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Just finished 1984! (spoilers)
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IMoperator
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Dubzex
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On February 24 2012 16:01 mahi29 wrote: 1984 is a great novel. And Brave New World is a close second in dystopian novels. You should definitely read BNW if you haven't already. The society of BNW is pretty shocking and thought-provoking Most schools tend to have both books as required read. They were definitely my favorite books from high school. | ||
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sam!zdat
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Ganfei2
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TehPrime
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Now you can go and have a real life experience of 1984. Book a trip to North Korea. | ||
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ggggbabybabybaby
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_(novel) | ||
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sam!zdat
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BadgKat
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On February 24 2012 15:57 SgtCoDFish wrote: If you liked it, you should also read Animal Farm (if you haven't already). Also a brilliant book :D I want to second this. Such a great fable. Also, if you are interested in writing well, I suggest reading George Orwell's essay "Politics and the English Language." Hell, I say just read it because it makes listening to the news more sad and more interesting. | ||
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beamingrobot
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On February 24 2012 16:18 sam!zdat wrote: Read Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick. Most of Philip K. Dick's books are good. I'd suggest The Simulacra. | ||
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sam!zdat
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On February 24 2012 16:52 beamingrobot wrote: Most of Philip K. Dick's books are good. I'd suggest The Simulacra. Half of Philip K. Dick's books are good - four or five of these are among the best fiction of the twentieth century. The other half are terrible. This is coming from probably one of the biggest PKD fans there is. I recommended Flow My Tears because it's the most "dystopian." | ||
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BadgKat
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On February 24 2012 16:52 beamingrobot wrote: ALL of Philip K. Dick's books are good. I'd suggest The Simulacra. FTFY. Speaking of which I should read Flow My Tears next. One of the few PKD titles I haven't read and I hear such good things. | ||
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sam!zdat
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On February 24 2012 16:58 IMBensin wrote: FTFY. Speaking of which I should read Flow My Tears next. One of the few PKD titles I haven't read and I hear such good things. You have clearly never read The Cosmic Puppets. | ||
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Divinek
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On February 24 2012 16:34 Ganfei2 wrote: 1984 becomes better and better as you get older and re-read it. At least that's been my experience. It's one of the few books that I've ever read that conjured a real sense of fear. i agree completely. I've come to like it more and more over time as I've reread it | ||
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Mobius_1
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On February 24 2012 16:34 TehPrime wrote: Loved reading 1984? Great! Now you can go and have a real life experience of 1984. Book a trip to North Korea. Or come to China, it's a nice Lite version  1984 definitely a real classic. Its impact on culture is just huge. | ||
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actionbastrd
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Another book i really enjoyed and read shortly after 1984 was Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I dont read often mind you, and its a rarity i finish a book i pick up >.< Fahrenheit was short tho. It is about the burning of books. Really good imo and i kinda felt the vibe that 1984 had with the destruction of information and such. Edit - So i just finished up the ending again (this was my second time reading it), and damn did i forget how much the end pissed me off. Why do the best endings seem to make me mad lol. Its great. Happy i reread it, defiantly will again in a few years when it starts to leave my memory. | ||
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surfinbird1
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UniversalSnip
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On February 24 2012 16:57 sam!zdat wrote: Half of Philip K. Dick's books are good - four or five of these are among the best fiction of the twentieth century. The other half are terrible. This is coming from probably one of the biggest PKD fans there is. I recommended Flow My Tears because it's the most "dystopian." I would say Wait for Last Year or Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep are the most dystopian, although not the most similar to 1984 if that's what you mean. | ||
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hGA
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If you read Brave New World and like it I can really recommend another of Aldous Huxley's books: Point Counter Point, which is also very good. | ||
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zalz
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To me, the scariest parts were always the chapters where O'Brien applies his pseudo-logic. Why can't 2+2 = 5? The utter pointlessness of it all, is what really frightened me. Why do they do what they do? For the good of the party. Completly subverting the course of humanity in order to please an abstract notion, an essentially non-existing entity. And finally of course, the need for power, just for power's sake. Why does the party need to convert Winston before they kill him? It doesn't make any sense, but in that twisted pseudo-logic, it does. They can't even let him die with his mind in pieces, they need to break everyone and everything. All in servitude of the party, something that doesn't even exist. What does the future look like? Imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever. The only thing I don't like is when people talk about 1984 how it is supposed to be some prediction of what is around the corner. Or people yelling that 1984 is here! You miss the point if you think that is what the book is about. | ||
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