1984 by George Orwell
Further we go down dystopian lanes...Happy Birthday "1984", 70 years of reminding us us of the fragility of free speech, freedom of thought, and life, love and liberty.
Check out the wonderful School of Life on Orwell at • LITERATURE - George Orwell
Christopher Hitchens was a long torch-bearer for Orwell and his legacy. A nice phone-in radio slot with Hitch captured at • Christopher Hitchens interview on "19...
The great dystopian complement to Orwell is Aldous Huxley. This marvellous video gives us Huxley's voice and reasoning over a graphic that makes me shudder...welcome to 2020 • Aldous Huxley on Technodictators
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