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Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth

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Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) was an architect, engineer, geometrician, cartographer, philosopher,...

The World in 2017

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The World in 2017 app contains The Economist’s annual collection of detailed, numerate and...

Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2336 KP) rated 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four in Books

Mar 9, 2018

Travel to Oceania in this look at a world that was taken over by socialists. We follow Winston Smith as he lives out his life under the constant watchful eye of Big Brother. His vague memories of freedom lead him to hope for another revolution. Can he help in some way? What will happen when he starts an affair with a beautiful woman?

I read this book in high school, and it is just as sobering today as it was back then. Yes, as a novel it is a bit slow, but it does draw you in enough to really drive home the points Orwell is making. Sadly, as our technology begins to catch up to the technology Orwell created, our country begins to walk down this path as well thanks to politicians on both sides. This is a warning we still need to heed today.

You can read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2015/04/book-review-1984-by-george-orwell.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.