Nineteen Eighty-Four
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COLUMN: 'What do you have to say?'COLUMN: 'What do you have to say? ' George Orwell's "1984" is a somewhat prophetic novel. If you haven't read it, read it, and you'll find yourself a more informed citizen. His book is just about dead on, save for one minor detail: We're not... In this article: Norman, Oklahoma, Democracy, Invisible Children, George Orwell, 1984, and Africa |
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Miami Herald - Breaking News | November 12, 2009
Amazon expands Web-based business services to Asia
...a digital future Last week, in a stunning display of public irony, Amazon.com remotely deleted digital copies of the George Orwell novels 1984 and Animal Farm from customers' Kindle devices after learning that the electronic publisher of...
In this article: Amazon.com, PayPal, EBay, Revenue, Zappos, Web-based, Asia, George Orwell, Wal-Mart, and 1984
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The St. Petersburg Times | October 29, 2009
Made in Britain
...have been displayed at the museum. Lacking any overarching concept, the exhibition is called "Newspeak" in reference to the language George Orwell invented for his novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four. " Defined by the author as "the only...
In this article: Charles Saatchi, George Orwell, Hodge-Podge, Conceptual framework, The St. Petersburg Times, Perspex, and Che Guevara
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Naples Daily News | November 05, 2009
Letters to the editor: Nov. 6, 2009
...measures. " When you say, "These devices cannot be and look everywhere," it sends a subliminal message that conjures up the feelings when reading George Orwell's "1984," for given time, and with a little help, they will. Look at England,...
In this article: Dog, Naples, Florida, United States, Corn chip, E mail, and Capitalism
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Guardian | November 06, 2009
Explainer: CCTV
...be able to identify the relevant footage. The data controller has 40 days to comply with the request. You probably mean Nineteen Eighty-Four, which, inconveniently for headline-writers, is George Orwell's title. Make up your own mind: UK
In this article: UK, Data Protection Act, London, Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, House of Lords, George Orwell, West Sussex, and Cambridge
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NBC | September 30, 2009
1984 Revisited: SF Startup Mocks Apple Ad
...Ad Updated 10:51 AM PDT, Wed, Sep 30, 2009 In 1984, Apple stormed to the front of the tech scene with a famed commercial during Super Bowl XVIII that played on George Orwell's "1984." The ad established Apple as an anti-establishment...
In this article: Apple, 1984, Itunes, IPod, Big Brother, Super Bowl XVIII, YouTube, Steve Jobs, and George Orwell
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Huffington Post | November 12, 2009
Iranian Memoir By Freed Prisoner Haleh Esfandiari
...Jahanbegloo (who had already been released, and who described the broadcast as "a page out of Stalinist Russia and George Orwell's '1984'") and the social scientist and urban planner Kian Tajbakhsh. But the focus of the discussions never...
In this article: Haleh Esfandiari, Iran, Shaul Bakhash, Tehran, Rose, Jeanne d'Arc, and Kian Tajbakhsh
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Colorado Springs Gazette | November 01, 2009
LETTERS: Monday
...on subjective identities or motivations can only lead to that infamous "thought control" so amply demonstrated in George Orwell's "1984," where a Big Brother tyranny of government holds sway over one's mental processes, reflected in real...
In this article: Colorado College, Political science, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, and Colorado
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution | October 26, 2009
Cameras may police city streets
...license plate numbers and detects gunshots. Critics say the system conjures up images from George Orwell's "1984," a novel about a totalitarian state presided over by an all-seeing Big Brother. They wonder where the cameras will be pointed,...
In this article: Atlanta, Urban Institute, Big Brother, and Washington
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Wired: Epicenter | October 02, 2009
Amazon Settles Kindle Lawsuit Over '1984' Copy
Amazon Settles Kindle Lawsuit Over '1984' Copy SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has settled for $150,000 a lawsuit brought by a high school student and another consumer who claimed the online retailer illegally deleted from their...
In this article: 1984, Plaintiff, Seattle, George Orwell, and New York
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Nineteen Eighty-Four (often abbreviated to 1984) is a classic dystopian novel by English author George Orwell. Published in 1949, it is set in the eponymous year and focuses on a repressive, totalitarian regime. Orwell elaborates on how a massive oligarchial collectivist society such as the one described in Nineteen Eighty-Four would be able to repress any long-lived dissent. The story follows the life of one seemingly insignificant man, Winston Smith, a civil servant assigned the task of perpetuating the regime's propaganda by falsifying records and political literature. Smith grows disillusioned with his meagre existence and so begins a rebellion against the system that leads to his arrest and torture.
The novel has become famous for its portrayal of pervasive government surveillance and control, and government's increasing encroachment on the rights of the individual. Since its publication, many of its terms and concepts, such as "Big Brother", "doublethink", and "Newspeak" have entered the popular vernacular. The word "Orwellian" itself has come to refer to anything reminiscent of the book's fictional regime. The book is generally considered to be George Orwell's magnum opus.
- Name:
- Perpetual War
- Country of Origin:
- United Kingdom
- Genre:
- Dystopian, Political novel, Social science fiction
- Written By:
- George Orwell
- Published By:
- Secker and Warburg (London)
- Length:
- 326 pp (Paperback edition)
- Media Type:
- Print (Hardcover & Paperback) & e-book, audio-CD
- Language:
- English
- Location:
- North Africa, Southwest Asia, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia
- Published Date:
- 8 June 1949
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