I probably read Nineteen Eighty Four once a year. It’s scary how prescient a lot of it was. Just be careful you don’t fall down a dystopia rabbit hole and end up depressed…
Huxley was more on the money I reckon but it’s not as well written
I dunno, all the stuff about propaganda, doublespeak, constant fear of ‘the other’… It’s not exactly as written, but pretty close to the bone.
Yeah true, I haven’t read it in ages.
We have always been at war with Europa
Agree, you can tag any of today’s social problems to ideas in that book.
Interesting… I like that. Might need to reread Brave New World.
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I like this. A lot.
I warn you it is nowhere near as captivating and well written as Orwell… though the ideas are spot on
Nah I have read it years ago, might have to do them both back to back with Fahrenheit 451. There was quite a good R4 dramatisation of Brave New World a while back if I recall.
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Yeah ive read Brave New World a few times. But never got around to 1984 till now. It does seem a lot more depressing. Only up to the end of chapter 3 so far.
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I liked the themes in Brave new world, and ill have to reread it after i think
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Yeah. Ive read bram stokers dracula. Much better than the film with Keanu!
I re-read the Murder Of Roger Ackroyd by old Agatha Christie the other day.
It’s just excellent. Don’t look up anything about it…just turn your telly off and read it.
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I’ve never been that big on biographies so I can’t really help there. Read a good one on The Clash a while back, and I have a Leonard Cohen one waiting on the shelf.
Recent(ish) loves have included China Mieville (probably my new favourite author, no idea how he passed me by for so long), Nobber by Oisin Fagin, The Last by Hanna James, Savages by Don Winslow and a bunch of other stuff.
I also discovered that I now find Terry Pratchett a bit dull which is weird because I used to love him.
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Steve Jobs one is ace. What about ‘Bouncing Back’?
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