Altar Ego
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I read it just the once. It has the dual quality of being very easy to read but being razor pain harsh in it's content. You can't even really get behind Winston Smith because he's not cool, he's not a hero and he's not that nice. A certain amount of sympathy maybe but that's about it.
But yeah ... amazing book. The amount of things it created that are now cliches is astounding. Someone needs to start marketing Victory Gin. |
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Pyramid*
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Read it many many years ago when I was a young teen still at school. Surprised my memory goes back that far but recall thinking it was a bit OTT and heavy duty at the time!
funny how insightful it was given when it was written. |
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