george orwell

Has anyone thought about the way the future turned out relative to these two stories? My son brought this cartoon to my attention recently: Huxley vs Orwell. I think there are aspects of both predictions today. My son thinks it's all Huxley and no Orwell. I'm not saying the totalitarian part...

The 1984 movie adaptation is online... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7866717072104783154&hl=en Might be a good time to revisit this brilliant story. One of the most 3-dimensional political-horror novels ever written...inspiration of countless terms, ripoffs and cliches.

Now available on line. http://www.george-orwell.org/ Now I can fill in all the gaps in my Orwell reading, particularly the essays.

That George Orwell hadn't written 1984 so that retards would quit referencing it and acting like they are original or witty for doing so? I mean every damn retard out there with a conspiracy theory thinks he is the first person to ever read that book. I notice a distinct lack of Animal Farm...

I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace. http://www.hud.gov/news/speeches/presremarks.cfm Did someone actually write that for him? Think Bush ever heard of Orwell?

Who else here has read The Road to Wigan Pier? George Orwell was a socialist. Various neocons and the like claim him based on his anti-Communism. But he was a socialist. Orwell was anti-totalitarian, but he was unquestionably a socialist. But no one beats up on socialists better than a...