1984

1984 by George Orwell
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This one is a classic. And also timeless. i finished this up on Halloween and couldn't think of a better horror novel. Yes, it can be slow and laborious in some places, but when you try to extrapolate their government to society today, it is still eye-opening and relevant. 
Reading about Big Brother reminded me of reading the memoir of Red Azalea by Anchee Min. But what is scary is how we ourselves are creating a variation of Big Brother with our constant postings which we then scrutinize and judge, and the wide spread antipathy about anything that goes on that doesn't personally concern us. If it's not on our newsfeed than does it really matter? (And how many people think that what is on their facebook feed is actually true?)

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